Physician Assistant - Hospital Care
About The Position
Provides patient care services in the inpatient environment, assessing and managing patients in accordance with established standards and practices. The position follows a 7-on, 7-off schedule and provides day-to-day inpatient and outpatient care in conjunction with supervising physicians. The Physician Assistant communicates with patients and families about treatment and procedures, conditions, and expectations during illness or recovery; provides patient education and counseling; and develops prioritized differential diagnoses for complex acute, critical, and chronic illness states. The role requires effective verbal, nonverbal, and written communication, documentation according to established standards, and protection of patient confidentiality. The Physician Assistant is expected to continue developing professional knowledge and to fulfill organizational requirements for education, employee health, licensure, safety practices, and regulatory compliance. Physical requirements include frequent standing, walking, sitting, horizontal reaching, grasping, and finger manipulation; constant seeing, hearing, and repetitive upper-extremity use; and occasional bending, stooping, stairs, kneeling, squatting, crouching, overhead reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, and carrying. The position involves constant exposure to bloodborne pathogens and frequent interruptions. Cardiovascular energy requirements are sedentary to light (constant), medium (frequent), and heavy to very heavy (occasional).
Requirements
- Graduate of a Physician Assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education.
- Current Physician Assistant license.
- Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
- Healthcare Provider CPR.
- Act 33/73 clearances.
- Meet the credentialing requirements of the Medical Staff Office.
- The posting states a minimum requirement of one year of inpatient hospital experience.
Nice To Haves
- One year of experience working as a Physician Assistant.
Responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day inpatient and outpatient care in conjunction with supervising physicians.
- Provide patients and/or families with information about treatment or procedures, condition, and expectations during illness or recovery.
- Provide patient education, counseling, and instruction regarding common patient problems.
- Formulate prioritized differential diagnoses considering multiple potential mechanisms of complex acute, critical, and chronic illness states.
- Communicate effectively verbally, nonverbally, and in writing; document according to established standards while maintaining patient confidentiality.
- Continue expanding professional knowledge to support ongoing professional and personal growth.
- Complete mandatory education, annual competencies, and department-specific education within established timeframes.
- Complete annual employee health requirements within established timeframes.
- Maintain license, certification, and registration in good standing throughout the fiscal year.
- Use appropriate universal precautions, protective equipment, and ergonomic techniques to protect patients and self.
- Identify and work to reduce potentially unsafe patient-care and other safety practices.
- Adhere to regulatory agency requirements, survey processes, and compliance requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
