Physician Asst Specialty

Job description

About Us
We’re Maimonides Health, Brooklyn’s largest healthcare system, serving over 250,000 patients each year through the system’s 3 hospitals, 1800 physicians and healthcare professionals, more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. At Maimonides Health, our core values H.E.A.R.T drives everything we do. We uphold and maintain Honesty, Empathy, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork to empower our talented team, engage our respective communities and adhere to Planetree's philosophy of patient-centered care. The system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation’s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties; Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children's Hospital, Brooklyn's only children's hospital and only pediatric trauma center. Maimonides' clinical programs rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including its Heart and Vascular Institute, Neuroscience Institute, Boneand Joint Center, and Cancer Center. Maimonides is an affiliate of Northwell Health and a major clinical training site for SUNY Downstate College of Medicine.
Overview
Clinical Decision Unit / Bay Ridge Emergency/ Maimonides Emergency Department
Assists in providing care on a daily basis for all assigned patients in the Department/Division.
Responsibilities
• Performs duties as per the Department/Division “Physician Assistant Delineation of Privileges” after appropriate training and approval by the Chairman
• With approval of supervising physician, orders diagnostic and laboratory tests. Reports results of all clinical and diagnostic findings to supervising physician and with him/her, communicates results of medical examination to patients
• Formulates appropriate diagnostic and treatment plans, writes appropriate orders
• Performs procedures on patients as defined in the Department/Division Delineation of Privileges
• Documents all diagnoses, procedures, treatments, and other relevant information in patient’s chart
• Notifies attending physician of any change of patient’s status or unexpected events requiring direct physician consultation
• Participates in patient care rounds, teaching conferences and appropriate quality assurance meetings
• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, compliance, safety, environmental and infection control standards

Qualifications
Completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program, with current NYS licensure and registration. ED experience preferred. Board certified by the NCCPA (National Commission on Certification for Physicians Assistant) BCLS/ACLS certification required. Valid DEA number. Strongly Preferred, 3-5 years of PA experience in a related area, Critical Care/Emergency Medicine Experience. ACLS & PALS certification, Pediatric experience.
Pay Range
USD $74.14 - USD $93.82 /Hr.
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) is an equal opportunity employer.
• Performs duties as per the Department/Division “Physician Assistant Delineation of Privileges” after appropriate training and approval by the Chairman
• With approval of supervising physician, orders diagnostic and laboratory tests. Reports results of all clinical and diagnostic findings to supervising physician and with him/her, communicates results of medical examination to patients
• Formulates appropriate diagnostic and treatment plans, writes appropriate orders
• Performs procedures on patients as defined in the Department/Division Delineation of Privileges
• Documents all diagnoses, procedures, treatments, and other relevant information in patient’s chart
• Notifies attending physician of any change of patient’s status or unexpected events requiring direct physician consultation
• Participates in patient care rounds, teaching conferences and appropriate quality assurance meetings
• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, compliance, safety, environmental and infection control standards