ChristianaCare is now accepting candidates for a Physician Assistant to join the inpatient OBGYN Physician Assistants Group as part of OB/GYN Services.
Full-Time Day/Evening position, 10 Hour Days
Weekend Rounding and Call Requirement
Provides services at Christiana Hospital, Newark, DE and Wilmington Hospital, Wilmington, DE as well as primary care sites
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Admit patients on behalf of the supervising physician
Complete history and physicals
Develop treatment plans
Making rounds at the direction of the supervising physician
Recording of progress notes
Ordering, assessing and interpreting diagnostic tests, and therapeutic modalities, such as medications, treatments and examinations
Initiating referral to appropriate physician or other healthcare professional
Instructing, educating, and counseling patients and families concerning health status, test results, disease process, and discharge planning
Discharge planning
Obtaining consents for procedures for which privileges are held
Core duties may include but are not limited to: IV placement, blood draws, injections, dressing changes, OB and GYN procedures, wound closures, removal of sutures, debridement of wound infections, removal of foreign bodies
Procedures may include but not limited to: Biopsy (cervical, endometrial, skin, vaginal, vulvar), cystoscopy, Pelvic floor training, pessary insertion and removal, Provider performed microscopy (urine, KOH, Wet Prep), AROM, BPP, Circumcision of Newborn, colposcopy, Fetal Scalp Electrode Placement, Hysterosalpingogram, Insertion of Foley bulb for induction, insertion and removal of subdermal contraception, IUD placement, Intrauterine Pressure Catheter Placement, Ultrasound
Surgery first and second assist in the operating room including but not limited to Davinci robotics, laparoscopic, and open procedures as well as cesarean sections.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
Licensure or license eligible for Delaware
NCCPA Certification
BLS, ACLS, NRP, OBIS training for EFM, US in OB/GYN
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