Surgical Assistant (Per-Diem) - Crozer Keystone Health System

• 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***

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