Certified First Assistant, OR, First - Jewish Hospital

Overview

We Are Hiring At Jewish Hospital, Operating Room

Location: 200 Abraham Flexner Way Louisville, KY 40202

Shift: First

About the unit

The Surgical Services Department at Jewish Hospital consists of the following three areas: Main Hospital; Heart Hospital; and Outpatient Care Center, which includes the Hand Care Center. Surgical Services is open 24 hours a day and 365 days a year to ensure all surgeries, including emergencies, are completed and the community’s health needs are met. Our service lines include Cardiothoracic, Vascular, Robotics, General, Colorectal, Urology, Transplant, Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, ENT, Dental, Plastics, Hands, and Oral Maxillofacial. In total, we have 30 operating rooms, 2 of which are considered Hybrid rooms equipped to perform endovascular, robotic, and cardiothoracic surgeries. Our staff take pride in offering excellent care to our patients, as well as their families.

About Jewish Hospital

Jewish Hospital, part of UofL Health, is an internationally renowned, high-tech tertiary referral center, developing leading-edge advancements in hand and microsurgery, heart and lung care, orthopedics and sports medicine, neuroscience, organ transplantation and outpatient care. The hospital is the site of the world’s first successful hand transplant and AbioCor® implantable replacement heart procedures, in addition to the first trial of adult cardiac stem cells in chronic heart failure. Jewish Hospital continues to be recognized for its specialized heart care procedures, including the implantation of ventricular assist devices (VAD), and transcatheter aortic valve replacement. The UofL Health – Trager Transplant Center is in a select group of hospitals nationwide that perform heart, lung, liver, kidney, pancreas and hand transplantation. The center also includes a Pancreas Disease Center, a GI Motility Clinic, and Advanced Heart Failure and VAD programs.

Responsibilities

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Dissect tissue to open the chest (if privileges allow)
• Harvest native vessel(s) used for bypass or other conduit (endoscopic vein harvest preferred)
• Dissect vessel branches
• Suture and close tissue
• Suction primary and peripheral surgical sites
• Assist with placement of sutures, needle drives, etc. during sections of the operation involving multiple simultaneous suture lines
• Verify the identity of patient or operative site
• Assist with placement of catheters for temporary cardiopulmonary bypass
• Assist with temporary positioning of the heart, lungs, etc. to create surgery working space
• Suture tissue to close the chest (if privileges allow)
• Other surgical assistance as required by the surgeon
• Evening and/or weekend call coverage
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Graduation from an accredited surgical technician vocational or technical program/school.
• Graduation from a surgical first assistant program.
• Surgical First Assistant certification.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA).
• Minimum of 1 year surgical first assistant experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of surgical scrub technician experience.

Benefits & Perks

Competitive Pay & Benefits Options

Paid Vacation, Sick days, and Holidays

Free tuition to UofL for Part- and Full-time employees for Child/Spouse/Domestic Partner

401K with Employer Match

About UofL Health

UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with nine hospitals, four medical centers, Brown Cancer Center, Eye Institute, nearly 200 physician practice locations, and more than 1,000 providers in Louisville and the surrounding counties, including southern Indiana. Additional access to UofL Health is provided through a partnership with Carroll County Memorial Hospital.

Affiliated with the University of Louisville School of Medicine, UofL Health is committed to providing patients with access to the most advanced care available. This includes clinical trials, collaboration on research and the development of new technologies to both save and improve lives.

With more than 13,000 team members – physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly-skilled health care professionals, UofL Health is focused on one mission: to transform the health of communities we serve through compassionate, innovative, patient-centered care. For more information on UofL Health, go to www.uoflhealth.org.

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