Job Description: 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 other supplies to surgeons and surgeon's assistants, wound closure, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.\n Responsibilities:\n\nProvide competent and ethical care within legal standards of practice as applicable to the STFA.\nAssist surgeon during operating room procedures. Performs positioning, prepping, and draping of the patient. Provides homeostasis by safe use of electrocautery, clamping blood vessels, coagulating bleeding points, ligating vessels, and other means as directed by surgeon. Identifies various suture needs and demonstrated appropriate suture management\nApplies knowledge of surgical anatomy, physiology, and operative technique relative to operative procedures. Identifies specific physician preferences and steps of the procedure.\nActs as a patient advocate and maintains privacy and confidentiality of all appropriate information.\nServes as an educator, mentor, consultant, and resource to colleagues and other healthcare professionals in relation to STFA activities and robotic surgery\nMaintains regulatory, credentialing, and privileging requirements\nAssume responsibility for personal development and education.\nKnow and follow all organizational/departmental policies/procedures.\nIncorporate 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.\n\nMinimum 1 year of experience required.\nCST Certification required.\nCompletion of STFA program required.\n\nFirst Assist Certification required within 2 years. (Exempt from this requirement is the current STFA which possesses ten years of Operating Room experience with five years of First Assist experience assisting a surgeon and competencies are checked off by surgeon every two years)\n\n\nAssociate's Degree in Surgical Tech preferred.\n\n Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:\n\nCertified Surgical Technologists (CST)\nFirst Assist Certification required within 2 years.\n\n(Exempt from this requirement is the current STFA which possesses ten years of Operating Room experience with five years of First Assist experience assisting a surgeon and competencies are checked off by surgeon every two years)\n\n\nBasic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)\nAct 34 with renewal\n\n UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran