Emergency Medicine PA — Per Diem (ED) NYC

Mount Sinai Services/Elmhurst and Queens Hospital Center; New York (NY); On-site; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

Mount Sinai Health System seeks per diem Physician Assistants for the Emergency Department at Queens. You will join a multidisciplinary team, performing clinical duties across triage, adult ED, fast track, pediatric ED, and observation units.

Experience in Emergency Medicine is a plus. Responsibilities include history taking, diagnosis, orders, procedures, and patient education within hospital guidelines.

Qualifications

• Prior experience in Emergency Medicine is a plus.

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

Skills

Emergency Medicine experience

Job description

Mount Sinai Health System seeks per diem Physician Assistants for the Emergency Department at Queens. You will join a multidisciplinary team, performing clinical duties across triage, adult ED, fast track, pediatric ED, and observation units.

Experience in Emergency Medicine is a plus. Responsibilities include history taking, diagnosis, orders, procedures, and patient education within hospital guidelines.