Physician Assistant Per Diem

3000 Montefiore Medical Center; United States; On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Voluntary benefits

Discount programs

Job summary

The Physician Assistant (PA) will perform assessments and manage arrhythmia/EP patients in an outpatient and inpatient setting.

Responsibilities include coordinating ambulatory care for EP procedures, obtaining consent, providing patient education, and supporting post-operative care while collaborating with the clinical team across inpatient and outpatient services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master’s preferred.
• NCCPA board certification and NY license required.
• Experience in outpatient and inpatient EP/cardiology settings is desirable.
• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program with hospital experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage and evaluate patients including preoperative and postoperative assessments, device clinic, EP clinic, routine outpatient follow-ups and inpatient consultations.
• Coordinate and facilitate ambulatory process for EP procedures, obtain consent, provide patient education and postoperative care.
• Collaborate with Attending Physicians and clinical team; order and interpret tests and discuss management.
• Interrogate implantable devices data and adjust management as needed; triage calls and authorize refills.
• Provide EP clinical documents and assist with inpatient discharges and consults.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Arrhythmia care

Inpatient care

Outpatient care

Patient communication

Care coordination

Ambulatory process

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program

NCCPA certification

New York State PA license

Tools

ECG interpretation

Job description

Job Summary

The Physician Assistant (PA) will perform assessments and manage arrhythmia/EP patients in an outpatient and inpatient setting.

Location & Working Hours

• City/State: Bronx, New York
• Grant Funded: No
• Department: Card - Arrhythmia Center
• Work Shift: Day
• Work Days: PER DIEM
• Scheduled Hours: 7 AM-5:30 PM
• Scheduled Daily Hours: 9.5 HOURS
• Hourly Rate: $85.00

For positions that have only a rate listed, the displayed rate is the hiring rate but could be subject to change based on shift differential, experience, education or other relevant factors.

Responsibilities

• Manage and evaluate patients including preoperative assessments, post-op assessments, patients in device clinic, EP clinic, routine outpatient follow-ups and consultations and inpatient consultations; recognize post EP procedure complications.
• Coordinate and facilitate the patient ambulatory process for those undergoing procedures, including schedule EP procedures, obtain consent for procedures, provide patient education and post-operative care.
• Collaborate and communicate with Attending Physicians and clinical team regarding patient care.
• Order & interpret tests and discuss management with patients.
• Interrogate/check Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators and Pacemakers and interpret data to provide clinical management and make appropriate adjustments as needed.
• Triage sick calls and address patient phone calls and questions.
• Authorize medication refills and prescription requests, including prior authorizations if needed.
• Perform Discharges on hospital EP patients with appropriate care, follow-up and medications.
• Assess inpatient arrhythmia consults, round with physician and coordinate patient care.
• Provide EP clinical related documents such as clearance, disability, etc. for patient or referring teams.

Requirements

• This position requires flexibility to work across multiple campuses, including Moses, Weiler, and the Hutchinson Metro Center.
• Travel between sites may be required as dictated by operational needs, patient care coordination, physician support activities, and programmatic responsibilities.
• Bachelor's degree required, Master's preferred.
• Coverage for both inpatient and outpatient sites of service as operationally necessary.
• Certified by the National Commission of the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
• Physician Assistant License by New York State.
• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program.
• Montefiore Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer.
• Montefiore Medical Center will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Compensation

• Hourly Rate: $85.00

Benefits

• An assortment of insurance products and discount programs through Voluntary Benefits.
• Check out our comprehensive benefits available to you when you join our outstanding team!

Company Culture

Since its inception in 1884, Montefiore’s mission has been to heal, to teach, to discover and advance the health of the communities we serve. Montefiore's state-of-the-art facilities include the internationally-recognized Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and our Notable Centers of Excellence - Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care, Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care, Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation. Combined with a growing number of locations for primary and specialty care throughout the Bronx and Westchester County, Montefiore is the ideal organization to apply and hone your expertise. An assortment of insurance products and discount programs through Voluntary Benefits. Check out our comprehensive benefits available to you when you join our outstanding team! To heal, to teach, to discover and to advance the health of the communities we serve. To be a premier academic medical center that transforms health and enriches lives.

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