Job Summary: To provide direct care to surgical patients under the supervision of a physician/surgeon.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Assist Surgeon during surgical procedure by carrying out surgical functions as directed by the surgeon in order to ensure optimal results to the patient.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
Education
- Graduation from an accredited PA program.
- Bachelors degree required.
- High School Diploma OR General Education Development (GED) required.
License, Certification, Registration
- Physician Assistant Certificate (Maryland)
- Drug Enforcement Administration Registration
- National Provider Identifier
- Basic Life Support
- Physician Assistant National Certificate
Additional Requirements:
- Written delegation agreement with supervising physician on file with Kaiser Permanente Physician Professional Quality Assurance Office (PPQA) and the appropriate state Board of Medicine.
- This is a physically and emotionally demanding job requiring significant commitment to learning new skills as well as prolonged standing (up to six (6) hours at an operation table).
- The practitioner will be assigned to a specific location every day depending on surgical cases (i.e., at hospitals and ASC) and clinic need which will be determined by the Area Service Chief.
- Location assignments will be made monthly whenever possible, according to access needs; assignment sites may be changed on short notice.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Two (2) years of assisting in surgical specialty experience is preferred; experience preferred in specialty to which assigned.
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