Cardiothoracic Physician Assistant

Capital Health (US)•Hopewell, NJ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Capital Health is a leading healthcare provider in the region, known for progressive, quality patient care and significant investments in staff and advanced technology. It is a dynamic healthcare resource accredited by the DNV, encompassing two hospitals, an outpatient center, a satellite ED, and a broad network of primary and specialty care. The Capital Health Medical Group includes over 600 physicians and providers offering various care services. The organization prioritizes attracting top talent through competitive compensation. This full-time position (1.0 FTE) involves comprehensive patient care, including physical assessments, documentation, obtaining medical histories, and identifying patient risks. The Physician Assistant consults with interdisciplinary teams, performs procedures, develops and revises care plans, orders and reviews tests, and communicates plans with patients and families. Key aspects of the role include providing safe therapeutic care, evaluating outcomes, contributing to performance improvement, demonstrating effective communication, resolving conflicts, and collaborating with teams. The position also entails serving as a change agent, coordinating patient care, facilitating patient education, acting as a primary resource, leading quality improvement processes, analyzing practices, assisting in developing and revising care standards, participating in clinical research, mentoring team members, seeking leadership opportunities, and engaging in continuous professional development.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited physician assistant program, approved by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
NJ Physician Assistant License.

Nice To Haves

One-year experience working with primary care management or acute care preferred.

Responsibilities

Performs physical assessment of patients to identify priority care needs.
Documents patient assessment and teaching and learning needs.
Obtains detailed nursing history and identifies patients at physiologic and psychological risk.
Consults with interdisciplinary team regarding patient assessment findings.
Performs procedures necessary to implement plan of care based on care standards and protocols.
Develops plan of care across the continuum and exercises discretion and judgement when revising based on physiologic and psychosocial findings.
Orders tests and consults as required by plan of care and reviews test results.
Reviews patient plan of care with interdisciplinary team.
Discusses plan with patient and family.
Provides safe therapeutic care in holistic and systematic way to facilitate patients achievement of desired outcomes.
Demonstrates the ability to review and evaluate the plan of care for effectiveness of desired outcomes.
Revises initial plans based on patient response to interventions.
Documents all patient care activities as per documentation standards.
Evaluates outcomes of documentation and contributes to performance improvement initiatives through medical record review.
Demonstrates effective communication skills and assists in the resolution of conflict among health care team members, patients, and families.
Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team and incorporates the expertise of the interdisciplinary team to achieve patient outcomes.
Serves as a change agent by implementing practice initiatives.
Coordinates patient care activities to maximize patient outcomes.
Facilitates the assessment of patients learning needs and outcomes measures of patient education, accesses resources from all disciplines to achieve patient outcomes.
Facilitates communication among departments to ensure continuity of care.
Acts as a primary resource to patient care team.
Identifies, provides, develops, and maintains learning resources for patient care team.
Leads a quality improvement process.
Recognizes trends in patient populations and explores alternatives to care and assist in the revision of standards, guidelines, and protocols.
Analyzes practices that contribute to variance, draws conclusions from aggregate data, identifies resources to assist in variance analysis, and assists with drawing conclusions from aggregate data.
Assists in the development and revision of standards for patient populations incorporating a interdisciplinary approach and utilizing best practices and research findings.
Develops and revises patient education programs and evaluates effectiveness of learning.
Participates in clinical research and reviews current nursing research literature and demonstrates application to clinical practice.
Recognizes behaviors that impact the team function and implements strategies to optimize teamwork and serves as a mentor for team members.
Seeks leadership opportunities and facilitates leadership development among colleagues.
Collaborates in the development and implementation of educational plan for identified needs.
Reviews self development plan and professional goals and seeks new knowledge toward the progression of professional goals.
Demonstrates evidence of self development by participating in educational programs.
Provides educational programs to advance performance levels of staff.