About the job
The Surgical Assistant at Luminis Health works directly alongside surgeons during operations, focusing on patient care throughout the intraoperative phase. This advanced practice position operates under the supervision of the surgeon, playing a key role in maintaining safe and efficient surgical procedures.
Main responsibilities
- Prepare patients for surgery by positioning, prepping, and draping them with attention to detail.
- Follow strict aseptic technique and infection control protocols at all times.
- Apply knowledge of surgical anatomy, physiology, and operative techniques across a variety of procedures.
- Collaborate with the operating room team to gather and set up equipment and supplies.
- Assist with room turnover and help ensure surgeries start on schedule.
- Support surgeons in all assigned specialties, adapting as needed to different procedures.
- Communicate effectively and perform intraoperative tasks as a team member under the surgeon’s direction, always within the defined scope of the role.
- Achieve hemostasis by clamping, coagulating, and ligating vessels as required.
- Facilitate surgical exposure using instruments, retractors, suction, and sponges. Close wounds as directed, using sutures or mechanical staplers for different tissue layers.
- Dissect and create small incisions for drains, cannulas, and trocars as instructed. Apply surgical dressings and maintain infection control standards as set by the department and regulatory guidelines.
Locations
- Annapolis, MD
- Lanham, MD

