Surgery Float Physician Assistant
District Medical Group•Phoenix, AZ
•Onsite
About The Position
District Medical Group (DMG) is actively recruiting for a Float Physician Assistant to join our Surgery Department. The Float PA is part of a team rotation that covers the surgical subspecialties of urology, plastic & reconstructive surgery, and hand surgery at Valleywise Health Medical Center. The Float PA will assist with inpatient consultations and discharges, daily rounding, first assist, Da Vinci robot assist, perform specialty specific procedures, and participate in in-house weekend call. Participation in teaching and didactics may also be assigned.
Requirements
- Must be a Physician Assistant
- Experience in surgical subspecialties (urology, plastic & reconstructive surgery, hand surgery)
- Ability to assist with inpatient consultations and discharges
- Ability to perform daily rounding
- Ability to provide first assist in surgeries
- Experience with Da Vinci robot assist
- Ability to perform specialty specific procedures
- Willingness to participate in in-house weekend call
- Willingness to participate in teaching and didactics
Responsibilities
- Perform history and physical examinations of patients in inpatient setting
- Participate in hospital rounds, and prepare documentation of daily progress notes as assigned
- Enter patient orders as directed
- Review and discuss results of medical imaging and laboratory studies with attending physician, fellow/resident/hospital staff, and/or patients as appropriate
- Assist in staffing minor and operative room procedures within scope of practice and delegated by supervising attending
- Assist with hospital-based continuity of care with knowledge of all patients on service and consult list
- Assist with coordinating resident education and continuity of care of patients, ER consults and available for nursing questions regarding service patients
- Assist with coordinating operative schedule for both elective and emergent/urgent procedures
- Serve as a liaison with other services, answer pages and phone calls and take appropriate action with patients, under the supervision of attending staff
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) with employer match
- Four weeks PTO
- 10 paid holidays
- One week of CME with allowance
- Paid Sick Time
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
