About The Position
The Physician Assistant/First Assist works with surgeons in cardiac, thoracic, and vascular surgeries. The role includes making daily hospital rounds, admitting and discharging patients, seeing consults, taking calls, and providing patient care. As a Baptist Health Medical Group advanced practice provider (APP), the position reflects the organization’s mission, vision, and values; follows its Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program; and complies with applicable policies, procedures, guidelines, and regulatory and accreditation standards. The APP functions autonomously and collaborates with other health professionals to provide high-quality, cost-effective care, manage health care systems, and influence health care decision-making through expert clinical reasoning, research, and theory-based practice. Direct patient care is provided as part of a physician-led team, in accordance with state law and approved Medical Staff privileges.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and successful completion of an accredited APP program.
- National certification from the appropriate national certifying agency for the particular APP, which must be maintained.
- Must be eligible at all times to be insured for professional liability.
- Current, valid, unrestricted license to practice as an APP in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
- BCLS certification through the American Heart Association.
- ACLS as required for the position.
Nice To Haves
- Terminal degree in the APP field preferred.
Responsibilities
- First assist surgeons in cardiac, thoracic, and vascular surgeries.
- Make daily hospital rounds.
- Admit and discharge patients from the hospital.
- See consults.
- Take calls.
- Provide direct patient care as part of a physician-led team.
- Collaborate with other health professionals to provide high-quality, cost-effective care.
- Manage health care systems and influence health care decision-making through expert clinical reasoning, research, and theory-based practice.
- Comply with the organization’s Code of Ethics, Corporate Compliance Program, applicable policies and procedures, and regulatory and accreditation standards.
