Physician Assistant-General Surgery

Job Description

Performs a variety of procedures for the pre-operative and post-operative care of surgical patients. Performs additional related duties.

Job Responsibility

• Takes initial patient histories and performs physical examinations. Initiates, documents and communicates the plan of care and follows-up to ensure complete screening and preparation of patients
• Performs daily patient rounds. Writes orders for medications, laboratory work and diagnostic tests
• Interprets laboratory and test results. Confers with attending physicians, residents, nursing staff and/or other care providers to ensure optimum quality of patient care. Upon discharge, notes discharge summaries, prescriptions and any referrals on patient charts
• Operating Room responsibility
• Informs patients of the necessary post-discharge care instructions. Performs related duties, as required.
• • ADA Essential Functions

  Bachelor's Degree, required. Graduate of an accredited (Accreditation Review Committee for Physician Assistant Programs (ARC-PA) program, required. Licensed Physician Assistant (LPA) by the New York State Department of Education, required.Current NCCPA Certification from the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), required.Current BLS certification, required.

• Variable shifts including Days, nights, weekends, holidays and Calls