At Houston Methodist, the Physician Assistant (PA) functions as an advanced practice practitioner, responsible for maintaining and promoting the health of the patient requiring care, practicing medicine under the supervision of a licensed physician. This position will provide diagnostic, therapeutic, surgical, and preventative care under the supervision of a physician. The PA position examines, diagnoses, and decides on treatment for patients, including analyzing and interpreting x-rays and lab results, writing prescriptions, taking patients' histories, providing surgical assistance, and ordering various forms of therapy. This position may work in both inpatient and outpatient situations and can perform independently under the license of a physician or as part of a treatment team. The PA position affects direct patient care according to the Board of Physician Assistant Examiners in the State of Texas and Houston Methodist policies and procedures.
PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Demonstrates leadership as a clinical resource, inter-professional consultant, and patient advocate. Participates in rounding independently or with physicians/surgeons and attends interdisciplinary rounds, as appropriate, by specialty.
- Collaborates to foster healthy relationships in the work environment. Acts as a role model and coaches staff in effective verbal, non-verbal, and written communication. May serve as the first call for hospital staff. Serves as a preceptor for Physician Assistant students and medical residents, as appropriate.
- Communicates organizational information and aspects of administrative and clinical practice in a respectful and positive manner when interacting with staff. Advocates for a balanced workload, promotes positive behaviors, and peer-to-peer accountability. Facilitates the promotion of teamwork. Uses peer-to-peer accountability towards the improvement of the department score for employee engagement.
- Collaborates with inter-professional health care team members to manage/coordinate patient care. Advocates on the patient/family's behalf to identify and resolve clinical and ethical concerns.
SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Coordinates appropriate, timely patient care between healthcare providers and other ancillary clinicians, as appropriate, under a physician license, for a defined patient population(s), focusing on identified expected unit/optimal outcomes, individualized to the patient. Helps drive the improvement of the department score for patient satisfaction, through peer-to-peer accountability to service standards.
- Collaborates quality healthcare with inter-professional team members to manage/coordinate patient care.
- Responds and is available timely to patient questions/issues that arise as triaged by clinical staff and provides assistance for emergencies, as needed.
QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Performs independent or delegated functions under a physician license, such as diagnosis, use of prescriptive authority, and treatment according to practice guidelines, protocols, and/or standing orders.
- Reviews medications and test reports on patients, responds to critical test results, and advises on any corrective action based on the results.
- Conducts comprehensive health assessments (initial, ongoing, discharge), identifies normal/abnormal health characteristics, develops a plan of care, initiates appropriate interventions, and evaluates care outcomes on defined patient populations. Performs quality and safe diagnostic, surgical, and/or therapeutic procedures necessary for defined patient populations.
- Assists the inter-professional healthcare team in the development and implementation of protocols to ensure patient safety. Integrates and contributes to professional practice standards, policies, procedures, protocols, and leads improvements in patient safety-related processes.
FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Performs accurate and timely documentation in medical records, including diagnosis and CPT coding.
- Implements department strategies to achieve financial target and mentors others to do the same through the timely documentation of care, decreasing the length of stay, optimizing efficiency, and other areas according to department specifications. Projects awareness and understanding of resource allocation based on patient needs and staff experience, knowledge, and skills.
GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Fosters the identification and implementation of innovative solutions to improve patient care or department operations such as the organization's quality metrics or other department-specific measures by leading and/or participating in department and/or hospital projects/activities or a hospital committee.
- Provides education of information/knowledge in professional activities such as research, presentations, and publications. Expands individual nursing knowledge and coaches staff to grow in knowledge, abilities, skills, and attitudes. Ensures own career discussions occur with appropriate management. Completes and updates the My Development Plan on an ongoing basis.
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; the employee will also perform other reasonably related business/job duties as assigned. Houston Methodist reserves the right to revise job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.
EDUCATION
- Bachelor's degree
- Graduate from an accredited Physician Assistant program by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
WORK EXPERIENCE
- One year of clinical experience
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