What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operating Room Director Assistant position at The Surgical Clinic?
The Surgical Clinic (TSC) is Middle Tennessee’s premier multi-specialty surgical practice, dedicated to utilizing the latest medical technology while prioritizing patient care, convenience, and satisfaction. With over 40 surgeons, our patient-focused clinics are conveniently located, providing access to advanced surgical procedures close to home.
Why Join Us? At The Surgical Clinic (TSC), we believe that our people are the heart of our success. As Middle Tennessee’s premier multi-specialty surgical practice, we are committed to fostering a supportive, collaborative, and innovative workplace where every team member can thrive.
Job Description:
The Operating Room Director Assistant helps oversee the daily operation of the Operating Room department, ensuring compliance with quality and regulatory standards. At Tennessee Surgery Center this role involves fostering effective relationships with nursing and medical staff and taking charge of the OR area in the absence of the Director.
Key Responsibilities:
Essential Overall Function:
- Verifies preoperative personnel provide safe and effective patient-centered care in preoperative services.
- Coordinates, facilitates and manages change within preoperative services.
- Uses effective conflict resolution techniques.
- Acts as a patient advocate and maintains privacy and confidentiality of all appropriate information.
Preoperative Care:
- Reviewing patient history and physical exam results.
- Verifying patient identification and surgical site markings.
- Shaving the patient as needed.
- Preparing the surgical site and draping the patient.
Intraoperative Surgical First Assisting
- Providing exposure to the operative site using retractors.
- Maintaining hemostasis (stopping bleeding) through various methods, such as clamps, cautery, and ligation.
- Assisting with tissue handling and suturing.
- Assisting with wound closure. Management of drains.
- Managing surgical instruments, supplies, and equipment.
- Communicating with the surgical team about the surgeon's needs and the patient's status.
Postoperative Care
- Applying dressings and tape.
- Assisting with patient transfer and monitoring for complications.
- Ensuring the surgical area is cleaned and prepared for the next case.
- Appropriate handling of Biohazard Waste and surgical tissue for pathology.
Other Duties:
- Maintaining a sterile environment.
- Monitoring patient vital signs.
- Assisting with specimen collection and handling.
- Ensuring compliance with safety regulations and hospital policies.
- Maintaining inventory of surgical supplies.
- Mentoring of new employees
Qualifications and Requirements
- Completion of a surgical technology program.
- Experience as a surgical technologist
- Certification as a Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA).
- Proficiency in surgical techniques and procedures.
- Knowledge of surgical instruments and equipment
- Ability to maintain a sterile field.
- Ability to handle and suture tissues.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Physical stamina to work long shifts and move or lift patients and heavy equipment.
- Ability to handle difficult situations involving patients, physicians, or others in a professional manner.
