Physician Assistant: Patient Care & Rounds

Northwell Health; Town of Oyster Bay (NY); Vor Ort; USD 110.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Northwell Health seeks a Physician Assistant to support patient admission, assessment, and ongoing care across units. You will document plans of care, participate in rounds, and collaborate with physicians, nurses, and allied staff to ensure high-quality outcomes.

Responsibilities include taking histories, performing exams, ordering tests, interpreting results, and providing discharge instructions. The role emphasizes teamwork, accuracy, and patient-centered care within a large health system.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor degree required.
• ARC-PA accredited PA program completed.
• Current New York State PA license.
• NCCPA certification current.
• BLS certification current.

Aufgaben

• Take initial patient histories and perform physical examinations.
• Initiate, document, and communicate the plan of care and follow up.
• Screening and preparation of patients.
• Perform daily patient rounds.
• Write orders for medications, laboratory work, and diagnostic tests.
• Interpret laboratory and test results.
• Collaborate with attending physicians, residents, nursing staff, and other care providers.
• Note discharge summaries, prescriptions, and referrals on patient charts at discharge.
• Inform patients of post-discharge care instructions.
• Performs related duties as required.
• All responsibilities noted are essential functions under the ADA.

Kenntnisse

Clinical assessment

Communication with care team

Medical record documentation

Discharge planning

Ausbildung

Bachelor Degree

ARC-PA accredited PA program

New York State PA license

NCCPA certification

BLS certification

Jobbeschreibung

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.

Responsibilities:

• 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.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor 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).