Join Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital and experience world class healthcare at its best. Located in Dover, Ohio, the award-winning not-for-profit Union Hospital serves the communities of eastern Ohio. Here, you will be part of a talented, compassionate, and driven team of caregivers,workwithstate-of-the-arttechnology andprovidestellar patient care.

Union Hospital offers a wide range of surgical services.Whether patients require minimally invasive procedures or major surgeries, this surgical team is dedicated to providing patients with excellent care in a safe, family-friendly environment.As a Surgical Assistant on the team, you willassistwith critical procedures and tasksrelated to specific training,score,and orientation.Some of your day-to-day tasks will include working across a variety of service lines, scrubbing in,determiningequipment neededfor eachprocedureand cauterizing,clampingand cutting tissue. In this role, you will act as apatient advocate, ensuringsterile technique to preventinfectionsand thatevery qualifyingmeasure is done.Due to this being a PRN role, you will be able to experience a great work-life balance while still having the opportunity to enhance your skills at an elite healthcare organization such as Cleveland Clinic.

APRNcaregiver in this position worksvaryingdays from 6:30AM – 7:30PMor 7:00AM – 3:30PM, with on-calland rotating weekend and holidayrequirements.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• 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, infectioncontroland compliance practices.

• Prepare for the procedure or surgery byparticipatingin the performance of the safety check/universal protocoldeterminingthe specific equipment needed, reviewing permits to confirm procedures and special needs,assistingin moving and positioning the patient, selecting x-rays for reference,insertingand removing Foley urinary bladder catheterand draping the patient.

• Support the Surgeon during the procedure or surgery by retracting tissue and organs,maintaininghemostasis by direct pressure, use ofappropriate instrumentation, placing ties or ligatures or 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 wounddressingandassistingwith resuscitation or any other events in the OR.

• Perform any other duties orproceduresincident to the surgical proceduredeemednecessary and directed and supervised by the surgeon.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Associate’s Degree

• Graduate of an accredited Surgical Assistant program

• Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA) offered by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA) within the first year of hire

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)or American Red Cross

• Two years of peri-operative practice in an acute care facility

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)or American Red Cross

• Surgical Technologist experience