Certified Surgical First Assist

Job Summary and Responsibilities

Sign-on Bonus up to $20,000 AND Education Assistance (student loan payoff) up to $24,000 for eligible hires

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As a Surgical First Assistant, you will provide critical patient care by directly assisting the surgeon during operative procedures, working under their immediate direction. You will instrumental in ensuring a safe surgical experience through technical support for exposure, hemostasis, and wound closure.

Every day you will collaborate closely with the surgical team, performing duties under the guidance of the operating surgeon, circulating nurse, and reporting to your designated Team Leader. This involves a range of assigned tasks to support the surgical process effectively.

To be successful, you will demonstrate exceptional technical proficiency in assisting the surgeon, maintaining acute awareness of the surgical field and patient safety.

• • Assists with positioning the patient, provide application of surgical antiseptic solution and draping the patient in a standardized sterile fashion.
  • Under physician supervision, may be expected to open and close surgical sites, harvest grafts, assist with hemostasis, dissect and remove tissue, insert devices, alter tissue and other such procedures as requested.
  • Provide assistance in securing drainage systems to tissue and applying appropriate wound dressing.
  • Under professional supervision, may be expected to perform specific significant tasks, which includes applying and removing splints/casts, placing foley catheters, and administering local anesthesia.

Job Requirements

Education and Experience

• Graduate from an accredited surgical technology program required.
• One year of surgical technician experience required.
• One year Surgical Assisting experience preferred.

Licensure and Certifications

• Certified First Assistant - Certified Surgical Technologists (CST/CSFA) required.
• Surgical Assistant (SA:KY) required.
• Basic Life Support - CPR (BLS-CPR)

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Where You'll Work

Welcome to Saint Joseph East, a 217-bed, full-service, community hospital located in a convenient setting in Lexington, Kentucky. Saint Joseph East also includes the Women's Hospital at Saint Joseph East which is dedicated to supporting the well-being of women in Central and Eastern Kentucky and serves a 16-bed Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).


CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.


Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.