Physician Assistant - Cardiothoracic Surgery - Greenville
About The Position
Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference. Job Summary Provides assistant surgical services in the operating room as well as other selected medical services under the direction of Cardiothoracic surgeons. Accountabilities Provides general surgical assistant services in operating room. Harvests veins in OR. Removes chest tubes and pacing wires. Closes thoracic incisions. Removes intra aortic baloon pumps. Performs all charting, summaries, correspondence, and required paperwork for purposes of documenting care and billing. Participates in physician educational programs provided by employer relative to capitated medicine and implications relative to physician practice patterns. Participates in: Establishment of quality assurance programs Establishment of Utilization management programs Selection of management information systems Development of patient education surveys Development of patient satisfaction surveys Assists in the development of operational and capital budgets Participates in operational assessments in search of revenue enhancement, expense reductions, consolidation efficiencies and billing opportunities. Assists in post-operative care of patients including daily rounds and wound assessments.
Requirements
- Completion of a Physician Assistant Program or Program Certificate equivalent
- 1 year of Cardiothoracic clinical experience
- South Carolina Physician Assistant License - C039
- Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
- South Carolina Controlled Substance license; Federal DEA license, Prescriptive Authority for South Carolina
- Completion of Physician Assistant Surgical Residency Program or approved Surgical Physician Assistant graduate program
- Team members employed in this job prior to July 1, 2020 are grandfathered under prior educational and experience requirements. In addition, team members must be certification eligible and will have one year to obtain required certification.
Responsibilities
- Provides general surgical assistant services in operating room.
- Harvests veins in OR.
- Removes chest tubes and pacing wires.
- Closes thoracic incisions.
- Removes intra aortic baloon pumps.
- Performs all charting, summaries, correspondence, and required paperwork for purposes of documenting care and billing.
- Participates in physician educational programs provided by employer relative to capitated medicine and implications relative to physician practice patterns.
- Participates in: Establishment of quality assurance programs Establishment of Utilization management programs Selection of management information systems Development of patient education surveys Development of patient satisfaction surveys
- Assists in the development of operational and capital budgets
- Participates in operational assessments in search of revenue enhancement, expense reductions, consolidation efficiencies and billing opportunities.
- Assists in post-operative care of patients including daily rounds and wound assessments.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
