Physician Assistant - Wkdays - Inpatient Neurosurgery - Baptist Med Ctr
About The Position
Join the INTEGRIS Health team at Baptist Medical Center and become an integral part of a collaborative Neurosurgery service with close partnership alongside the Trauma team. This rewarding Physician Assistant opportunity offers a desirable Monday through Friday schedule and the chance to provide comprehensive, high-quality care across both inpatient and outpatient settings. This role offers a desirable Monday through Friday schedule based on the Baptist Medical Center campus. This provider is responsible for the inpatient neurosurgery service to include trauma consults and other ER consults as deemed appropriate by the neurosurgeons and spine surgeons, daily rounding on the inpatient neurosurgery services, collaborate with consulting services especially trauma, with in-clinic follow-up for neurosurgery from trauma. You will play a vital role in improving patient outcomes for patients with neurosurgical and traumatic injuries within a dynamic multidisciplinary team. This position offers the opportunity to build strong relationships with physicians, advanced practice providers, nursing staff, and care teams while practicing at the top of your license in a supportive, patient-centered environment.
Requirements
- Requires a degree from an accredited Physician Assistant program
- Current licensure as a Physician Assistant in the state of Oklahoma
- Requires current BLS certification
- Must be able to communicate effectively in English
Nice To Haves
- 1 year of experience in surgery setting preferred
- 1 year of experience in a comprehensive emergency department setting preferred
- Current ACLS certification if working with adults required in acute care environments.
- Current PALS certification if working with children required in acute care environments.
Responsibilities
- Initiates and completes a detailed patient assessment
- Diagnoses the actual or potential health problem or need, based upon an analysis of the data collected, and plans therapeutic intervention
- Orders and initiates appropriate laboratory tests, medication, treatment, and consultation based upon an analysis of the data collected
- Orders or performs routine procedures such as injections, immunizations, suturing (not involving tendons, arteries or nerves) wound care, venous and arterial blood draws, and managing simple conditions produced by infection, trauma or other disease processes
- Educates the patient regarding prescribed treatment and medications
- Maintains timely documentation of the patient's medical record
- Ensures all necessary patient tests (i.e. pre-op labs, EKG's, x-ray's, etc.) have been completed in prior to surgery
- Assists physician(s) in surgery (i.e. wound closure, fitting of braces, post op orders, etc.)
- Provides wound care and infection management
- Makes rounds as requested by physician(s); completes patient discharge summaries as requested
- Assists in triage and initiates radiographic and laboratory studies for patients to be seen in the main Emergency Department or Minor Care
- May examine, treat, and make disposition on patients in triage under the direct physician supervision as time allows
- Responsible for patient assessment following therapeutic holds per state and federal regulations
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Retirement savings plan with employer match
- Professional expense allowance
- Paid time off
- Liability coverage, claims made with tail coverage
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
