Physician Assistant I

About This Role

This Physician Assistant role involves providing high-quality, efficient, team-based, patient-focused care under the direction of a supervising physician. Responsibilities may include managing patients in various settings, assisting in the operating room, performing department-specific procedures, and facilitating on-call duties. The daily tasks will vary based on department and supervising physician needs, potentially requiring evening or weekend hours.

Responsibilities

• Examine patients, perform comprehensive physical examinations, and compile patient medical data, including health history and results of physical examination
• Administer or order diagnostic tests, such as imaging studies, electrocardiograms, and laboratory tests, and interpret test results for deviations from normal
• Perform therapeutic procedures such as injections, immunizations, suturing and wound care, and managing infection
• Perform other department-specific diagnostic or therapeutic procedures
• Develop and implement patient management plans, record progress notes, and assist in provision of continuity of care
• Instruct and counsel patients regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens, normal growth and development, family planning, emotional problems of daily living, and health maintenance and other relevant patient education
• Facilitate admissions, transfers, and discharges
• First assist in surgeries or perform procedures as applicable
• Round on inpatients
• Perform admission evaluation on patients to include: obtaining basic medical information and history, reviewing patients medical record, performing physical exam, documenting findings into patient medical record, and reporting deviations from normal findings to attending physician
• Provide patient and family with pre-operative/pre-procedure and other pertinent education
• Answer questions regarding surgery or procedures, recovery and risk factor modification; provide blood transfusion information as applicable; perform peri-operative procedures; locate and utilize diagnostic images, instruments and pertinent patient information
• Review patient chart noting allergies, pertinent medical history, and abnormal physical findings
• Assist in performing surgical procedures and other procedures consistent with the standards of care and practice guidelines
• Perform post-operative procedures to include entering standard post-operative orders into patient medical records; assist physicians with evaluation and management of patients status during recovery; review vital signs, laboratory and diagnostic studies; assist with management of patients
• Facilitate patient discharge; dictate discharge and transfer summaries in a timely manner

Requirements

• Graduate from an ARC-PA accredited physician assistant program by start date