TRAUMA PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PER DIEM

JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute; Hackensack (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a prestigious health care provider as a Trauma Physician Assistant Per Diem, responsible for managing patient care in a critical environment. Candidates will need to possess a valid Physician Assistant License and critical care experience. This per diem position offers flexibility and a chance to work in a dynamic medical facility dedicated to patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Successful completion of an approved physician's assistant program.
• Certification by NCCPA within one year of initial employment.
• Experience in critical care as an APP is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitors and manages day-to-day patient needs under physician's supervision.
• Orders medications and assists in surgical procedures as needed.
• Communicates effectively with patients and caregivers regarding care.

Skills

Critical Care Experience

Patient Management

Communication

Education

Physician Assistant License

Completion of Approved Physician's Assistant Program

Certification by NCCPA

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Trauma Physician Assistant Per Diem

HACKENSACK UNIV. MEDICAL GROUP Hackensack, New Jersey

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• Requisition # 2025-162841
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• StatusPer Diem
  
  

Overview

The Per Diem Trauma Unit Physician's Assistant assists, monitors, and manages the day-to-day needs of patients as requested by, in conjunction with, and under the supervision of a physician. Critical care experience preferably as an APP is required.

Responsibilities

• Obtains a details and accurate history, and identifies problems and presents information to the supervising physician. 2. Orders or prescribes medication subject to the following: no controlled substances; the order or prescription is administered in accordance with protocols or specific MD directions; the prescription states whether it is written in accordance with a protocol or specific MD directions; the physician's assistant signs his/her own name and license number, as well as the supervising physician. 3. Assists a supervising surgeon in the operating room when a qualified assistant physician is not required, and a second assistant is deemed necessary by the supervising surgeon. 4. Assists supervising physician in a procedure room when a qualified physician is present and it is deemed that a qualified assistant physician is not needed. 5. Writes post operative/post procedure note and orders for supervising physician. 6. Performs line as a 'first line' person responsible for all the post procedure management of patients as requested by the primary physician. 7. Starts IVs, inserts foley catheters and nasogastric tubes, irrigates foley catheters, orders transfusions of blood and products, venipuncture, and debriedments. 8. Participates in research trails collecting, aggregating and entering data. 9. Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.e., age, culture, language, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.). This process includes communicating with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.). 10. Adheres to the standards identified in the Medical Center's Organizational Competencies.
  
  

Qualifications

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required: 1. Successful completion of an approved physician's assistant program, accredited by the AMA Council on Medical Education. Education, Licenses and Certifications Required: 1. Physician Assistant License. 2. Certification by the National Commission for Certified Physician's Assistants (NCCPA) within one year of initial employment by the Medical Center.

HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH (HMH) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.

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