PA-Urology

Evaluation, Treatment, and Management

The PA evaluates, treats, and manages patients with urology conditions under the medical direction of the MD Chair of Urology and the Executive Director of APCs.

Qualifications

• A graduate of an AMA recognized Physician Assistant training program that is accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission or Education for Physician Assistant (ACR-PA)
• PA - Physician Assistant

Skills

• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support (required)

Responsibilities

• Practices medical services under the supervision of a registered physician
• Reviews historical and physical data according to medical staff by-laws and regulations
• Works as a member of the general surgery team
• May render emergency medical service in emergencies
• Participates in quality improvement and risk management programs
• Completes medical records in a timely manner
• Writes admission orders and performs detailed histories and physicals on urology patients
• First assists in the operating room for urology surgery coverage and other surgical subspecialties
• Performs daily patient rounds and follows up on all patients and consults including physical exams, diagnostic and therapeutic intervention, and ordering routine labs, diagnostic tests, and consults
• Performs BLS and ACLS measures as needed
• Receives pages from the nursing staff regarding patient care and acts as the primary responding clinician
• Does not obtain surgical consents, autopsy permission, or organ donation permission
• Writes and signs progress notes, discharge summaries, and transfer summaries
• May write and sign orders according to PA prescription regulations and may renew or rewrite orders previously approved by the supervising physician
• Maintains safety education programs and operates assigned equipment in a safe manner

Pay and Schedule

Budgeted Hours: 0
Shift: Day/Eve Rotation

Benefits

N/A

Schedule

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