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Under the medical direction of the MD Chair of Urology as well as the Executive Director of APCs, the PA will evaluate, treat and manage patients with urology conditions. A physician assistant is defined as a person who is a graduate of a school approved by the AMA Board of Approval and Certification of Physician Assistant Programs, who may provide medical services appropriate to his or her training, experience and skills, under the supervision of a registered physician.
Job Responsibility:
Evaluate, treat and manage patients with urology conditions
Write admission orders and perform detailed histories and physicals on urology patients
First assist in the operating room for urology surgery coverage & other surgical subspecialties
Perform daily patient rounds and follow up on all patients and consults including physical exams, diagnostic and therapeutic intervention and ordering routine labs, diagnostic tests and consults
Perform BLS and ACLS measures as needed
Be the primary responding clinician receiving pages from the nursing staff regarding patient care
Write and sign progress notes
Write and sign discharge summaries, as well as transfer summaries
Write orders according to delineated approved by the Medical Executive Committee and the board of Trustees in accordance with the PA prescription regulations of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
May renew or rewrite orders previously approved by the supervision physician
In an emergency, may give verbal orders
Requirements:
Graduate of an AMA recognized Physician Assistant training program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission or Education for Physician Assistant (ACR-PA)
Required Licenses / Registrations: PA - Physician Assistant
ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support (required)
Practices in accordance with acceptable medical standards
Informs each patient that he/she is not a physician
Renders medical services only under the supervision of a full licensee
Participates in the hospital’s quality improvement and risk management programs
Completes medical records in a timely manner according to the medical staff by laws and rules and regulations
All required safety education programs have been attended
Provides complete and accurate responses to safety questions
Operates assigned equipment and performs all procedures in a safe manner as instructed
Maintains work area and equipment in condition required by department standards
Demonstrates proper body mechanics in all functions