Physician Assistant CT Surgery PRN

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: Communicates effectively with courtesy when interacting with internal or external patients and customers - in person, electronically, and over the telephone.

• Communicates effectively with courtesy when interacting with internal or external patients and customers
• Assesses patient health by interviewing patients, performing physical examinations, and identifying medical and surgical conditions
• Provides continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans
• Determines abnormalities by ordering and/or administering appropriate diagnostic tests
• Reviews and interprets patient test results
• Provides pre- and post-operative care and patient education
• Performs therapeutic procedures by administering injections, suturing, managing drains, dressing changes, wound care, and infection management
• Performs hospital rounds on surgical consultations, pre- and post-operative hospital patients
• Serves as surgical first-assist during operating procedures

• Graduate of a physician assistant program approved by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)
• 2+ post-graduation clinical experience or one-year post-graduate surgical residency training experience Required
• 1+ cardiothoracic specialty specific experience Required
• Pre-Operative, Intra-Operative, Post-operative Surgical patient care experience Required
• Critical care experience Required

• Health insurance
• 401k matching
• Flight privileges

The West Florida Division Medical Group continues to grow rapidly to meet the needs of the communities we serve.