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Physician Assistant - Gastroenterology

Chesapeake Regional Healthcare
  • Chesapeake, Virginia
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    The Physician Assistant is responsible for providing quality care to patients while under the supervision of a licensed physician.

    These duties and responsibilities described below represent the general tasks performed on a daily basis; other tasks may be assigned.

    • Practice medicine within the scope of license, training, and credentialing
    • Practice medicine in accordance with the current standards of care
    • Practice medicine in accordance with the quality criteria adopted by the Medical Staff Bylaws
    • Promote a safety-conscious workplace
    • Evaluate and follow up with patients
    • Demonstrate the ability to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individual patient care appropriate to the age of the patients served by demonstrating a strong working knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span
    • Communicate appropriately with the person served, regardless of age
    • Attend required hospital-wide orientations, meetings, and in-services
    • Demonstrate a commitment to flexible work scheduling when necessary to ensure patient care
    • 10 hour shift on work days (adjustment as needed based on patient care requirements)
    • Rounding on all patients on list unless specifically directed otherwise in sign out / handoff
    • Writing progress notes on all patients on list unless specifically directed otherwise in sign out / handoff
    • Independently seeing consults if attending surgeon is otherwise occupied and writing consult note / History and Physical
    • Writing orders during / after rounds or after seeing consult or admission
    • Doing discharge summaries / medication reconciliation when appropriate
    • Communicating with attending surgeon about any new consults or developments with floor patients during prolonged case in OR
    • Communicating with floor nurses, hospitalists, consultants, ER providers, PT/OT as appropriate to facilitate patient care and disposition
    • Helping ER disposition patients in a timely manner (admitting or deferring to medicine admission as appropriate) – if unsure, communicate with attending surgeon as soon as possible
    • Performing procedures independently within scope of practice and after appropriate training / supervision period

     

    Reports to: Director of Operations

    Supervises: None

    Responsibilities: Not applicable

     

    To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

    Minimum Required Education: Graduation from an accredited Physician’s Assisting program with successful completion of the National Certifying Examination administered by the National Commission of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).

    Preferred Experience: 2+ years as a Physician Assistant

    Applicant must possess a current, unrestricted license to work as a Physician Assistant or in the state where work will be performed (ie. Commonwealth of Virginia or the State of North Carolina), a current DEA certification without restrictions, and a PALS and/or ACLS certification, as applicable.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationChesapeake, Virginia
    Websitehttps://chesapeakeregional.com/careers

    Skills

    • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)unmatched
    • Consultingunmatched
    • Gastroenterologyunmatched
    • Hospitalunmatched
    • License Managementunmatched
    • Medicationsunmatched
    • Medicineunmatched
    • Nursingunmatched
    • Patient Assessmentunmatched
    • Patient Careunmatched
    • Patient Follow-upunmatched
    • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)unmatched
    • Physician Assistantunmatched
    • Physician Credentialunmatched
    • Reconciliationunmatched
    • Standards of Careunmatched
    • Time Managementunmatched
    • Treatment Evaluationunmatched
    • United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)unmatched

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