Certified Surgical First Asst (CVOR) - Operating Room

Job description

Job Summary: This position is for an open heart team member, so open heart experience is preferred. Busy Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular (CTV) programs. The CVOR CSFA works as a First Assist to Cardiovascular Surgeons. Some common procedures that the CSFA will first assist on are coronary artery bypass, aortic valve replacement and mitral valve surgery. 250 open heart cases a year. The CSFA will autonomously harvest vein for CVOR and vascular cases. Other job duties include assisting with all CTV cases. The CSFA plays a hands-on role in surgical procedures by controlling bleeding, suturing incisions and wounds, and intervening if complications arise. The Operating Room has up to 12 anesthesia provided rooms, including 2 Open Heart rooms and 1 Urology room equipped with fluoroscopy. Specialty services include ENT/ORAL, General, Plastic, OB/GYN, Orthopedics, Urology, Thoracic/Vascular, Neurosurgery, Pain, Open Heart, Robotics and endoscopic, and minimally invasive surgery by specialty. The Operating Room strives to meet the surgical needs of the surrounding counties and its physicians by providing compassionate, high quality surgical services ranging from ambulatory procedures to hig...