Physician Assistant (All Specialties)

Quick Facts

Physician Assistant role (all specialties) providing supervised clinical support across multiple divisions.

Description

Support physicians and actively facilitate patient recovery through supervised medical care. You will conduct patient exams and histories, order and interpret diagnostic tests, treat minor injuries, monitor progress, and counsel patients. Prescriptions and therapies are provided with physician approval, with timely communication of any issues to physicians.

Responsibilities

• Provide healthcare services under supervision of a physician
• Examine patients and record their 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 patient health and needs and aim to fulfill them
• Issue appropriate prescriptions and administer medicine
• Inform physicians about problems or discrepancies
• Acquire and review patient histories identifying abnormal conditions
• Monitor patient progress and keep records of treatments, surgeries, or other medical events
• Prepare patients for examinations and conduct routine procedures (e.g., measure blood pressure and temperature, administer injections)
• Provide therapeutic treatments (e.g., disinfecting wounds, stitching)
• Collaborate with team members across specializations
• Attend to emergencies

Requirements

• Master’s Degree required
• Active New York license as a Physician Assistant
• Current New York Controlled Substance and Drug Enforcement 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 the NCCPA
• Emergency Medicine / Family Practice / Acute Care experience
• DOT, BLS, ACLS preferred

Benefits

• Work within a growing, population-health focused network delivering care in offices, urgent care centers, nursing homes, and via telehealth