Certified Surgical Tech First Assistant - Cvor

**Summary** **Job Description:** **Certified Surgical Tech First Assistant - CVOR** **Full Time, First Shift** Assist surgeon in performing surgical procedures. Functions as surgeon’s chief assistant in the operating room. Supervised by the department director and nurse manager. **Job Duties:** * Assist RN with circulating duties and patient positioning and assist primary scrub with set-up and opening of sterile supplies. * Pass instruments. * May be asked to clamp, cauterize, tie and apply ligating clamps, hemostatic clips and place hemostatic agents on vessels and tissue. * Ensure surgical suite is disinfected and ready for the next procedure. **Requirements:** * Technical Diploma – Completion of Surgical First Assistant Program and successful completion of certification * Life Support Training or Certification (ACLS, BLS, PALS, etc.) * Must graduate from a Surgical Technologist program or have comparable military training and completion of Surgical First Assistant Program and successful completion of certification * Maintains National Surgical Assistant Association Certification and national surgical technologist certification **Preferred Requirements:** * 6-12 months’ experience **Benefits:** * Tuition Assistance reimbursement program * Paid Time Off available for use upon hire * Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave * Bereavement Leave (includes pets) * Employee Assistance Program * Retirement plans with company match ### _If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!_ ### Baptist Health is an _Equal Employment Opportunity_ employer.