Physician Assistant (Surgical) Opportunity in Maryland
Client is in need of an experienced Surgical PA/ACNP for a hospital in Maryland.
Position requires experience working with pre and post OP patients. The provider will not have to work in the OR, Monday through Friday schedule, 8 am - 4 pm; highly competitive base salary plus a productivity and/or quality bonus.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Decrease the number of transfers out of the hospital and community health system by providing increased surgical inpatient clinician presence.
- Provide medical care as designated within the scope of practice of the primary or alternate supervising physician and appropriate to the PA's education, training, and level of competence.
- Provide support to neurosurgery, general surgery, vascular surgery, surgical oncology, gynecologic oncology, ENT, orthopedics, urology, and GYN specialties as appropriate.
- Support Hospital -- Hospitalist Co-Management of Surgery Patients.
- Perform comprehensive and problem-focused histories and physical examinations.
- Order and interpret laboratory and radiographic studies.
- Educate and counsel patients.
- Render emergency care.
- Facilitate patient referral to the appropriate physician or agency.
- Prescribe medication within prescriptive authority.
- Participate in the development and implementation of hospital and surgery departmental quality control and improvement programs.
- Attend Surgery department and committee meetings as required.
Hospital Duties & Responsibilities
- Communicate daily with attending surgeon.
- In conjunction with supervising surgeon, formulate and implement treatment and therapeutic plans for hospitalized patients.
- Perform admission history and physicals.
- Conduct daily hospital rounds.
- Evaluate post-operative patients and make routine follow-up visits.
- Write orders and progress notes.
- Order appropriate laboratory and radiographic tests and diagnostic studies.
- Evaluate and clarify clinical conditions.
- Return phone calls from families.
- Handle discharge planning and dictate discharge summaries.
- Perform quality assurance.
Benefits
Great Benefits Package including malpractice, health, dental, vision, life, Short Term/Long Term disability provided at no cost to the employee. Health benefits, $1500 CME allowance/year, generous PTO, and profit sharing/401(k).
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