Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant

Quick Facts

• Role: Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant

• Setting: 25-bed Emergency Department

• Practice focus: Primarily lower-acuity and fast-track patients

• Average census: ~10 patients per shift

• Patient population: Adults and pediatrics

• EMR: Epic

• Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours/week; four 10-hour shifts per week

• Shifts: 8:00 AM–6:00 PM and 12:00 PM–10:00 PM; day, night, and weekend coverage required

• Start date: February 1, 2027

• Contract: 6 months with option to extend

Description

Provide comprehensive emergency care for adult and pediatric patients in a 25-bed ED. Manage lower-acuity and fast-track patients, perform emergency procedures, develop treatment plans, and coordinate patient discharges, independently or with physician collaboration based on acuity (a physician is always available for consultation).

Responsibilities

• Perform patient history and physical examinations

• Order diagnostic tests and develop appropriate treatment plans

• Evaluate and manage lower-acuity and fast-track emergency patients

• Perform patient discharges and provide discharge instructions

• Perform suturing and laceration repairs

• Perform incision and drainage procedures

• Provide splinting and fracture management

• Perform joint reductions

• Perform intubations

• Manage patients independently or in collaboration with a physician based on patient acuity; consult when necessary

Requirements

• PA-C (Physician Assistant-Certified) with acute care experience

• Minimum 2 years of emergency department (ED) experience (urgent care experience does not qualify)

• Active Massachusetts (MA) license that permits evaluation and treatment of pediatric patients

• ACLS certification

• BLS certification

• PALS certification

• Candidate name and NPI number required for name clearance

Benefits

• 8 hours of non-billable orientation

• Full-time schedule: 40 hours/week

• 6-month contract with option to extend