Physician Assistant - APP Inpatient Surgery

City of Hope, Inc.; Duarte (CA); On-site; USD 119,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Hope, Inc. in Duarte seeks a Physician Assistant for Inpatient Surgery. The successful candidate will provide comprehensive patient care as part of a multidisciplinary health team. Responsibilities include taking histories, conducting physical examinations, ordering tests, and developing care plans. Applicants should have graduated from an accredited PA program with a current California license. The salary range for this position is $119,000 to $213,000, and new graduates are welcome to apply.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program with a master’s degree.
• Current California Physician Assistant License required.
• Current American Heart Association BLS and ACLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Provide primary, secondary, and tertiary care within scope of practice.
• Order and interpret diagnostic tests and therapies.
• Develop and evaluate the plan of care with modifications as needed.
• Perform routine medical procedures pertinent to practice.
• Interpret imaging and communicate with attending physician.

Skills

Patient care management

Pharmacologic knowledge

Diagnostic test ordering

History and physical assessment

Education

Accredited Physician Assistant program

Master’s degree in Physician Assistant

Current California Physician Assistant License

BLS certification

ACLS certification

Job description

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.

We are seeking a Physician Assistant for Inpatient Surgery at City of Hope in Duarte. The Physician Assistant functions as part of a care team who, working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary health team, is responsible for providing comprehensive patient care. The Physician Assistant provides independent and collaborative medical management to a defined patient population, according to standardized procedures and in collaboration with a physician supervisor.

As a successful candidate, you will:

• Provide primary, secondary, and in some cases, tertiary care within scope of practice, licensure, and organizational policies.
• Services provided include, but are not limited to taking histories, conducting physical examinations, ordering, performing, and interpreting appropriate diagnostic and laboratory tests and therapies and furnishing drugs and devices in a cost-efficient manner for specific conditions.
• Perform history and physical assessments of patients that are accurate, concise, relevant, and appropriate.
• Document the consultation and new patient note.
• Order and appropriate analyzes diagnostic tests including but not limited to laboratory and imaging evaluations.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate the plan of care with modifications as needed and in coordination with the attending physician when appropriate.
• Perform routine procedures pertinent to the practice and as granted through the privilege process.
• During simple follow-up cases, the you may independently manage patients in follow-up including ordering follow-up imaging, providing medical care, and support to the patient including ordering pharmacological agents.
• Interpret imaging and communicates with attending physician regarding interval patient change.
• Prescribe and council patients on narcotic use safety.
• Demonstrate pharmacologic knowledge including indications, contraindications, side effects, interactions, and adverse effects of pharmacologic agents.
• Review treatment and therapy plans with patients and appropriate family members.

Your qualifications should include:

• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program with a master’s degree as a Physician Assistant.
• New graduates are welcome to apply.
• Current California Physician Assistant License
• Current American Heart Association BLS certification, required.
• Current American Heart Association ACLS certification, required.Must have a current DEA.
• $119,000 to $213,000

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer. To learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, please click here.