Hello,

Thank you for your interest in career opportunities with the University of Mississippi Medical Center.  Please review the following instructions prior to submitting your job application:

• Provide all of your employment history, education, and licenses/certifications/registrations.  You will be unable to modify your application after you have submitted it.
• You must meet all of the job requirements at the time of submitting the application. 
• You can only apply one time to a job requisition. 
• Once you start the application process you cannot save your work. Please ensure you have all required attachment(s) available to complete your application before you begin the process.
• Applications must be submitted prior to the close of the recruitment. Once recruitment has closed, applications will no longer be accepted.

After you apply, we will review your qualifications and contact you if your application is among the most highly qualified. Due to the large volume of applications, we are unable to individually respond to all applicants. You may check the status of your application via your Candidate Profile.

Thank you,

Human Resources

Important Applications Instructions:

Please complete this application in entirety by providing all of your work experience, education and certifications/

license.  You will be unable to edit/add/change your application once it is submitted.

Job Requisition ID:

R00045702

Job Category:

Allied Health

Organization:

SOM-Orthopaedic Surgery-DBA

Location/s:

Main Campus Jackson

Job Title:

Surgical First Assistant-Part Time

Job Summary:

Performs an expanded role of an OR Surgical Technologist to encompass pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative functions. Works under the direct supervision and direction of the attending surgeon throughout the intra-operative phase, providing hemostasis, exposure, dissection, and wound closure.

Education & Experience

Education and Experience Required:

Graduate of an accredited First Assistant or Surgical Assistant program and five (5) years perioperative experience

Certifications, Licenses, or Registrations Required:

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Preferred Qualifications:

Certification as a First Assistant or Surgical Assistant

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Strong verbal and written communication skills. Visual acuity; manual dexterity and physical mobility; hear and orally communicate. Exposure to infectious diseases, chemical agents, and anesthetic gases.  Direct contact with disease-bearing specimens, body organs and tissues, and blood and body fluids. Regular job attendance is an essential job function. Standard Precautions policy and procedures are applicable to this job.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contributes to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies, procedures, quality standards, and safety standards.  Complies with governmental and accreditation regulations.
• Under direct supervision of the attending surgeon, provides hemostasis by clamping vessels and coagulating bleeding points
• Under direct supervision of the attending surgeon, provides exposure through appropriate use of instruments, retractors, suctioning, and sponging techniques.
• Performs minor casting under the supervision of the surgeon.
• Under the direct supervision of the surgeon, performs wound closure of subcutaneous tissue and skin through the use of suture and staples.
• Under the direct supervision of the surgeon and Circulating RN, positions, preps, and drapes the patient and applies surgical dressings.
• Functions in the Surgical Technologist staff role.  Prepares the OR and assists the RN with indirect patient care activities as needed.  Passes instruments, sponges, and sutures to the surgeon.  Holds retractors as needed.  Maintains aseptic technique.  Actively monitors situations that could lead to breaches in aseptic technique.  Identifies and handles specimens appropriately.  Functions as a technical resource for OR staff, providing information relating to instruments and equipment.
• Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment of caring for patients and families.  Provides basic patient comfort measures.  When necessary, provides environmental support to expedite timely patient admission or transfer.  Ensures a safe, supportive environment for staff and medical staff.
• Responds to questions from patient, families and significant other in a prompt, courteous, positive, and knowledgeable manner.  Makes referrals to appropriate personnel as needed.
• Anticipates needs of the surgical team by correctly assembling needed supplies for each procedure according to physician preference card.  Verifies that all equipment is functioning at the beginning of and during the case, recognizing own problem-solving limitations and seeking assistance as needed.  Maintains a sterile field throughout the case by practicing aseptic techniques in accordance with standards of care and infection control guidelines.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands
Requires occasional exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold, constant handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, frequent exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, occasional travelling to offsite locations, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, constant work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality, frequent bending, occasional lifting and carrying more than 100 pounds, occasional climbing, occasional crawling, occasional crouching/stooping, occasional driving, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, constant reaching, occasional sitting, constant standing, frequent twisting, and frequent walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)

Time Type:

Part time

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt:

No

Pay Class:

Hourly

FTE %:

40

Work Shift:

Day

Benefits Eligibility:

Grant Funded:

No

Job Posting Date:

09/16/2025

Job Closing Date (open until filled if no date specified):