PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PER DIEM

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BRONX, NY, US

Montefiore

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Per Diem

Overview: <p>The practice of a Physician Assistant shall include medical services within the education, training &amp; experience of the PA that are delegated by the supervising physician. &nbsp;</p> <p>Responsibilities may include overseeing completion &amp; submission of routine &amp; special reports. &nbsp;</p> <p>Medical services rendered by PAs may include, but are not limited to, obtaining patient histories &amp; performing physical examinations; ordering, performing diagnostic &amp; therapeutic procedures; formulating a diagnosis; developing &amp; implementing a treatment plan; monitoring the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions; assisting at surgery; offering counseling &amp; education to meet patient needs; making appropriate referrals. &nbsp;</p> <p>The activities listed above may be performed in any setting authorized by the supervising physician, including but not limited to, clinics, hospitals, nursing homes &amp; other institution settings.&nbsp;</p>
Responsibilities: <p>The clinician's responsibilities include working with clinical staff at Montefiore, including office staff, preop clinical staff, unit staff, pt's &amp; their family members&nbsp;</p> <p>The clinician will communicate with Internal Medicine/Co-management physicians as well as pt's physicians within or outside the Montefiore system, as well as office staff, to coordinate &amp; obtain pertinent health information needed to assess &amp; medically clear each patient for surgery&nbsp;</p> <p>The clinician is responsible for teaching, regarding preoperative education as needed&nbsp;</p> <p>The clinician is responsible for performance improvement &amp; research activities, maintaining professional practice standards, clinical expertise &amp; demonstrating leadership skills. The clinician will demonstrate core &amp; unit specific competencies, based on the patient population served&nbsp;</p> <p>The clinician contributes to the actualization of the philosophy &amp; objectives of the dept of orthopedic surgery, &amp; the Montefiore Center for joint replacement surgery.&nbsp;</p> <p>They participate in performance improvement, research activities &amp; maintain professional practice standards &amp; clinical expertise&nbsp;</p> <p>The clinician assists the medical team in performing complete preoperative medical evaluations for patients who will be undergoing orthopedic surgery. &nbsp;This includes physical assessment, ordering specific lab tests, interpretation of lab data, assessment of Pts current medications, as well as recommendations for any changes of medication therapy preop. &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The clinician understands &amp; utilizes guidelines to ensure pt safety for surgical procedures &amp; anesthesia. The clinician must be self-directed &amp; semi-autonomous. &nbsp;</p>
Requirements: <ul> <li>Bachelor's Degree required, &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Valid Physician Assistant NYS License, Certified by NCCPA&nbsp;</li> <li>Physical assessment skills, EMR proficiency&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Ability to treat medically complex patients, both pre-operatively &amp; post-operatively.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Managing multiple schedules simultaneously.&nbsp;</li> <li>Coordinating &amp; reconciling patient care with outside clinical entities. &nbsp;</li> <li>Prioritizing care based on clinical needs of patients (inpatient &amp; outpatient)</li> </ul>