Surgical Technologist/FA - UPMC Williamsport Surgical Services Full-Time Days with Call

UPMC; Williamsport (Lycoming County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Surgical Technologist First Assistant to join their dynamic team. In this vital role, you will assist surgeons during operations, ensuring the highest standards of patient care and safety. Your expertise in surgical procedures and patient advocacy will be crucial as you navigate the operating room environment. This position offers the opportunity to grow professionally while contributing to a collaborative healthcare setting that values quality and safety. If you are passionate about surgical technology and want to make a difference in patient outcomes, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in perioperative first assisting with knowledge of surgical anatomy.
• Ability to maintain patient confidentiality and advocate for patient needs.

Responsibilities

• Assist surgeons during operations, ensuring patient safety and quality care.
• Maintain regulatory requirements and incorporate evidence-based practices.

Skills

Surgical Assistance

Patient Advocacy

Electrocautery Usage

Suture Management

Education

Surgical Technology Certification

Associate Degree in Surgical Technology

Job description

Purpose:

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

Responsibilities:

1. Provide competent and ethical care within legal standards of practice as applicable to the STFA.
2. Maintain regulatory, credentialing, and privileging requirements.
3. Assume responsibility for personal development and education.
4. Know and follow all organizational/departmental policies/procedures.
5. Incorporate leading/evidence-based practice in quality/safety into everyday work. Commit to high-quality, safe work; encourage others to have similar standards. Identify processes/systems that could lead to inefficient practices, unsafe conditions, errors, or adverse events. Avoid shortcuts to ensure quality and safety measures are not circumvented. Encourage patient and family involvement in processes involving patient safety. Speak up with other service partners to ensure high quality and safety. Report serious events/incidents per policy.
6. Assist the surgeon during operating room procedures. Perform positioning, prepping, and draping of the patient. Provide homeostasis by the safe use of electrocautery, clamping blood vessels, coagulating bleeding points, ligating vessels, and other means as directed by the surgeon. Identify various suture needs and demonstrate appropriate suture management.
7. Apply knowledge of surgical anatomy, physiology, and operative technique relative to operative procedures. Identify specific physician preferences and steps of the procedure.
8. Act as a patient advocate and maintain privacy and confidentiality of all appropriate information.
9. Serve as an educator, mentor, consultant, and resource to colleagues and other healthcare professionals in relation to STFA activities and robotic surgery.