Position Summary:

To actively assist the surgeon during a surgical operation, establishing a good working team.

 

 

 

Accountabilities/Criteria

PATIENT CARE SKILLS

Identifies the physiologic changes induced by surgery and uses this information to provide appropriate patient care.

Identifies the physiologic changes induced by general, regional, and local anesthesia and uses this information to provide appropriate patient care.

Identifies the pathophysiology of trauma, and uses this information to provide appropriate patient care.

Maintains a surgically safe environment during surgery.

Demonstrates advanced knowledge of surgical anatomy and operative techniques.

SURGICAL/OPERATIVE INTERVENTIONS

Patient positioning

Prepping and draping

Applying clamps

Tying knots

Cauterizing bleeders

Sponging the operative field

Holding retractors

Suctioning

Suturing to include following and cutting

Cleaning of operative area

Applying dressings

Transferring patient to stretcher

 

 

 

Job Requirements

 

Education and Training:  

Current licensure to practice as a Physician Assistant in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

 

Experience and Knowledge:

PA: 2 years experience as a surgical first assistant

TRAUMA experience Preferred

Registration, Licensure and/or Certification:  

***While on Trauma call - arrival time within 15 min (on site on-call room available***