Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. Submit your application for the opportunity below: Surgical Tech First Assistant 

Job Summary 

The Surgical Tech First Assistant provides aid in exposure, hemostasis, closure and other intraoperative technical functions that help the surgeon carry out a safe operation with optimal results for the patient. In addition, the First Assist performs preoperative and postoperative duties to better facilitate proper patient care. The First Assist to the surgeon during the operation does so under the direction and supervision of that surgeon and in accordance with hospital policy and appropriate laws and regulations.

  • Assists nurses, surgeons and anesthesia personnel in the indirect and direct care of patients. Includes the preparation of the O.R. rooms, patient transport, placement of equipment and property utilized in Surgical Services i.e. the *OR, PACU, SDC, and CSR. 
  • Preparing rooms with proper equipment for start of day and upcoming cases
  • Room turnover between cases
  • Anticipating which cases will be finishing and coordinating with nurses to bring bed into room
  •  Patient transport
  • Other various duties as assigned.

What qualifications you will need:

  • Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
  • Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA), or Certified Surgical First Assistant (CFA)

Benefits

Parkland Medical Center offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

  • Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
  • Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
  • Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
  • Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
  • Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
  • Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Grow your career where your work truly matters—at Parkland Medical Center.

Located in Derry, NH, Parkland is an 86-bed regional acute-care hospital and a designated Level III Trauma Center, delivering high-quality care to the community with compassion and innovation. As part of HCA Healthcare’s trusted network, you’ll be connected to Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, Portsmouth Regional Hospital in Portsmouth, Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, three freestanding ERs, and more than 70 care sites across New Hampshire.

With nearly 5,000 colleagues—including 1,500 nurses and 1,000 affiliated physicians—HCA Healthcare offers a supportive, team-oriented environment where your contributions are valued, your growth is encouraged, and your impact is felt every day. Join us and be part of something bigger.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the Worlds Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated 3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.


"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Surgical Tech First Assistant opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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