Surgical Assistant, CCD OR Robotics - Full-Time, Day Shift

Be part of a world-class academic healthcare system, UChicago Medicine, as a Surgical Assistant in our CCD Robotics Operating Room department. Here, you will play a critical role in delivering safe, efficient, and high-quality perioperative care while supporting surgeons throughout the operative process. This is in the CCD OR – Robotics department. This position is 100% onsite and requires candidates to be based in the greater Chicagoland area.

The Surgical Assistant supports the surgical and perioperative team by collaborating with the Primary Attending Surgeon to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care during surgical procedures. Responsibilities include assisting with surgical exposure, tissue handling, wound closure, device placement, and other intraoperative tasks delegated by the attending surgeon and appropriate to the assistant’s training and certification.

Essential Job Functions

• Prepare and ensure availability of equipment and supplies needed for surgical procedures

• Review patient history, consent documentation, and imaging prior to surgery

   

• Assist with patient transport, positioning, and preparation in the operating room
• Support anesthesia team during induction and emergence
• Assist with patient transfer to PACU or ICU following procedures
• Complete required documentation and perioperative paperwork
• Provide surgical exposure through tissue and organ retraction
• Assist with minimally invasive and robotic procedures, including trocar placement
• Operate and assist with surgical devices such as staplers, ligating devices, retractors, and energy instruments
• Maintain hemostasis through direct pressure, sutures, ligatures, cauterization, or hemostatic agents
• Clamp, ligate, and cut tissue as directed by the surgeon
• Assist with implantation of surgical devices and drains
• Insert drainage tubes including chest tubes and gastric tubes as directed
• Close surgical wounds (subcutaneous and skin layers) per surgeon directive
• Apply wound dressings and compression dressings
• Assist in specimen handling and verification

• Provide support during emergency situations, including resuscitation in the operating room

   

• Assist with casts, splints, tourniquets, and orthopedic devices when required
• Participate in placement of wound vacuum systems
• Perform other perioperative tasks as delegated by the attending surgical provider to ensure optimal patient outcomes

Required Qualifications

• 2–5 years of clinical experience in a surgical specialty area preferred
• Completion of an accredited Surgical Assistant program if early career
• Surgical Assistant certification obtained or actively pursued within 3 months of program completion
• Demonstrated clinical competence and ability to work independently
• Strong communication, leadership, and teamwork skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary healthcare teams
• Ability to use Microsoft programs such as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel

Licensure & Certifications

• Illinois Surgical Assistant License
• Certified Surgical First Assist (CSFA) and/or Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA)
• Surgical Assistant Certification recognized in Illinois and Indiana
• Certification from:
  • National Commission for the Certification of Surgical Assistants (NCCSA)
  • American Board of Surgical Assistants (ABSA)

Position Details

• Schedule: Full-Time (1.0 FTE)
• Shift: Days
• Location: Hyde Park 
• Department: CCD OR - Robotics
• Union Code: Non-Union

5700 S Maryland Ave

UChicago Medicine Center for Care and Discovery - Hyde Park, also known as the CCD, is our flagship hospital in Hyde Park.

The 10-story facility is home to world-class medical and surgical care. The CCD includes 436 beds (all private rooms, which are spacious enough to accommodate family for overnight stays), 52 intensive care beds, 9 suites for advanced imaging and interventional procedures and 23 operating rooms designed to accommodate hybrid and robotic procedures.

Other amenities include wireless internet, room service, a variety of on-site restaurant options and a gift shop.

Central Reception and Check-In Area (7th floor)

Our main lobby, also known as the Sky Lobby, is located on building’s seventh floor. It features floor-to-ceiling glass walls, which fill the space with natural light and provide panoramic views of Hyde Park and downtown Chicago. Other Sky Lobby features include:

· Chapel

· Family waiting areas

· Food court and coffee shop

· Occasional live music performances through our hospital’s healing arts program

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