Physician Assistant (PA)-OR

University Hospitals; Elyria (OH); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals in Elyria, OH is seeking a Physician Assistant to provide quality patient care under Ohio Board guidelines, with a Monday through Friday 0700-1530 schedule and on-call responsibilities.

The role emphasizes patient assessment, planning care, and collaboration within an interdisciplinary team, while supporting ongoing professional development within our hospital system.

Qualifications

• The Physician Assistant must adhere to Ohio State Board of Medicine guidelines and UH bylaws.
• The role supports patient access and satisfaction as part of standard PA duties.

Responsibilities

• Initiates and maintains positive relationships with patients/customers (10%).
• Initiates and maintains positive relationships with co-workers (10%).
• Takes responsibility for self-development and supports a learning environment (10%).
• Displays commitment to the mission of the hospital and its values (10%).
• Performs patient assessment and assigns diagnosis based on recorded assessment data and current scientific research (20%).
• Establishes plan of care and implements interventions per carepaths, protocols, and standards of care and current research (15%).
• Collaborates with other health care providers in an interdisciplinary approach to provide care to the patient and family (5%).
• Contributes to the educational development of staff, patients, family and self (5%).
• Demonstrates progressive leadership and effective management (5%).
• Provides education through role modeling and in-services to meet identified learning needs and to promote professionalism (5%).
• Advances own professional development through self-directed learning, continuing education and peer review (5%).
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to orientation documentation.
• Must abide by PHI safety/privacy requirements and UH policies.

Job description

Monday through Friday 0700-1530
On call requirement

A Brief Overview

The Physician Assistant (PA) is responsible for providing quality care for patients and increasing patient access and satisfaction. Standard tasks to be performed by a PA as specified by the Ohio State Board of Medicine and UH entity specific Medical Bylaws.

What You Will Do

• Initiates and maintains positive relationships w/pts/customers (10%)
• Initiates and maintains positive relationships w/co-workers (10%)
• Takes responsibility for self-development and supports a learning environment (10%)
• Displays commitment to the mission of the hospital and its values (10%)
• Performs patient assessment and assigns diagnosis based on recorded assessment data and current scientific and current research (20%)
• Establishes plan of care and implements interventions in accordance w/carepaths, protocols, and standards of care and current research (15%)
• Collaborates w/other health care providers in an interdisciplinary approach to provide care to the patient and family (5%)
• Contributes to the educational development of staff, patients, family and self (5%)
• Demonstrates progressive leadership and effective management (5%)
• Provides education through role modeling and in-services to meet identified learning needs and to promote professionalism (5%)
• Advances own professional development through self-directed learning, continuing education and participation in peer review (5%)

Additional Responsibilities

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.