Physician Assistant

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Practice medicine within the scope of license, training, and credentialing
• Practice medicine in accordance with the current standards of care
• Practice medicine in accordance with the quality criteria adopted by the Medical Staff Bylaws
• Promote a safety-conscious workplace
• Evaluate and follow up with patients
• Demonstrate the ability to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individual patient care appropriate to the age of the patients served
• Communicate appropriately with the person served, regardless of age
• Attend required hospital-wide orientations, meetings, and in-services
• Demonstrate a commitment to flexible work scheduling when necessary to ensure patient care
• 10 hour shift on work days (adjustment as needed based on patient care requirements)
• Rounding on all patients on list unless specifically directed otherwise in sign out / handoff
• Writing progress notes on all patients on list unless specifically directed otherwise in sign out / handoff
• Independently seeing consults if attending surgeon is otherwise occupied and writing consult note
• Writing history and physical
• Doing discharge summaries / medication reconciliation when appropriate
• Communicating with attending surgeon about any new consults or developments with floor patients during prolonged case in OR
• Communicating with floor nurses, hospitalists, consultants, ER providers, PT/OT as appropriate to facilitate patient care and disposition
• Helping ER disposition patients in a timely manner (admitting or deferring to medicine admission as appropriate)
• If unsure, communicating with attending surgeon as soon as possible
• Performing procedures independently within scope of practice and after appropriate training / supervision period
• Reporting

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited Physician’s Assisting program with successful completion of the National Certifying Examination administered by the National Commission of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
• 2+ years as a Physician Assistant
• Current, unrestricted license to work as a Physician Assistant or in the state where work will be performed (ie. Commonwealth of Virginia or the State of North Carolina)
• CURRENT DEA certification without restrictions
• PALS and/or ACLS certification, as applicable