Physician Assistant - Radiology - Staten IslandFlexStaff

Northwell Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health in New York seeks a Physician Assistant to deliver comprehensive patient care across admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up within a fast-paced clinical environment.

You will participate in daily rounds, write orders for medications, labs, and tests, interpret results, and coordinate discharge planning with the care team. A NY license, NCCPA certification, ARC-PA accredited education, and BLS are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree required.
• ARC-PA accredited program graduate required.
• Current NY State PA license required.
• Current NCCPA Certification required.
• Current BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Takes initial patient histories and performs physical examinations.
• Initiates, documents, and communicates the plan of care and follows up.
• 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 others to ensure quality of care.
• Notes discharge summaries, prescriptions, and referrals on charts.
• Informs patients of post-discharge care instructions.
• Performs related duties as required.
• All essential functions per ADA; related duties may not be essential.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Patient communication

Documentation

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor Degree

ARC-PA accredited program graduate

New York PA license

NCCPA Certification

BLS Certification

Job description

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).