Trauma - Full-Time PA

JOB SUMMARY

Participates in team focused patient care by means of patient examinations augmented by diagnostic and therapeutic evaluations/ interventions in the medical and/or surgical theatres of health care. The clinician functions under the regulatory mandate from their respective licensing organization (North Carolina Medical Board or North Carolina Board of Nursing) with departmental specific credentialing from the institution.

Essential Functions

• Using medical decision-making skills to determine appropriate patient care plan.
• Collaborates with medical team when needed for effective team-based care.
• Orders and interprets laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures.
• Explains the necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient.
• Performs procedural skills per department or practice guidelines.
• Opportunity to participate in basic science and clinical research projects.
• Potential for and encouraged to precept students and/or medical learners.
• Upholds AHWFB missions, values, and cultural commitment.
• Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

  Skills/Qualifications

  • Exceptional interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral and written communications skills
  • Ability to maintain composure and work efficiently under pressure
  • Ability to perform complex patient diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
  • Exemplary organizational skills
  • Willingness to perform other related duties other than those described herein

    Physical Requirements

    • Standing: 35%
    • Walking: 35%
    • Sitting: 65%
    • Bending: 65%
    • Reaching with arms: 100%
    • Finger and hand dexterity: 100%
    • Talking: 100%
    • Hearing: 100%
    • Sight: 100%
    • Lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling: 20 lbs. maximum
    • 20 lbs. maximum
    • 100 lbs. maximum

      Work Environment

      • Efficient team based care
      • Professionalism and Customer Service Skills

      About Advocate Health

      Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.