Physician Assistant - TACS (PRN)
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Job Description
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Trauma Acute Care Physician Assistant to join our dynamic healthcare team. The PA will provide exceptional care to patients with acute and critical injuries, working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team in a fast-paced trauma and acute care setting. The ideal candidate will possess advanced clinical skills, a strong commitment to patient care, and the ability to thrive under pressure.
Job Details
- Case type: general surgery and emergency surgery, trauma, admissions and consults
- Key Responsibilities: rounding, writing notes, follow up, efficiently coordinating discharges
The trauma team’s skills set includes but not limited to:
- Mix of trauma and emergency general surgery admissions and consults
- Rounding on patients
- Coordinating effective discharges
- Central lines
- Chest tubes
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Key Responsibilities
The Physician Assistant will provide exceptional care to patients with acute and critical injuries, working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team in a trauma and acute care environment. Key duties include rounding, writing notes, follow-up, and efficiently coordinating patient discharges.
Requirements
The ideal candidate must possess advanced clinical skills and a strong commitment to patient care, with the ability to thrive under pressure in a fast-paced setting. Responsibilities cover general surgery, emergency surgery, trauma, admissions, consults, and specific procedures like central lines and chest tubes.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician Assistant - TACS (PRN) at Meritus Health a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Primary Care (PA) — ranked against 426 active Primary Care (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc.
Primary Care — Physician Assistant Career Context
Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 74% have no call, 76% require no weekends.
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