Physician Assistant - General Surgery

St Lukes Hospital • Duluth, MN

60d

About The Position

The Physician Assistant practices medicine in a general surgery office and other settings where the Physician renders care. The Physician Assistant evaluates and monitors health status following surgery, performs diagnostic and therapeutic services, provides age appropriate education and counseling for disease prevention, risk reduction and health maintenance and coordinates referrals for specialty care or social service support.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program.
• Registered or eligible to register with the Minnesota State Board of Medical Examiners.
• Certified or eligible for certification as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
• Maintenance of the continuing medical education requirements of the NCCPA.
• Eligibility for registration as a Physician Assistant in Wisconsin may be required.
• BLS Certification with a designation of either BLS Provider or Healthcare Provider from either the American Heart Association or American Red Cross or Military Training Network.
• The Physician Assistant role demands intelligence, sound judgement, intellectual honesty and the ability to relate effectively to people and the capacity to react to emergencies in a calm and reasoned manner.
• Requires an attitude of respect for self and others.
• Requires adherence to the current practice standards for Physician Assistants, the concepts of privilege and confidentiality in communicating with patients, and a commitment to the patient#s welfare.
• Able to work collaboratively with the supervising Physician.
• Well developed listening and interviewing skills.
• Able to establish and maintain harmonious and cooperative working relationships with other people.
• Able to effectively teach health promotion and disease prevention behaviors to patients and families.
• Demonstrated skills in independent decision making, management of minor acute illness and chronic health problems, and in performing medical history taking and routine physical examinations.
• Knowledge of the physiological, psychological, social and spiritual influences on the patient#s physical condition.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one, small group situations or before groups of customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals and to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw or interpret bar graphs to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Skilled at assessment and knowledgeable of growth and development.
• Provides appropriate care respective to the ages of the patients served per clinical environment.
• Able to meet the physical demands of primary care practice, including the ability to see, hear, walk, speak English, and stand

Nice To Haves

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).

Responsibilities

• evaluates and monitors health status following surgery
• performs diagnostic and therapeutic services
• provides age appropriate education and counseling for disease prevention, risk reduction and health maintenance
• coordinates referrals for specialty care or social service support

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Hospitals
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees