Full Job Description
Summary: An exempt position responsible for practicing medicine, including surgical services, and managing all aspects of in-patient medical care under the appropriate physician supervision as defined by New York State law. Within physician-physician assistant/nurse practitioner relationship, Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners exercise autonomy in medical decision making a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services.
Job Responsibilities:
- Conducts physical exams, assesses health status, orders and interprets tests, prescibes medications, and treat illnesses.
- Consult with physicians as needed and refers to physicians for more complicated medical cases or cases that are not a routine part of a PA’s Scope of Practice
- Round on surgical inpatients and facilitate the appropriate care
- Write notes and consultations on patients seen
- Attend Multi-disciplinary rounds
- Consult on surgical patients both on the floor and ER
- Work with nursing, care management, and other colleagues with a team approach and perspective
- May place and remove surgical drains
- Consult appropriate specialties as seen fit
- Monitors therapies and provides continuity of care
- Triage patient calls and evaluates patient’s problems and concerns. Responds to emergencies including use of CPR
- Counsels patient/family on health care matters
- Documents patient information and care in the medical record, in a confidential manner, and may maintain departmental statistical database for research and quality purposes
- Familiar with anatomy, pharmacology, pathophysiology, clinical medicine and physical diagnosis
- Demonstrates skill in gathering and analyzing physiological, socioeconomic, and emotional patient data
- Demonstrates skill in accurately evaluating patient problems in person or via phone and providing appropriate advice, intervention, or referral
- Demonstrates ability to make responsible decisions within the scope of PA practice.
- Ability to assist in surgical procedures.
- Demonstrates ability to collaborate effectively with physicians
- Demonstrates ability to communicate effectively with all other disciplines in the medical arena
- Demonstrates ability to educate patients, families and staff in a user-friendly manner
- Demonstrates ability to demonstrate hand-eye coordination, full range of motion, and manual dexterity
Education, Training, Licensure and Experience Requirements
- Current New York State Licensed Physician Assistant
- Current National Certification (Highly Recommended)
- Current White Plains Hospital Physician Assistant Collaborative Practice Agreement
- Certified in Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Proficiency in all procedures, techniques and skills approved in the delineation of privileges
Or
- Masters Degree in Nursing from an accredited school.
- Current NYS license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse.
- Current NYS certification as a Nurse Practitioner (either Adult/Geriatric).
- Maintains a current collaborative practice agreement.
- Current National Certification (Highly Recommended)
- Certified in Basic Life Support (BLS)
Location: White Plains Hospital ยท Surgical PA/NPs Schedule: Per Diem, Varied, 6 am- 6:30 pm, 6 pm- 6:30 am