Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant — Impactful Patient Care

NYU Grossman School of Medicine; New York (NY); Vor Ort; USD 140.000 - 187.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Career development

Family support

Retirement benefits

Employee resource groups

Wellness program

Zusammenfassung

NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York seeks a Physician Assistant (ED) to join Woodhull under supervision of an Attending Physician, delivering comprehensive patient care in the emergency department.

Responsibilities include performing exams, assisting in procedures, ordering tests, and coordinating with team; requires NYS PA license, BA-PA, BLS/ACLS, PALS; strong communication across all levels; competitive benefits and wellness program.

Qualifikationen

• Licensure: Current New York State Physician Assistant License.
• Education: Physician Assistant Bachelor's Degree (BA-PA).
• Certifications: BLS and ACLS. PALS required per delineation of privileges.
• Preferred Licenses: NYS PA license with national certification.
• Preferred Qualifications: Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

Aufgaben

• Elicit detailed and accurate history and perform appropriate physical examinations on inpatients and outpatient.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Performs BLS and ACLS procedures in the presence of life threatening situations such as cardiac and /or respiratory distress when a Physician is unavailable and with Physician when appropriate.
• Assists the supervisor Physician and back up Physicians on any other procedures falling within the scope of practice of that Physician.
• Instructs and counsels the patient and his or her family about preventative care, medical problems, prescribed treatments and drugs, normal growth and development, family planning, situational adjustment reactions, and other.
• Participates in team conferences, lectures and grand rounds for the service.
• Participates in daily rounds to observe and record pertinent progress of patients, updating and summarization charts, writing orders and progress notes and notifying the Physician of changes in the patients condition, when appropriate.
• Initiates consultations and refers patient for special testing according to hospital protocols.
• Performs specific procedures, including but not necessarily limited to: drawing blood specimens for testing; blood counts; urinalysis; pap smears; bacteriologic smears; gram stain of sputum and other culturable material(s); vital capacity; administering oxygen; incisions and drainage; wound care and debridement; nastogastric and nasotracheal intubation; gastric analysis; lumbar punctures; routine suturing of lacerations; skin biopsies; placing indwelling arterial catheters and making blood gas determinations; applying and removing casts and traction apparatus; starting I.V. solutions, administering I.V. medications and other therapeutic procedures for which he or she has received specific supervised training and evaluation.

Kenntnisse

NY PA licensure

BLS certification

ACLS certification

Ausbildung

Physician Assistant Bachelor's Degree (BA-PA)

Jobbeschreibung

NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York seeks a Physician Assistant (ED) to join Woodhull under supervision of an Attending Physician, delivering comprehensive patient care in the emergency department.

Responsibilities include performing exams, assisting in procedures, ordering tests, and coordinating with team; requires NYS PA license, BA-PA, BLS/ACLS, PALS; strong communication across all levels; competitive benefits and wellness program.