A Physician Assistant provides medical care to patients, under the supervision of a physician or surgeon. Works in all areas and specialties of medicine, and is licensed to practice medicine but has less formal certification than a physician. Performs duties delegated by a physician such as recording patient medical histories, ordering diagnostic tests, or giving immunizations. May serve as the primary healthcare provider, in consultation with a part-time physician, in communities with limited health care resources.
•Req Number•192708 FlexStaff is looking for Physician Assistants for various urgent care sites with Nassau & Suffolk County. Must have emergency medicine experience working with adult and pediatrics (6 months and up) population. 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.
SHIFTS:
7a-7p
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 DetailThe 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). The salary range for this position is $80.00-$135.00/hourIt is Northwell Health's policy to provide equal employment opportunity and treat all applicants and employees equally regardless of age, race, creed/religion, color, national origin, immigration status, or citizenship status, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, sex/gender, gender identity, gender expression, height, weight, disability, pregnancy, genetic information or genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital or familial status, partnership status, victim of domestic violence, their or their dependent's sexual or other reproductive health decisions, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.
