Job Description
Performs a variety of procedures for the pre-operative and post-operative care of surgical patients. Performs additional related duties.
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
- Operating Room responsibility
- Informs patients of the necessary post-discharge care instructions. Performs related duties, as required.
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*ADA Essential Functions
Bachelor’s Degree, required. Graduate of an accredited (Accreditation Review Committee for Physician Assistant Programs (ARC-PA) program, required. Licensed Physician Assistant (LPA) 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.
- Variable shifts including Days, nights, weekends, holidays and Calls
The salary range for this position is $67.72-$95.57/hour.
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