Physician Assistant-Dept Of Surgery- Jersey City- Nj

Job Description

• Provides pre-operative, operative and post-operative patient care, under the direction and supervision of the attending surgeon and in accordance with the objectives, policies and procedures of the hospital and the state Physician Assistant Act,
• Responds to and participates in the evaluation and resuscitation of trauma patients,
• Will act as the neurosurgical liaison by evaluating and informing the on call neurosurgeon of new and established patients,
• Observe and care for the service patients in the surgical intensive care unit, inform critical care intensivist of patient condition, and participate in daily rounds,
• Participates in student and patient education,

• Graduate of an AMA accredited physician assistant program and licensed by the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners,
• May begin entry level without experience,
• Successful of all required orientation programs,
• Required to have obtained BLS and ACLS certifications, must obtain ATLS within the first year of employment,
• Must be available to work any shift that is assigned including night s holidays and weekends,
• Assists surgeons of various specialties in the operating room,
• Enhances professional growth and development through attendance and/or participation in CME programs,
• Obtains and records detailed and accurate case histories and physical examination at the direction of supervising physician,
• Participates in the education of medical and physician assistant students,
• Participates in delivery of health care services to patients' records progress notes, requests non-invasive diagnostic studies,
• Performs routine therapeutic procedures which have been ordered, prescribed or directed by supervising physician, and may include giving injections, administering medications and requesting diagnostic studies,
• Provides patient counseling and patient education service at the direction of supervising physician; facilitates referral of patients to hospital services as appropriate transcribes or executes specific orders at the direction of supervising physician, and records detailed narrative case summaries,
• Reports observations in progress notes, delineates problems and presents findings to supervising physician,
• Sutures and cares for wounds, removes sutures and clips, and changes dressing under the supervision of supervising physician,
• Performs numerous procedures that include but are not limited to, central line insertion, dialysis catheter insertion, arterial line insertion, closed tube thoracotomy, superficial tissue biopsy, incision and drainage of abscess,
• Have the capability to work a rotating schedule that includes day, night, weekend and holiday shifts.