Surgical Technologist/FA | Part-time | Plastic Surgery

UPMC; Williamsport (Lycoming County); Sur place; USD 34 440 - 48 216; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

A healthcare provider in Williamsport seeks a part-time Surgical Technologist First Assist. The role includes assisting during surgeries and requires CST certification and completion of the STFA program. Candidates must have at least one year of relevant experience. This position offers 8 hours per week on weekdays, emphasizing regulatory compliance and evidence-based practice.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of Surgical Technologist experience required.
• Completion of Surgical Technologist First Assist (STFA) program is mandatory.
• CST certification required and First Assist Certification needed within 2 years.

Responsabilités

• Assist surgeons during perioperative procedures.
• Prepare the operating room and transport patients.
• Ensure compliance with safety and legal standards.

Connaissances

Surgical anatomy knowledge

Patient advocacy

Evidence-based practice

Formation

Associate's Degree in Surgical Tech

Outils

Basic Life Support (BLS)

First Assist Certification

Description du poste

Surgical Technologist/FA | Part-time | Plastic Surgery

UPMC Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Center is currently hiring a Surgical Technologist First Assist (STFA). This is a limited part‑time position, 8 hours/week, dayshift, scheduled Monday‑Friday.

Purpose

Participates in an expanded role of perioperative First Assisting. Under the direction of the physician, assists in operations; may help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, pass instruments and supplies, wound closure, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

Responsibilities

• Provide competent and ethical care within legal standards of practice as applicable to the STFA.
• Assist surgeon during operating room procedures: positioning, prepping, draping, and providing homeostasis with electrocautery, clamping, coagulating, ligating, etc., as directed.
• Apply knowledge of surgical anatomy, physiology, and operative technique relative to procedures; identify physician preferences and steps.
• Act as a patient advocate and maintain privacy and confidentiality of all appropriate information.
• Serve as educator, mentor, consultant, and resource to colleagues and other professionals in relation to STFA activities and robotic surgery.
• Maintain regulatory, credentialing and privileging requirements.
• Assume responsibility for personal development and education.
• Know and follow all organizational/departmental policies and procedures.
• Incorporate evidence‑based practice into quality and safety; commit to high‑quality, safe work; identify and address inefficiencies, unsafe conditions or errors; encourage patient and family involvement; speak up with other service partners; report serious events or incidents per policy.

Requirements

• Minimum 1 year of experience required.
• CST certification required.
• Completion of STFA program required.
• First Assist Certification required within 2 years. (Exempt: current STFA with ten years operating room experience and five years First Assist experience, competencies checked by surgeon every two years).
• Associate's Degree in Surgical Tech preferred.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances

• Certified Surgical Technologist (CST)
• First Assist Certification within 2 years (STFA program completion required)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Act 34 with renewal
• Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal
• Act 33 with renewal
• Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.

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