Physician Assistant - ER

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UConn Health is looking for a highly skilled Physician Assistant with a passion for patient experience. This position will be in the Emergency Department and will be accountable for independently performing a full range of tasks in delivery of direct clinical care services.

• Competitive pay structures
• $10,000 sign on bonus
• Lump sum shift bonuses for off shifts
• Industry leading, affordable access to medical, dental, vision, life and retirement benefits
• Tuition waivers and reimbursements for self and dependents
• Strong cohort of Physician Assistants
• Easy access to I-84, Route 9 and surrounding Greater Hartford communities
• Organizational culture focused on diversity and inclusion, innovation and patient experience

• State of the art, award winning campus environment with ideal parking

SCHEDULE: This is a fulltime, salaried position nigh shift position, inluding holidays, weekends and on call rotation. 30-minute unpaid meal break.

• Provides a broad range of diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services including initial assessment and ongoing medical care for emergency patients.
• Works with considerable independence as a member of an interdisciplinary health care team
• Takes medical histories, examines and treats patients, orders and interprets laboratory tests and x-rays; formulating diagnoses and treatment plans and prescribing medications and monitoring responses to medications and adjusting accordingly
• Documents and records progress notes and notifies attending physician of significant problems
• Orders referrals to specialists as necessary
• Responds to emergency situations
• Performs minor surgical and emergency procedures
• Orders medical devices as necessary
• Attends in-service training programs on various health care services and treatment in conformance with mandated licensure requirements
• Provides education and/or instruction to various health care staff members
• Educates patients and guardians regarding disease process
• Communicates to agency health care staff and community providers change in patient well-being, treatment plan, medication side effects, and appropriateness of daily activities
• May serve on hospital committees

• Performs all related duties as required

Considerable knowledge of anatomy and physiology. Knowledge of different disciplines and disease states; knowledge of medication and their interactions and reactions. Physical assessment skills; counseling skills; considerable interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills. Ability to perform invasive procedures. Ability to work independently. Ability to work under pressure. Ability to formulate plans of care. Decision making ability.

• Incumbents in this class must possess and maintain licensure as a Physician Assistant issued by the Connecticut State Department of Public Heath in accordance with the applicable Connecticut General Statutes.(Must obtain prior to start of employment)

• Incumbents in this class must possess and maintain Connecticut Controlled Substance Registration for Practitioners issued by the State of Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection. (Must be obtained prior to start of employment)
• Incumbents in this class must possess and maintain United States Drug Enforcement Administration Registration issued by the United States Federal Government.
• Incumbents in this class must possess and maintain eligibility for participation in federal health care programs as defined in 42 U.S. 1320a-7b(f).
• Incumbents in this class are required to possess and maintain NCCPA certification.
• Incumbents in this class must complete 100 hours of CME every 2 years.

• Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.

• Two or more years of work experience as a Physician Assistant in Emergency Medicine environments.
• Critical Care ICU experienc

• ACLS, PALS and ATLS certification

MINIMUM FULL TIME EQUIVALENT SALARY: $122,678.00 (more based on experience)