Surgical Assistant - Fort Hamilton Hospital (Part-Time) job

Surgical Assistants assist physicians in surgery and may perform specific significant surgical tasks under “personal supervision”. (Significant surgical tasks include, but are not limited to: opening and closing surgical sites, exposure of the surgical site, harvesting grafts, dissecting tissue, removing tissue, implanting devices, altering tissues).

Surgical Assistants may, under “personal supervision”, perform specific significant tasks which include, but are not limited to, applying and removing splints/casts, placing Foley catheters, IV’s, and arterial lines, administering local anesthesia, and other such procedures as requested and necessary.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

High School Diploma/GED

Qualifications for CST-CFA should include, but are not limited to:

• Successful completion of a program preparing the Surgical Technologist as a first assistant in surgery as set forth by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA).
• Certification as first assistant (CST-CFA) which is achieved by taking and passing the national certification exam.
• Credentialing as required through Medical Staff if the CST-CFA will be paid by the surgeon to assist.
• Recertification to maintain the CST-CFA status requires 75 Continuing Education credits in a four-year cycle or retaking and passing the national certifying exam.