Physician Assistant (All Specialties)

Quick Facts

• Role: Physician Assistant (All Specialties)
• Areas: Bronx, Queens, Long Island

Description

Provide continuum quality routine patient care and rehabilitation under physician supervision. Apply medical techniques to examine patients, treat minor injuries, order and interpret diagnostic tests, and monitor patient progress. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and respond to emergencies as needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide healthcare services under supervision of a physician
• Examine patients and record medical histories
• Conduct physicals and treat minor injuries (e.g., sutures, splints)
• Order diagnostic tests, interpret results, and diagnose medical conditions
• Prescribe therapy or medication with physician approval
• Monitor responses to treatments and counsel patients
• Assess patients’ health needs and support recovery
• Issue appropriate prescriptions and administer medicine
• Inform physicians about any problems or discrepancies
• Acquire and review patient histories to identify abnormal conditions
• Monitor patient progress and maintain records of treatments and medical events
• Prepare patients for examinations and perform routine procedures (e.g., vitals, injections)
• Provide therapeutic treatments (e.g., disinfecting wounds, stitching)
• Collaborate with team members across specializations
• Attend to emergencies

Requirements

• Active New York license as a Physician Assistant
• Current New York Controlled Substance and DEA registration
• Graduate of an approved PA Program and a post-graduate training program in surgery, or at least one-year equivalent work experience
• Current certification by NCCPA
• DOT, BLS; ACLS preferred
• Emergency Medicine / Family Practice / Acute Care
• New grads are encouraged to apply

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Malpractice insurance
• Health insurance
• Dental and optical
• Life insurance
• Generous PTO
• Holidays
• 401(k)