CVOR First Assist
Paducah, KY
Soloh Partners
5x8 hrs
Referral Bonus

Mon-Fri 630-1500 13 week contract call every other day and every other weekendDuties:
Job Summary:
Assist surgeon in performing surgical procedures. Functions as surgeon’s chief assistant in the operating room. Supervised by the department director and nurse manager. Assignments received from the charge nurse and/or RN in charge of the room.

Job Responsibilities:
-Scrubbing into cases.
-Assist primary scrub with set-up and opening of sterile supplies.
-Make sure instruments and supplies are available for the scheduled case.
-Setting up cases ensuring that all instruments are thoroughly sterilized.
-Maintain the sterile field during case set up.
-Alerts the circulating nurse of any identified risks or variance from standard operating procedures.
-Assist circulating RN with patient positioning
-Assist with sterile draping
-Assists RN with circulating duties as needed to carry out the appropriate interventions.
-Passes instruments
-Assists physician as needed
-May be asked to clamp, cauterize, tie and apply ligating clamps, hemostatic clips and place hemostatic
agents on vessels and tissue.
-May be asked to apply running or interrupted sutures on wound layers from muscle, fascia, subcutaneous, and skin.
-First assists in cardiothoracic procedures and other surgical procedures: performs surgical procedure
independently as directed and supervised by physician, including but not limited to saphenous vein
harvesting (open and endoscopic); after successfully completing an approved course on saphenous vein
harvesting.
-Maintain sterile field throughout case.
-Works with circulating nurse, and orderlies to perform post-case cleaning duties
-Is responsible for point-of-use cleaning of instruments, including breaking down instruments for further
cleaning in Central Sterile Processing
-Responsible for following all standards for instrument transport and return to Central Sterile
-Will notify appropriate leader if there are any damaged instruments at the end of the case
-Ensures surgical suite is disinfected and ready for the next procedure.

Please note, this position is for a CVOR CFA.  Please only submit candidates that have CVOR experience.

Skills:
Required Skills & Experience:
-No experience required.

Preferred Skills & Experience:
-Prefer 6 to 12 months’ experience.

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