Coverage Needed

• June 28 - September 26, 2024
• Possible extension

Schedule

• 6:00pm - 6:30am
• Rotating, weekends, and holidays with call

Clinical Details

• Provide coverage for inpatient floors and consult patients for specialties of General surgery, Vascular, Plastics, Trauma, Thoracic, etc
• Take consults in ED
• Provides a broad range of diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services including initial assessment and ongoing medical care
• Works with considerable independence as a member of an interdisciplinary health care team
• Takes medical histories, examines and treats patients/offenders, 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
• Performs medical rounds to observe and document pertinent progress of hospitalized patients/offenders
• Orders referrals to specialists as necessary
• Responds to emergency situations
• Counsels and instructs patients/offenders in preventive care and health issues such as effects of nutrition, exercise and prescribed treatments
• Performs minor surgical procedures
• Educates patients/offenders, and guardians regarding disease process
• Communicates to agency health care staff and community providers change in patient/ offender well-being, treatment plan, medication side effects, and appropriateness of daily activities

Requirements

• Need experience with I&D, chest tubes and wound care
• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant Program
• Current unencumbered Physician Assistant License in the state of CT
  • Must obtain prior to start of employment
• NCCPA Certification
• ACLS - Preferred
• DEA - Preferred
• Two or more years of work experience as a Physician Assistant in General Surgery as part of patient population mix
• Required skills/knowledge: 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, ability to perform invasive procedures, ability to work independently. ability to formulate plans of care

EMR

• Epic