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Physician assistant - trauma surgery

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South Shore Health

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United States , Weymouth

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Salary:

123947.20 - 224122.21 USD / Year

Job Description:

Under the medical direction of the MD Chair of Surgery as well as the Executive Director of APCs, the PA will evaluate, treat and manage patients with surgical conditions. This position will also support the Thoracic surgery team as a member of our cross covering program.

Job Responsibility:

  • Evaluate, treat and manage patients with surgical conditions
  • Support the Thoracic surgery team as a member of our cross covering program
  • Write admission orders and perform detailed histories and physicals on general surgery & trauma patients
  • First assist in the operating room for general 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 a variety of procedures, not limited to, phlebotomy, insertion and removal of chest tubes, management of pleurovacs, surgical drains, percutaneous tubes, insertion and management of NGT, DHT, foley catheters, simple wound closures
  • Provide patient education and participate in the education of surgical residents, fellow PA’s, nurses and students
  • 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 and may renew or rewrite orders previously approved by the supervision physician

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)
  • ATLS – preferred
What we offer:

Sign on bonus

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 20, 2026

Expiration:
January 18, 2027

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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