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TMCOne along with Arizona Pediatric Surgery are currently recruiting for a physician assistant to provide excellent care to the children of Tucson and Southern Arizona. This is a clinic and hospital based role where the hours will vary. This role would be to support the surgical portion of the practice as opposed to the urology side.
Job Responsibility:
Examine patients, prescribe medicine, and order diagnostic tests
Assists in discharge or chronic planning and patient education regarding expectations for recovery and illness
Orders labs and x-rays per protocol and ensures the results are viewed and acted on under the guidance of the physician
Completes physical exam, including past history, major medical intervention, medication history, and pertinent family history
May perform urgent procedures including intravenous or arterial line placement, chest tube placement and bronchoscopy in an emergency situation and after contacting attending physician
Reviews all scheduled patients on a weekly basis with the physicians or surgeons to ensure completeness of evaluation
Performs history and physical exam on any direct admission or transfer when no resident is available
Documents each patient visit including findings, outcomes, and course of treatment
Dictates history and physical according to TMC standards of time and format
Documents medical information as provided by reference source and physician
Confers with supervising physician regarding difficult and complex issues of patient care
Adheres to TMC organizational and department-specific safety, confidentiality, values, policies and standards
Performs related duties as assigned
Requirements:
Completion of an approved physician assistant program, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
Internship and two (2) years’ experience strongly preferred, but not required
A current Physician’s Assistant license in state of Arizona and Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and DEA certifications required
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification
Knowledge of physician assistant regulations and practices along with prescribing regulations
Skill in applying medical care
Skill discharge planning or chronic care planning
Ability to apply use of Code via CPT and ICD-10
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
Ability to effectively present information and respond to inquiries or complaints from employees, patients and/or their representatives, and the general public
Ability to calculate figures and compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables