Orthopedic Physician Assistant, Days, 1St Assist

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.

Job Responsibility

• Confers with attending physicians, residents, nursing staff, and/or other care providers to ensure optimum quality of patient care.
• 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.
• Performs daily patient rounds.
• Interprets laboratory and test results.
• Initiates, documents, and communicates the plan of care and follows up to ensure complete screening and preparation of patients.
• Upon discharge, notes discharge summaries, prescriptions, and any referrals on patient charts.
• Takes initial patient histories and performs physical examinations.
• Writes orders for medications, laboratory work, and diagnostic tests.

Job Qualification

• Current BLS certification, 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.
• Bachelor’s Degree, required. Graduate of an accredited (Accreditation Review Committee for Physician Assistant Programs ARC-PA) program, 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).