Per Diem-Physician Assistant - Orthopedics

Job Description

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.

Job Responsibility

* 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.

Job Qualification

* Bachelor’s 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).