Physician Assistant

Physician assistants interview and examine patients and diagnose their injuries and illnesses and help provide the treatment plan when necessary. They will order and interpret diagnostic tests, prescribe medications, and suggest lifestyle changes or alterations when medically necessary. A physician assistant can also stitch wounds, set broken bones, and assist with surgery and operational procedures, as well as administer immunizations.

• Perform approved procedures as indicated in the Delineation of Privileges (DOP).

• Assist in the preparation of documentation especially for the admissions process.

• Participate in required meetings and ceremonies.

• Perform bedside procedures as are appropriate to the patient population.

• Monitor patients and collect information for documentation in patient record.

• Order, interpret, and evaluate appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests.

• Operate patient monitoring systems specific to unit needs (such as, cardiac monitoring).

• Prepare admissions reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.

• Assist in the development of laboratory exercises matching course objectives.

• Perform splinting, casting based upon instruction and departmental competency assessment applies plaster and fiberglass splints, and traction devices.

• Perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, such as aspirations and injection of joints, bursas, and cysts.

• Responsible for the delivery of quality care to patients under varied conditions.

• Consistently provide high quality and timely documentation including admission and progress notes, procedure notes, operative notes and discharge summaries.

• Triage and manage patients thoroughly and efficiently, maintain, a steady flow to avoid long wait times.

• Review and manage daily tasks, patient callbacks, and lab results while on shift.

• Provide oversight and lead day to day operations, as sole provider and serve as expert by consulting, coaching and training advanced practice clinicians.

• Work under the supervision of an attending physician and report directly to the department administrator or chief physician assistant administratively.

• Order medications and write prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures.