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Senior Surgical Assistant - Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR)

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Job Title

Senior Surgical Assistant - Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR)

Location

Canton

Facility

Mercy Hospital

Department

Open Heart Surgery Unit CVSOR-Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital

Job Code

Q99987

Shift

Days + Call

Schedule

6:00am-4:30pm/6:00am-2:30pm

Job Summary

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Join Cleveland Clinic’s Mercy Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. Officially becoming a full member of the Cleveland Clinic Health System in 2021, Mercy Hospital offers a wide variety of medical specialties to the communities in and around Stark County. Here, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

Mercy Hospital is home to skilled, compassionate surgeons leading the way in cardiac care. Mercy Hospital has helped pioneer some of the nation’s most innovative heart procedures, including robotic, minimally invasive, standard heart surgery and TAVR. As a Surgical Assistant on the Cardiovascular OR (CVOR) team, you will assist with critical procedures and tasks related to specific training, score and orientation. You will act as a patient advocate, ensuring sterile technique to prevent infections and that every qualifying measure is done. This is a great hands-on role that will allow you to advance your skills while getting to celebrate patient successes each and every day.

A caregiver in this position works days from 6:00AM – 4:30PM or 6:00AM – 2:30PM, with on-call requirements.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

  • Assist with critical procedures and tasks related to specific training, score and orientation.
  • Anticipate the needs of the surgeon and other team members with respect to the requirements for the surgical procedure.
  • Use knowledge of OR procedures with respect to attire, infection control and compliance practices.
  • Prepare for the procedure or surgery by participating in the performance of the safety check/universal protocol determining the specific equipment needed, reviewing permits to confirm procedures and special needs, assisting in moving and positioning the patient, selecting x-rays for reference, inserting and removing Foley urinary bladder catheter and draping the patient.
  • Support the Surgeon during the procedure or surgery by retracting tissue and organs, maintaining hemostasis by direct pressure, use of appropriate instrumentation, placing ties or ligatures, applying chemical hemostatic agents, using electrocautery mono and bi-polar, clamping and ligating and cutting tissue.
  • Maintain integrity of the sterile field, closing all wound layers, inserting drainage tubes, applying wound dressing and assisting with resuscitation or any other events in the OR.
  • Perform any other duties or procedures incident to the surgical procedure deemed necessary and directed and supervised by the surgeon.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

  • Associate’s Degree
  • Graduate of a formal Surgical Assistant program or Physician Assisant program or Completion of a Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) course
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross
  • Minimum of one year of operating room experience or three years recent experience in first assisting with cardiovascular and cardiothoracic procedures

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross
  • Certification for First Assisting per regulatory body
  • Experience in first assisting with cardiovascular and cardiothoracic procedures

Physical Requirements:

  • Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patient, manual and ginger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
  • Requires standing and walking for extended periods of time.
  • Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
  • Requires working under stressful conditions and irregular hours.
  • Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids.
  • Able to safely transport patients on stretchers to bed using good body mechanics.
  • Works extended hours as necessary.

Personal Protective Equipment:

  • Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/

Please review the Equal Employment Opportunity poster.

Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.

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