Physician Assistant; PA-Robotic Surgery-MGH

Position: Physician Assistant (PA)-Robotic Surgery-MGH
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The General Hospital Corporation Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.
** Job Summary
** This position is: 4-10hr shift per week, Day, M-F    Massachusetts General Hospital is one of the leading academic surgical centers in the United States. As we are expanding our activities in robotic surgery across multiple specialties, we are inviting an experienced and motivated Physician Assistant to join our team full-time. The primary responsibility in this position will include surgical first-assistance in robotic surgical cases on services including but not limited to Thoracic, Urology, Gynecology, Colorectal, and General Surgery.

We are a high-volume center, averaging 250+ robotic procedures per month.
A competitive candidate will have at least 2 years of operating room experience, with preference for at least 1 year of dedicated robotic surgical experience.
This position reports directly to the Robotic Surgery APP Manager, Medical Director of Perioperative Services, and OR Nursing Director. PAs will be listed as being supervised by the surgical director of our PA program.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES    Primary management of mostly adult and some pediatric surgical patients in the operating room in conjunction with surgical faculty and staff. Day-to-day duties will focus on directly assisting in multispecialty robotic surgery as the first-assistant. This role is in direct support of the operating room; there will be no floor, consult, or clinic responsibilities.
Operational  
• History and Physical, image review, preoperative huddling, patient positioning, prepping and draping.  
• Make incisions, robotic port placement, retraction, suction/irrigation, specimen handling, surgical decision-making, stapling and dividing major anatomic structures, suturing deep and superficial tissue layers, dressing placement, drain management, patient transport, postoperative orders.
Administrative & Educational  
• Trains bedside personnel including residents, PAs, students.

• Participates in educational and quality assurance meetings for the Department of Surgery and Perioperative Services to identify areas of performance improvement in patient outcomes, experience, medical education.

• Pursues attending-mentored clinical research involving robotic surgery.
Physician Assistant-First Assist    Skills and Experience  
• 2 years of surgical experience desirable (Thoracic, GU, GYN, Colorectal, General Surgery experienced preferred).

• 1 year of robotic surgical experience preferred.  
• Maintain certification by completing required 100 hours of Continuing Medical Education credits every two years.

• Qualified in all basic and advanced cardiac life support standards as established by the American Heart Association.  
• Eligible for state and federally controlled substances registration.  
• Excellent teamwork/people skills when dealing with patients and/or colleagues.

• Success in this role is contingent upon the presence of or immediate ability to acquire advanced surgical skills.
Education/Degree  
• Graduate of an ARC-PA accredited Physician Assistant training program. Bachelors and Masters degrees required.
Licensure, Certifications, or Registration  
• Must be certified…