Physician Assistant - Emergency

Northwell Health; City of Niagara Falls (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health in New York seeks a Physician Assistant to perform comprehensive patient assessments, develop and implement plans of care, and collaborate with physicians and staff to ensure high-quality outcomes. The role includes rounds, ordering tests, reviewing results, and ensuring smooth discharge processes while adhering to essential duties under applicable regulations.

Required qualifications include a CA ARC-PA accredited PA program, NY license, NCCPA certification, BLS, and a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree, required.
• Graduate of an ARC-PA accredited PA program, required.
• Current NYS PA license, required.
• Current NCCPA certification, required.
• Current BLS certification, required.

Responsibilities

• Takes initial patient histories and performs physical examinations.
• Initiates, documents, and communicates the plan of care and follows up.
• Performs daily patient rounds.
• Writes orders for medications, laboratory work, and diagnostic tests.
• Interprets laboratory and test results.
• Confers with the care team to ensure quality patient care.
• Notes discharge summaries, prescriptions, and referrals on charts.
• Informs patients of post-discharge care instructions.

Skills

License to practice as PA

NCCPA Certification

BLS certification

Education

ARC-PA accredited program

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

Job Description

• Performs a variety of functions and technical procedures necessary for patient admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and outcome evaluation.
• Participates in performance improvement, research, and educational activities.

Job Responsibility

• Takes initial patient histories and performs physical examinations.
• Initiates, documents, and communicates the plan of care and follows up to ensure complete screening and preparation of patients.
• Performs daily patient rounds.
• Writes orders for medications, laboratory work, and diagnostic tests.
• Interprets laboratory and test results.
• Confers with attending physicians, residents, nursing staff, and/or other care providers to ensure optimum quality of patient care.
• Upon discharge, notes discharge summaries, prescriptions, and any referrals on patient charts.
• Informs patients of the necessary post-discharge care instructions. Performs related duties as required.
• All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree, required.
• Graduate of an accredited (Accreditation Review Committee for Physician Assistant Programs ARC-PA) program, required.
• Current license to practice as a Physician Assistant (PA) by the New York State Department of Education, required.
• Current NCCPA Certification from the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), required.
• Current BLS certification, required.
• *Additional Salary Detail The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).