Overview
The Physician Assistant, Orthopedics assists, monitors, and manages the day-to-day needs of patients as requested by, in conjunction with, and under the supervision of a physician.
No weekends/holidays or on-call required.
Must have orthopedic experience.
The PA will be supporting sports medicine and shoulder orthopedics. The PA will be traveling with the provider between HUMC, Clifton, and Wyckoff locations.
Surgeries will be between HackensackUMC and Palisades Medical Center.
OR, Inpatient Hospital and Outpatient Office.
Responsibilities
- Obtains a detailed and accurate history, identifies problems, and presents information to the supervising physician.
- Orders or prescribes medication subject to the following: no controlled substances; the order or prescription is administered in accordance with protocols or specific MD directions; the prescription states whether it is written in accordance with a protocol or specific MD directions; the physician's assistant signs his/her own name and license number, as well as the supervising physician.
- Assists a supervising surgeon in the operating room when a qualified assistant physician is not required, and a second assistant is deemed necessary by the supervising surgeon.
- Assists supervising physician in a procedure room when a qualified physician is present and it is deemed that a qualified assistant physician is not needed.
- Writes post-operative/post-procedure notes and orders for supervising physician.
- Performs line as a 'first line' person responsible for all the post-procedure management of patients as requested by the primary physician.
- Starts IVs, inserts Foley catheters and nasogastric tubes, irrigates Foley catheters, orders transfusions of blood and products, venipuncture, and debridements.
- Participates in research trials collecting, aggregating, and entering data.
- May be responsible for providing additional coverage (i.e., on-call).
- Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.e., age, culture, language, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.). This process includes communicating with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.).
- Adheres to the standards identified in the Medical Center's Organizational Competencies.
Qualifications
- Successful completion of an approved physician's assistant program, accredited by the AMA Council on Medical Education.
- Licenses and Certifications Required: 1. Physician Assistant License. 2. Certification by the National Commission for Certified Physician's Assistants (NCCPA) within one year of initial employment by the Medical Center.
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