Full Job Description
Job Title
Physician Assistant
Job Summary:
Provide specialized care for patients with vascular diseases by conducting comprehensive assessments, managing chronic conditions like peripheral vascular disease (PVD), venous insufficiency/hypertension, end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Responsible for diagnosis, treatment, and medication management, interpreting diagnostic tests, and educating patients on care plan. Collaborate with a team of vascular surgeon, physician assistants, nurse practicioners, and medical office staff and technicians.
General Accountabilities
- Assessment and Diagnosis: Conduct thorough physical examinations and take health histories to assess vascular health and diagnose conditions such as PVD, venous disease, and maintenance of dialysis access in ESRD patients. Patients will be seen in both private clinic and hospital settings.
- Treatment Management: Develop and implement individualized treatment plans, including prescribing medications, providing therapeutic education, and assisting with office based procedures.
- Diagnostic Interpretation: Interpret diagnostic tests and imaging results, such as ultrasounds, CT scans, MRIs, and angiograms, to guide treatment decisions.
- Operative Skills: Assist in OR. Will provide assistance in both complex endovascular and open surgical cases. Responsible for being knowledgeable about each procedure and developing required skills.
- Perioperative Care: Assist with the care of patients before and after vascular surgery, including obtaining clearances, providing preoperative instructions, wound management postoperatively.
- Patient Education: Educate patients and their families on risk factors, disease prevention, lifestyle changes, and post-treatment care.
- Collaboration: Work collaboratively with vascular surgeons, physician assistants, ultrasound technicians, medical assistants, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate care and ensure optimal patient outcomes.
- Wound Care: Provide specialized wound care for patients with chronic vascular conditions.
- Phlebotomy: Draw blood for preoperative labs.
- Be willing to work at multiple clinic locations which may include but not limited to areas in New York such as the Bronx, Yonkers, Manhattan.
- Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.
Job Qualifications
- Minimum Education: An advanced nursing degree (MSN or DNP) is required.
- Certification: Board certification as a Nurse Practitioner is necessary. BLS and ACLS highly preferred.
- Minimum Experience: 1 year practicing as NP in any specialty preferred
- Minimum Skills: Experience with EMR documenting, interpreting diagnostic imaging, MS Word, Excel, MS Outlook.
- Prefer applicant to have a car and active driver’s license.
Skills and Competencies
- Able to speak and write English clearly. Correct grammar, spelling skills, and legible writing.
- Good verbal and written communication skills. Listens and gets clarification when necessary. Able to read, understand, and follow oral and written instructions.
- Knowledge of vascular endovascular and open surgical procedures and associated skills highly preferred.
- Skills in answering the telephone in a pleasant and helpful manner. Exceptional customer service and phone etiquette, ability to maintain effective and organized systems.
- Ability to maintain records.
- Demonstrate compassion and caring in dealing with others. Have the people skills to handle different personalities and situations.
- Demonstrate willing to adapt to change. Adapts to changes in the work environment. Manages competing demands. Able to handle frequent change or unexpected events. Be able to prioritize workload while remaining flexible.
- Must work well with constant interruptions, must have effective organizational, problem solving, and time management skills.
- Maintain professionalism. Maintains composure and reacts well under pressure. Treats others with respect and consideration. Accepts responsibility for own actions. Follows through on commitments.
- Able to be part of a highly dynamic team. Balances team and individual responsibilities. Gives and welcomes feedback.
- Ability to perform phlebotomy and simple wound care tasks.
Skills: Language
- Bilingual-English/Spanish preferred
Physical Demands
- Job may require long periods of standing at times.
- Must be able to assist patients walking to exam rooms and getting onto exam tables.
- Occasionally required to lift moderate weights (25-50 pounds).
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.
Work Environment
- This job operates in a professional medical office and hospital environments.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to work at other clinical offices as needed.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $120,000.00 – $150,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Paid time off
Application Question(s):
- Do you own a car?
Experience:
- Physician Assistant (Vascular): 3 years (Required)
Language:
- English and Spanish (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- BLS or ACLS certification (Preferred)
- Physician Assistant License (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Yonkers, NY 10705 (Required)
Work Location: In person
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