Physician Assistant- Orthopedic Surgery

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

• Interprets laboratory and test results.
• 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.
• Informs patients of the necessary post-discharge care instructions.
• Upon discharge, notes discharge summaries, prescriptions, and any referrals on patient charts.
• Confers with attending physicians, residents, nursing staff, and/or other care providers to ensure optimum quality of patient care.
• Writes orders for medications, laboratory work, and diagnostic tests.
• 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.

Job Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree, required. Graduate of an accredited (Accreditation Review Committee for Physician Assistant Programs ARC-PA) program, required.
• Current BLS certification, required.
• Current NCCPA Certification from the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), required.
• Current license to practice as a Physician Assistant (PA) by the New York State Department of Education, required.

*Additional Salary Detail
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