Job Description - Physician Assistant Cardiothoracic Surgery Transplant (24029252)
Job Number: 24029252
Description:
All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:
- Benefits from Day One
- Paid Days Off from Day One
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Mental Health Resources and Support
- Pet Insurance*
- Debt-free Education* (Certifications and Degrees without out-of-pocket tuition expense)
Our promise to you:
Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person and serves to uplift others in body, mind, and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.
Schedule: Full Time Exempt Salaried Position
Shift: Days
The community you’ll be caring for:
- Located on a lush tropical campus, our flagship hospital, 1,368-bed AdventHealth Orlando
- Serves as the major tertiary facility for much of the Southeast, the Caribbean, and South America
- AdventHealth Orlando houses one of the largest Emergency Departments and largest cardiac catheterization labs in the country
- We are already one of the busiest hospitals in the nation, providing service excellence to more than 32,000 inpatients and 125,000 outpatients each year.
The role you’ll contribute:
The Physician Assistant (PA) supports the clinical operation of AdventHealth Transplant Institute with primary focus on clinical services in the inpatient and outpatient setting. Inpatient Responsibilities include: Pre-operative admission, consultation, evaluation and medical optimization; Intra-Operative 1st and 2nd assistance; Post-operative ICU and floor patient care and discharge. Outpatient Responsibilities include: Pre & Post Operative clinic; Out-Of-Hospital patient clinical phone call management & Out-Of-Hospital operative call-in. Delivery of patient care will be conducted in collaboration with faculty surgeons and physicians.
Basic PA functions include, but are not limited to: Conduct of relevant health & medical history; Performance of physical examination; Collection, interpretation & recording of clinical data; Ordering/specimen collection for/interpretation of all relevant laboratory/microbiological tests; Ordering/interpretation of all relevant radiologic/US/MRI/NM studies; Ordering/performance of/interpretation of cardiac diagnostic testing; Development of treatment plans; Ordering medications; Addressing the pharmacologic needs of patients by CPOE/written/oral methods; Dispensing & Administration of medications; Activity level designation; Performance of rounds and recording of computerized progress/consult/procedure notes; Participation in clinical & multidisciplinary rounds; Admission of patients at the direction of the supervising physician; Obtainment of informed consent for procedures performed by the physician assistant; Consultation/Referral to other health professionals & community agencies; Provide relevant patient education and counseling regarding health status, test results, disease process, and discharge planning; Perform any other clinical responsibility within the physician assistant’s level of training and scope of practice; Assist the collaborating physician in any intervention in the interest of patient care/safety.
The value you’ll bring to the team:
Participation in daily inpatient rounding by taking patient history, conducting physical exams, reviewing laboratory and diagnostic data, performing medication reconciliation, procedures, and computer order entry as appropriate.
Participation in daily multidisciplinary rounds by contributing specific surgical perspective and promoting integrated comprehensive patient care.
Active team participant in mentoring and educating other team members.
Inpatient consultation and admission at the direction of the collaborating physician.
Documentation of all patient encounters by computerized progress notes, brief operative note, procedural notes, or admission/consultation/discharge summary dictation.
Pre-operative patient evaluation and medical optimization.
Evaluates and treats patients with acute, chronic, and surgical concerns.
Perform First/Second Surgical Assist duties within the OR setting and/or at bedside as program and surgeon direct.
Post-operative patient ICU and floor management.
Call requirements will be rotational to include a 24-hour/7-day coverage system. Out-Of-House SICU & Floor call responsibilities, Donor call organ assessment & OR call responsibilities.
Attends and participates in transplant team meetings including Patient Review Committee, hospital interdisciplinary rounds, discharge planning, and QAPI. Communicates with the transplant team in a professional and effective manner. Participation in database & clinical research.
Participation in clinical research & Actively participates in regulatory-related data collection and surveys agencies.
Bedside cardiothoracic surgical procedural skills.
Qualifications:
The expertise and experiences you’ll need to succeed:
- Graduate of a physician assistant program approved by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)
- Minimum of two years post-graduation clinical experience or one-year post-graduate surgical residency training experience
- Minimum of one year of cardiothoracic specialty specific experience
- Pre-Operative, Intra-Operative, Post-Operative Surgical patient care experience
- Critical Care experience
- Current, valid State of Florida physician’s assistance license
- Current certification through the National Commission Certification of Physician Assistant (NCCPA)
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