Physician assistant

Health eCareers • City of Albany, NY, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 1m ago

The Department of Neurosurgery is recruiting a Physician Assistant (PA) to work with our inpatient team from 12:00pm - 8:30pm to coordinate follow-up care and discharge planning. Salary range $110,598 - $130,000 commensurate with experience.

The PA is a credentialed position required to function in and practice in an expanded specialty. The PA has the responsibility and accountability for the assessment and management of patients, including ordering diagnostic tests, consultations, therapeutic interventions, and the daily implementation and evaluation of an appropriate plan of care. The PA augments a physician's ability to provide medical services to patients; collects and documents data, conducts diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, orders and schedules laboratory studies and professional consultations, and provides direct patient care services.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities Include:

Applies knowledge of anatomy, principles, or theories of neurology, microbiology, physiology, psychology, human disabilities, pharmacology, gerontology, human growth and development, human developmental disease, and medical terminology as appropriate in an inpatient setting and as appropriate for level of medical licensure.
Conduct patient assessments and complete physical examinations, collect clinical data including vital signs, collect specimens, prepare patients for tests, therapy, or treatments, order and interpret medical laboratory test results, diagnose medical conditions of patients, administer medications or treatments, and perform minor surgery.
Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
Rounds and coordinates care for our inpatient consult service for patients who are admitted to other services including Trauma, Surgery, Medicine, Pediatrics, and Ob/Gyn.
Completes accurate patient coding for effective billing, maintains accurate and detailed patient medical reports, and maintains inventory of medical supplies and instruments.
Serves as a resource and team leader during clinical shifts to ensure the smooth flow of patient processing, treatment, and discharge including patient triaging.

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and CV to:

Physician Recruitment
Albany Med Health System
physicianrecruitment@amc.edu