Surgical Assistant - Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
North Atlanta Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (https://naoms.net/)
Estimated Hours/Week: 30-40
Hours and Location of Operation:
Monday, Wednesday 7:30 (IF 8 AM Surgery) 8:30
(IF 9 AM Surgery) - 5:00 and Friday 7:30 - 3:00 à 2555 Westside Parkway Alpharetta, Ga. 30004
Tuesday and Thursday 7:30 AM (if 8 AM
Surgery) 8:30 (IF 9 AM Surgery) - 5:00 à 3275 Market
Place Blvd Suite 175.
Daily START/END times will vary dependent on surgical schedule.
Job Purpose:
Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. Help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeon's assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments. Recover patients following procedures by monitoring vital signs. Provide assistance during operations by retrieving instruments and other materials. Help set up operating room, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeon's assistants. Check in patients, organize paperwork, and scan documents at the front desk during consultation appointments. Assist in x-rays and other consultation office procedures.
Responsibilities:
· Maintain a proper sterile
field during surgical procedures.
· Hold retractors and cut
sutures, and perform other tasks as directed by surgeon during operation.
· Prepare patients for
surgery, including positioning patients on the operating table and covering
them with sterile surgical drapes to prevent exposure.
· Wash and sterilize
equipment using germicides and sterilizers.
· Monitor and continually
assess operating room conditions, including patient and surgical team needs.
· Clean and restock
operating room, gathering and placing equipment and supplies and arranging
instruments according to instructions, such as a preference card.
· Operate, assemble,
adjust, or monitor sterilizers, lights, suction machines, and diagnostic
equipment to ensure proper operation.
· Prepare, care for and
dispose of tissue specimens taken for laboratory analysis.
·
Provide technical assistance to surgeons, surgical
nurses and anesthesiologists.
·
Additional tasks may be
required of this position that are not mentioned above.
·
Take
and develop panoramic X-rays
·
Review
and explain informed consents to patients.
· Review pre and post-operative instructions with patients.
Work Requirements:
Requires standing, Requires repetitive movement, Requires bending or twisting, Requires using hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls, Requires contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise), Includes exposure to contaminants, Includes exposure to radiation, Includes exposure to disease or infections, Requires work with others in a group or team, Requires wearing common protective or safety equipment, Requires working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions
Work Activities:
· Performing General
Physical Activities
· Communicating with
Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
· Updating and Using
Relevant Knowledge
· Getting Information
· Documenting/Recording
Information
· Monitor Processes,
Materials, or Surroundings
· Evaluating Information to
Determine Compliance with Standards
· Prepare supplies or
equipment for surgery
· Hand instruments or
materials to doctor
· Take vital signs
Education and Experience-Suggested/Not Required
Years of Experience: No less than 1
year in a surgical setting
Education: Bachelor’s Degree
Degree or Formal Training: American Board of Surgical Assistants
License, Certificate or Registration: CPR certified
Knowledge
Required:
· English Language
· Medicine and Dentistry
Tools
Electrosurgical or electrocautery equipment or
accessories or related products
Electrosurgical monitors
If interested in
applying, please email a resume and cover letter to contactus@naoms.net.