Physician Assistant - Emergency Per Diem

Northwell Health; Village of New Hyde Park (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health in New York seeks a Physician Assistant to support patient admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up, contributing to care plans and outcome evaluation.

The role collaborates with physicians, nursing staff, and other care providers to ensure high-quality patient care. Provides daily rounds, documents plans, and communicates post-discharge instructions.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Takes initial patient histories and performs physical examinations.
• Initiates, documents, and communicates the plan of care.
• Performs daily patient rounds.
• Writes orders for medications, labs, and diagnostic tests.
• Interprets laboratory and test results.
• Confers with physicians, residents, nurses to ensure quality patient care.
• Notes discharge summaries, prescriptions, and referrals.
• Informs patients about post-discharge care instructions.
• All responsibilities are essential functions under the ADA.
• Duties not mentioned but related are not essential.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Team collaboration

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

ARC-PA accredited program graduate

New York State PA license

NCCPA certification

BLS certification

Job description

Job Description

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

Job Responsibility

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

Job Qualification

1. Bachelor’s Degree, required.
2. Graduate of an accredited (Accreditation Review Committee for Physician Assistant Programs ARC-PA) program, required.
3. Current license to practice as a Physician Assistant (PA) by the New York State Department of Education, required.
4. Current NCCPA Certification from the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), required.
5. 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).