Introduction

Are you looking for a work environment where diversity and inclusion thrive? Submit your application for our First Assist opening with Frankfort Regional Medical Center today and find out what it truly means to be a part of the HCA Healthcare team.

Benefits

$20K sign on bonus to eligible candidates!

Frankfort Regional 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 medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

We are seeking a(an) First Assist for our team to ensure that we continue to provide all patients with high quality, efficient care. Did you get into our industry for these reasons? We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do. We want you to apply!

Job Summary and Qualifications

III.Behavioral Expectations:

Building Partnerships:

• Identifies opportunities to take action to build strategic relationships to help achieve goals
• Exchanges information with potential partners to clarify partnership benefits and potential problems
• Collaboratively determines the scope and expectations of the partnership so that both departments’ needs can be met
• Places higher priority on organization's goals than department’s goals
• Anticipates effects of department’s actions and decisions on partners
• Influences others to support partnership objectives

Building Trust:

• Interacts with others in a way that gives them confidence in one’s intentions and those of the organization
• Shares thoughts, feelings and rationale so that others understand personal positions
• Demonstrates honesty, keeps commitments and behaves in a consistent manner
• Listens to others and objectively considers others' ideas and opinions, even when they conflict with own
• Treats people with dignity, respect and fairness
• Gives proper credit to others
• Stands up for deserving others and their ideas even in the face of resistance

Passion for Results:

• Drives high standards for individual, team and organizational accomplishment
• Sets challenging goals and high performance standards for self and others
• Initiates action and moves others toward envisioned outcomes
• Corrals energy day-to-day to maintain momentum and a sense of urgency toward desired results
• Works relentlessly to overcome obstacles
• Is dissatisfied until results have been achieved
• Derives satisfaction from goal achievement and continuous improvement

Compelling Communication:

• Clearly and succinctly conveys information to individuals and groups
• Uses forceful and compelling language and tone to stimulate other’s thinking and actions
• Uses vivid analogies and illustrations to create mental images
• Uses visual aids when appropriate to enhance impact of the message
• Conveys messages logically, simply, succinctly and at the right pace, does not digress
• Checks audience’s understanding, presents messages in different ways to enhance their understanding
• Uses correct grammar and punctuation
• Uses a format and terminology appropriate to the topic and audience

Customer Focus:

• Demonstrates teamwork and cooperation, works well with others
• Serves as a resource in an effective manner to other departments as needed
• Identifies customer service issues
• Creates customer-focused practices to assure customer satisfaction
• Is cognizant of age specific, cultural and physical needs of customer in providing service

Quality Orientation:

• Accurately checks processes and tasks
• Follows procedures
• Ensures high quality output

Safety:

• Has working knowledge of the operation of the department or seeks guidance from appropriate personnel
• Reports equipment malfunctions to appropriate personnel and correctly completes work order
• Assures safe and clean environment; keeps area clutter free
• Takes action

Personal &Professional Development:

• Accepts responsibility for assessment of self-learning needs and identifies resources to accomplish personal and professional development
• Actively participates in committees as assigned
• Attends all mandatory education annually
• Makes independent decisions, manages multiple priorities
• Organized, self-directed, requires minimum supervision
• Displays professional pride
• Demonstrates an understanding of and adherence to HCA’s Code of Conduct

• Conduct reflects HCA’s values and a commitment to the Code of Conduct

What qualifications you will need:

I.Minimum Requirements:

Education:Surgical First Assistant is agraduate of an accredited Surgical Technologist educational program and maintains Certified Surgical First Assistant licensure through a nationally certified and/or state-licensed certification to practice with thesupervision of a physician.

Licensure/Certifications:Current Basic Life Support (BLS) upon hire. Certification required.

Experience:Preferred 1 year OR Experience. Excellent communication (verbal, written), interpersonal, organizational, leadership, exceptional interpersonal relations and problem solving skills required.

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

What qualifications you will need:

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

Frankfort Regional Medical Center has provided quality healthcare services for over 40 years. We give patient's access to trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 170+ bed hospital is one of the region's leading acute care facilities in Central Kentucky. Frankfort Regional has built an excellent reputation for outstanding subspecialty services. In addition, we have an exceptional network of quality primary care physicians in both family practice and internal medicine. We are consistently named as one of the Best Places to Work in Kentucky.

At Frankfort Regional Medical Center, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's 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.

"Across HCA Healthcare’s more than 2,000 sites of care, our nurses and colleagues have a positive impact on patients, communities and healthcare.
Together, we uplift and elevate our purpose to give people a healthier tomorrow."- Jane Englebright, PhD, RN CENP, FAAN
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our First Assist 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 and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.