Cardiothoracic Surgery Physician Assistant

Adventist Health-posted 3 months ago
Tampa, FL
5,001-10,000 employees
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Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.

  • Evaluates, diagnoses, treats, and manages a wide range of medical conditions.
  • Prescribes medications, develops patient treatment options, interprets and verifies test results, and collaborates with other healthcare providers for continued education to ensure comprehensive and coordinated patient care.
  • Provides medical care to patients under the supervision of a physician.
  • Conducts physical examinations, orders and interprets diagnostic tests.
  • Works closely with physicians to develop and implement treatment plans for patients.
  • Educate patients and their families about healthcare issues, disease management, and preventive care.
  • Participation in daily inpatient rounding by taking patient history, conducting physical exam, reviewing laboratory and diagnostic data, performing medication reconciliation, procedures, and computer order entry as appropriate.
  • Active team participant in mentoring and educating other team members.
  • Inpatient consultation and admission at the direction of the collaborating physician.
  • Documentation of all patient encounters by computerized progress notes, brief operative note, procedural notes or admission/consultation/discharge summary dictation.
  • Pre-operative patient evaluation and medical optimization.
  • Evaluates and treats patients with acute, chronic, and surgical concerns.
  • Ordering, specimen collection & interpretation of all relevant laboratory/microbiological tests.
  • Ordering & interpretation of all relevant radiologic/US/MRI/NM studies.
  • Diagnosis of acute and chronic conditions affecting all organ systems.
  • Development of treatment plans.
  • Address the pharmacologic needs of patients by CPOE/written/oral methods.
  • Dispense & Administration of medications.
  • Performance medication reconciliation.
  • Formulating interventions and performing therapeutic measures to ensure the appropriate individualized plan of care is implemented.
  • Applying knowledge of age specific needs to plan of care interventions and patients' responses to care.
  • Performance of rounds & recording of computerized written and/or dictated documentation of all patient encounters.
  • Post-operative patient ICU and floor management.
  • Coordinating information flow among medical, ancillary, nursing, financial and insurance personnel.
  • Facilitate and direct BLS/ACLS measures as necessary.
  • Participation in Clinical & multidisciplinary rounds by contributing specific surgical perspective & promoting integrated comprehensive patient care.
  • Provide relevant patient education and counseling regarding health status/test results/disease process & discharge planning.
  • Address patient psychosocial needs by assessing patient's functional status & evaluating patient's mental status.
  • Assessing clinical factors including, but not limited to, immunosuppression complications, drug toxicity, infections complications and risk rejection.
  • Coordinating care of recipient and/or living donor as needed.
  • Communicating frequently with referring physicians regarding the patient's status.
  • Perform any other clinical responsibility within the PA's level of training and scope of practice.
  • Assist the collaborating physician in any intervention in the interest of patient care/safety.
  • Functions fully within the Outpatient and Inpatient setting.
  • Providing on-call coverage for medical triage for outpatients in collaboration with the physician on-call.
  • Perform First/Second Surgical Assist duties within the OR setting and/or at bedside as program and surgeon direct.
  • Documenting, coding and completing diagnosis of patient's condition to facilitate appropriate insurance reimbursement.
  • Attends and participates in transplant team meetings including Patient Review Committee, hospital interdisciplinary rounds, discharge planning and QAPI.
  • Participating in clinical research & actively participates in regulatory-related data collection and surveys agencies.
  • Maintaining a current understanding of changes in respect to accrediting bodies.
  • Participating in preparation for regulatory surveys, such as UNOS, Medicare, and DNV.
  • Providing in-service and continuing education for staff within the scope of the Transplant Program.
  • 2+ years experience.
  • Graduate of a physician assistant program approved by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).
  • 2+ post-graduation clinical experience or one-year post-graduate surgical residency training experience required.
  • 1+ cardiothoracic specialty specific experience required.
  • Pre-Operative, Intra-Operative, Post-operative Surgical patient care experience required.
  • Critical care experience required.
  • Rollover PDO with service year increases in accrual.
  • Comprehensive benefits package.
  • Company Discount Programs.
  • Growing Organization.
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