Surgical Assistant - St. Luke's Surgery Center

Department:
37726 Aurora St. Lukes Medical Center - Surgery
Status:
Full time
Benefits Eligible:
Yes
Hours Per Week:
40
Schedule Details/Additional Information:
0.9 FTE One week 5 days a week, one week 4 days a week. Start time varies based on surgical schedule.
Call- 1 day a week, end of shift until midnight
Weekend- 1 weekend a month
Holiday Call Required
Pay Range:
$35.50 - $53.25
We spend a lot of time at work caring for others. At the Surgery Center in Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, we pride ourselves on taking care of our people. Because our people become our WORK FAMILY AND FAMILY IS IMPORTANT!
How do we help each other LIVE WELL?
We treat each other as family.
We share our knowledge & expertise with oncoming staff.
We WORK HARD, LAUGH, and VALUE each other’s strengths and differences.
Meet the TEAM (Your new WORK FAMILY):
We work TOGETHER as an inclusive team
We create a FRIENDLY work environment
We VALUE work/life balance
We are WILLING to help each other; in-fact, we would not have it any other way!
Surgical Procedures:
Ophthalmology including retinal surgeries
Small ortho cases such as carpal tunnel, ORIF of a hand fracture & trigger fingers
Small plastic cases
We may be adding GI cases to our center
At Advocate Aurora Health, we work with friendly doctors, offer top pay, work with advanced technology and work to create a home away from home feeling. Come on in for a visit and see how we are helping each other live well!
New Graduates are welcome to apply!
For more information, please feel free to contact Marit Roche, Recruiter for Surgical Services at Marit.roche@aah.org.
We are happy you are here, exploring the culture and advantages that Advocate Aurora Health has to offer to our surgical services team members.
Scheduled Hours
Full-time Same Day Surgery
Monday-Friday 0600-0800 start time
Closed weekends & holidays
Job Description
Major Responsibilities:
Participates in the preparatory steps of surgery; assists operating team in gathering supplies, opening room for cases, assists in lifting, transferring, positioning, preparing and draping the patient.
Anticipates and responds to the needs of the Surgeon, by ensuring all required supplies are available for procedures prior to incision, recognizing individual preferences.
Provides for a clean, safe and efficient area conducive to optimal patient care. Utilizes aseptic surgical techniques in the preparation of materials, supplies and equipment for surgical procedures (e.g., assistance with gowning and gloving; preparation and draping of the surgical area; provision of a sterile field, instruments, suture and related materials; anticipation of the Surgeons' needs; holding of retractors, observing and reporting possible breaks in aseptic technique; and assisting in maintaining a sterile, dry, unobstructed field).
Ensures the environmental disinfection, safety and efficiency of the operating room. This includes setting up the room for each case including moving equipment (e.g., tables, cameras, microscopes, fracture table, and instrument pans), operating the various types of equipment they have been trained to use during operating room procedures, and returning equipment post procedure. Checks the working condition of equipment and facilitates having damaged items sent out for repair. Notifies appropriate people of equipment and supply problems.
Acts as a resource and assists in the training of Surgical Technologists and new Surgical Assistants. Participates in department and facility work teams and assists with special projects as needed.
May perform specific surgical activities that are validated competencies under the direct supervision of the surgeon (i.e. the surgeon is in the same room working on the same patient). A record of the validated competencies must be recorded in the caregiver's education file.
May perform specific validated competencies and surgical activities such as wound closure of deep capsules, muscle, subcutaneous tissue and skin under general supervision of the surgeon (i.e. validated competencies may be delegated by the surgeon who is immediately available and able to furnish immediate assistance and direction but not necessarily present in the room when the activity is performed).
May perform specific validated competencies and surgical activities such as position and prep of patient on the surgical table (excluding complex fracture table, spinal frame, or head stabilizers/pins/tongs), application of the tourniquet as indicated in preparation of a procedure, securing of drains, application of the dressing, cast or immobilizer at the end of a case and safe transfer from the surgical table to transport