Trauma Services Nocturnist Physician Assistant

• Evaluate, treat and manage patients with surgical conditions under medical direction
• Practice in accordance with acceptable medical standards
• Work as a member of the general surgery team
• Render emergency medical service in emergency situations
• Participate in the hospital’s quality improvement and risk management programs
• Complete medical records in a timely manner
• 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 (phlebotomy, insertion/removal of chest tubes, management of pleurovacs, surgical drains, percutaneous tubes, insertion/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 and transfer summaries
• Write and sign medication orders according to delineated approval
• Follow all safety protocols and demonstrate proper body mechanics

• Graduate of an AMA recognized Physician Assistant training program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission or Education for Physician Assistant (ACR-PA)
• PA - Physician Assistant license
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support (required)
• ATLS – preferred

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