Personnel for the office surgical facility.

Ambulatory surgery in a private plastic surgery office is a practical and desirable reality. This can be achieved only in a properly staffed facility. A small number of employees are needed but each must be carefully selected for proper qualifications and attributes, appropriate training and skills necessary to execute the assigned duties, the correct attitude toward patient care, and a sense of responsibility to the surgeon. The facility must be appropriately built and job descriptions organized so as to achieve efficient and good patient care and high employee satisfaction. This common sense approach has proved effective in our experience and should serve the prospective office-based plastic surgeon well.