Emergency Medicine PA — ED Triage & Procedures

SEMPA; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

New York City Health + Hospitals | Queens, a teaching affiliate of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, seeks highly motivated Physician Assistants for full-time positions in the Department of Emergency Medicine.

Responsibilities include performing history and physical exams, formulating diagnostic plans, ordering tests, and performing ED procedures under supervision. The team emphasizes evidence-based care and education for a diverse patient population.

Qualifications

• Performing history and physical examinations on ED patients
• Formulate a diagnostic and treatment plan
• Write orders for diagnostic tests, medications, consultations and clinic referrals
• Review, interpret and document the results of the diagnostic tests ordered
• Perform procedures, such as laceration repair, abscess incision & drainage, splinting of orthopedic injuries, endotracheal intubation, reduction of dislocations
• Implementing treatment protocols and undertaking clinical decision making, under the supervision of an Emergency Medicine attending
• Complete and document participation in continuing medical education required of Physician Assistants
• Write prescriptions in accordance with hospital guidelines
• Counsel patients when appropriate on health education issues and disease prevention

Responsibilities

• Performing history and physical examinations on ED patients
• Formulate a diagnostic and treatment plan
• Write orders for diagnostic tests, medications, consultations and clinic referrals
• Review, interpret and document the results of the diagnostic tests ordered
• Perform procedures, such as laceration repair, abscess incision & drainage, splinting of orthopedic injuries, endotracheal intubation, reduction of dislocations
• Implementing treatment protocols and undertaking clinical decision making, under the supervision of an Emergency Medicine attending
• Complete and document participation in continuing medical education required of Physician Assistants
• Write prescriptions in accordance with hospital guidelines
• Counsel patients when appropriate on health education issues and disease prevention

Job description

New York City Health + Hospitals | Queens, a teaching affiliate of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, seeks highly motivated Physician Assistants for full-time positions in the Department of Emergency Medicine.

Responsibilities include performing history and physical exams, formulating diagnostic plans, ordering tests, and performing ED procedures under supervision. The team emphasizes evidence-based care and education for a diverse patient population.