Physician Assistant - Ortho Spine (Baytown)

Houston Methodist • Franklin, GA

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About The Position

At Houston Methodist, the Physician Assistant (PA) (ACLS) functions as an advanced practice practitioner, responsible for maintaining and promoting the health of the patient requiring care, practicing medicine under the supervision of a licensed physician. This position will provide diagnostic, therapeutic, surgical and preventative care, under the supervision of a physician. The PA (ACLS) position exams, diagnoses and decides treatment for patients, including analyzing and interpreting x-rays and lab results, writes prescriptions, takes patients' histories, provides surgical assistance, and orders various forms of therapy. This position may work in both inpatient and outpatient situations and can perform independently under the license of a physician or as part of a treatment team. The PA (ACLS) position affects direct patient care according to the Board of Physician Assistant Examiners in the State of Texas and Houston Methodist policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Graduate from accredited Physician Assistant program by National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
• One year of clinical experience
• PA - Physician Assistant - State Licensure -- by the Texas Board of Physician Assistants
• PA-C - Physician Assistant-Certified (NCCPA)
• BLS - Basic Life Support or Instructor (AHA)
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or Instructor (AHA)
• DEA - Narcotics License (DEA) within 6 months

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job.
• Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language.
• Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians, family members and co-workers.
• Use of critical thinking skills and clinical judgment to work autonomously.
• Accepts accountability for outcomes in healthcare.
• Uses therapeutic communication to establish a relationship with patients, families and interprofessional team.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to exercise judgment in interactions with physicians, interprofessional care team and patients.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates leadership as a clinical resource, inter-professional consultant, and patient advocate.
• Participates in rounding independently or with physicians/surgeons and attends interdisciplinary rounds, as appropriate, by specialty.
• Collaborates to foster healthy relationships in the work environment.
• Acts as a role model and coaches staff in effective verbal, non-verbal and written communication.
• May serve as first call for hospital staff.
• Serves as preceptor for Physician Assistant students and medical residents, as appropriate.
• Communicates organizational information and aspects of administrative and clinical practice in a respectful and positive manner when interacting with staff.
• Advocates for a balanced workload, promotes positive behaviors, and peer-to-peer accountability.
• Facilitates the promotion of teamwork.
• Uses peer-to-peer accountability towards improvement of department score for employee engagement.
• Coordinates appropriate, timely patient care between health care providers and other ancillary clinicians.
• Helps drive improvement of department score for patient satisfaction.
• Responds and is available timely to patient questions/issues that arise as triaged by clinical staff.
• Performs independent or delegated functions under physician license.
• Reviews medications and test reports on patients, responds to critical test results, and advises on any corrective action based on the results.
• Conducts comprehensive health assessments, identifies normal/abnormal health characteristics, develops plan of care, initiates appropriate interventions, and evaluates care outcomes.
• Assists the inter-professional health care team in the development and implementation of protocols to ensure patient safety.
• Performs accurate and timely documentation in medical records, including diagnosis and CPT coding.
• Implements department strategies to achieve financial target.
• Fosters identification and implementation of innovative solutions to improve patient care or department operations.
• Provides education of information/knowledge in professional activities such as research, presentations, and publications.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees