The management team and staff at Netcare Kingsway Hospital take pride in providing a multi-disciplinary healthcare service and are dedicated and committed to providing exceptional customer service and compassionate care to patients and their families within the KwaZulu-Natal community.

Surgical Assistant Responsibilities:

Assisting with patient resuscitation during cardiac arrests or other life-threatening events.
Covering patients with surgical drapes to ensure and maintain a sterile operating field, removing patients' body hair, and disinfecting the incision site.
Determining the availability and inspecting sterile and non-sterile surgical equipment, tools, and supplies.
Adjusting and maintaining the operating room temperature, humidity, and lighting according to the Surgeon's specifications.
Applying sutures, staples, clips, and drainage systems and clamping, or cauterizing blood vessels to control bleeding.
Assisting with the positioning of patients' bodies to protect against nerve damage or circulation impairment and assessing the patients' body conditions after surgery.
Maintaining an unobstructed operating field with surgical retractors, sponges, and suctioning and irrigating equipment.
Monitoring patients' positions, vital signs, and volume and color of blood during operations.
Assisting the surgical team with gowning or gloving and passing instruments or supplies to the Surgeon.
Assisting with the application of dressings, casts, splints, braces, and other devices.

Surgical Assistant Requirements:

A graduate's degree in Surgical Assistance with the successful completion of clinical training.
A license to work as a Surgical Assistant.
Good manual dexterity and working knowledge of surgical procedures and tasks.
The ability to work in a stressful environment.
Physical stamina to work long shifts and move or lift patients and heavy equipment.
Excellent team working and communication skills.
The ability to remain calm and focused in the operating room.