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Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

At Saint Alphonsus Health System, we are committed to delivering compassionate, high-quality care that improves lives. Our surgical teams are known for their expertise, collaboration, and dedication to patient safety. We believe every role in the OR is vital to delivering exceptional care. As a **Certified First Assistant** , you’ll work side-by-side with surgeons, ensuring safe, successful outcomes for every patient. **Join a team where precision meets purpose.**

Job Summary

The **Certified First Assistant (CFA)** plays a critical role in the operating room, assisting surgeons with exposure, hemostasis, closure, and other intraoperative functions to ensure safe and successful outcomes. This position also supports preoperative and postoperative care, working under the direction and supervision of the surgeon in accordance with hospital policy and regulatory standards.

Position Highlights and Benefits:

+ Schedule Information: This is a full-time benefited position working on day shift (4-10s).

+ Day 1 Benefits - no waiting period for medical, dental or vision insurance!

+ Saint Alphonsus offers generous PTO, tuition reimbursement and scholarship opportunities as part of the total compensation package.

Responsibilities

+ Assist surgeons during procedures, including tissue handling, wound closure, and placement of drains.

+ Maintain sterile technique and monitor surgical site integrity.

+ Anticipate surgeon needs for instruments, sutures, and specialty equipment.

+ Support patient positioning, prepping, and draping for optimal safety and exposure.

+ Respond appropriately to emergency conditions and complications.

+ Participate in education and mentoring of surgical technology students.

+ Demonstrate knowledge of surgical anatomy, physiology, and aseptic principles.

Qualifications

+ **Minimum:**

+ Current **Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA)** or **Certified Surgical First Assistant (CSFA)** credential.

+ **Basic Life Support (BLS)** certification from AHA or Red Cross (ACLS/PALS accepted).

+ **Preferred:**

+ One year of scrub experience in an acute care hospital setting.

+ Expertise in at least one major surgical service line and proficiency in a second.

Why Join Us?

+ Work with advanced technology in a collaborative, team-focused environment.

+ Continuing education opportunities to maintain and grow your skills.

+ A culture rooted in **Mission, Vision, and Values** that prioritizes patient-centered care.

Visit** www.saintalphonsus.org/careers (https://www.saintalphonsus.org/careers/search-openings/details?j=00137722\_Speech%20Therapist%20PRN) **to learn more!

Ministry/Facility Information:

Saint Alphonsus Health System is a faith-based ministry and not-for-profit health system serving Idaho, Oregon, and northern Nevada communities. The health system boasts 4 hospitals, 609 licensed beds, and 73 clinic locations. Through innovative technologies, compassionate staff, and healing environments, Saint Alphonsus' goal is to improve the health and well-being of people by emphasizing care that is patient-centered, physician-led, innovative, and community-based.

+ Top 15 Health Systems in the country by IBM Watson Health;

+ The region’s most advanced Trauma Center (Level II);

+ Commission on Cancer Accredited Program through demonstrating an uncompromising commitment to improving patient survival and quality of life.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran