Physician Assistant - Radiology - Staten IslandFlexStaff

Performs a variety of functions and technical procedures necessary for patient
admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, follow up, and outcome evaluation.
Participates in performance improvement, research, and educational activities.

Responsibilities

* 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. * Informs patients of the necessary post-discharge care instructions. * Performs related duties as required.  * All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Qualifications

* Bachelor Degree, required.  * Graduate of an accredited (Accreditation Review Committee for * Physician Assistant Programs ARC-PA) program, required. * Current license to practice as a Physician Assistant (PA) 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.

*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of
potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for
this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the
future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several
factors may be considered as applicable (e. g., location, specialty, service
line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated
contracts, budget and internal equity).