Physician Assistant: Patient Care & Procedures

Mount Sinai Morningside; Hewlett (NY); On-site; USD 72,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Mount Sinai Morningside in New York seeks a Physician Assistant to provide diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive health care under direct supervision of a physician. The role includes history-taking, exams, treatment, and counseling to support comprehensive patient care.

The PA will assist with procedures, order and interpret tests, develop management plans, and help maintain infection control and patient safety within a leading academic medical system.

Qualifications

• 0-2 years Physician's Associate experience

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient health by interviewing them and obtaining and/or updating medical history.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Performs physical examinations and provides treatment and counsel.
• Determines abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests and laboratory studies.
• Interprets diagnostic test results.
• Performs therapeutic procedures such as injections, immunizations, suturing and managing wound care and infections.
• Counsels patients regarding prescribed therapeutic regimens, normal growth and development, family planning, emotional problems of daily living, and health maintenance.
• Develops and implements patient management plans, records progress notes, and assists in provision of continuity of care.
• Maintains a safe and clean work environment by ensuring compliance with infection-control policies and protocols and other safety procedures and regulations.
• Provides assistance to physicians during surgery or complicated medical procedures.
• May prescribe medication.
• Performs other related duties

Skills

Physician's Associate experience

Job description

Mount Sinai Morningside in New York seeks a Physician Assistant to provide diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive health care under direct supervision of a physician. The role includes history-taking, exams, treatment, and counseling to support comprehensive patient care.

The PA will assist with procedures, order and interpret tests, develop management plans, and help maintain infection control and patient safety within a leading academic medical system.