Job Summary
Job Description
Job Description:
Position Type: 1099/Locum Tenens
Practice Setting: Hospital
Location : Central Connecticut
Department : Hospitalist (Surgery/Orthopedics Unit)
Shift: 06:00 PM - 06:30 AM, 12H Night, 36 Hours/week -rotating, weekends and holidays with additional on call responsibilities
Coverage Required : May onwards
Certification Requirements: NCCPA
State License Requirements: CT Licensed
Additional License Requirements: ACLS and DEA PreferredEMR : Epic
Experience Requirement :
- Two or more years of work experience as a Physician Assistant in General Surgery as part of the patient population mix.
- 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.
- Provide coverage for inpatient floors and consult patients for specialties of General surgery, Vascular, Plastics, Trauma, Thoracic, etc.
- Would take consults in ED. Would need experience with I&D, chest tubes and wound care.
Average Time of Credentialing: 60 days