Surgery Float PA: Diverse Subspecialties & Rounds

District Medical Group Inc. (DMG); Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare package

401(k) with employer match

PTO and holidays

CME allowance

Paid sick time

Job summary

District Medical Group (DMG) is actively recruiting a Surgery Float Physician Assistant to join our Surgery Department. The Float PA rotates across subspecialties including urology, plastic & reconstructive surgery, and hand surgery at Valleywise Health Medical Center, assisting with inpatient consultations, rounds, and first assist duties.

Responsibilities include performing history and physical examinations in inpatient settings, reviewing imaging and labs with the team, coordinating operative

Responsibilities

• Perform history and physical examinations of patients in inpatient setting
• Participate in hospital rounds, and prepare documentation of daily progress notes as assigned
• Enter patient orders as directed
• Review and discuss results of medical imaging and laboratory studies with attending physician, fellow/resident/hospital staff, and/or patients as appropriate
• Assist in staffing minor and operative room procedures within scope of practice and delegated by supervising attending
• Assist with hospital-based continuity of care with knowledge of all patients on service and consult list
• Assist with coordinating resident education and continuity of care of patients, ER consults and available for nursing questions regarding service patients
• Assist with coordinating operative schedule for both elective and emergent/urgent procedures
• Serve as a liaison with other services, answer pages and phone calls and take appropriate action with patients, under the supervision of attending staff

Job description

District Medical Group (DMG) is actively recruiting a Surgery Float Physician Assistant to join our Surgery Department. The Float PA rotates across subspecialties including urology, plastic & reconstructive surgery, and hand surgery at Valleywise Health Medical Center, assisting with inpatient consultations, rounds, and first assist duties.

Responsibilities include performing history and physical examinations in inpatient settings, reviewing imaging and labs with the team, coordinating operative