Job Summary:

The Physician Assistant (PA) is responsible for practicing medicine with physician supervision including conducting examinations and writing prescriptions. Within physician-physician assistant relationship, PAs exercise autonomy in medical decision making and provide a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services. May practice in several primary care areas including family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics/gynecology as well as surgery and surgical subspecialties. May include responsibility for education, research, and administrative services.

Responsibilities:

• Conducts physical examinations, assesses health status, orders and interprets tests, prescribes medications, and treats illnesses including giving injections and suturing wounds
• Consults with physicians as needed and refers to physicians for more complicated medical cases or cases that are not a routine part of a PA's scope of work
• Monitors therapies and provides continuity of care
• Triages patient calls and evaluates patient problems, and responds to emergencies including use of CPR
• Counsels patients and patient's family on preventive health care
• Documents patient information and care in medical record and may maintain department statistical database for research purposes
• Conducts follow-up examinations of patients
• Documents patients charts and maintains detailed records of patient treatment
• Performs related duties as assigned by the medical staff

Experience:

• 1-2 years of experience as a Physician Assistant, preferred
• New graduates of an accredited Physician Assistant Program also considered

Education:

• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant Program, required

Licenses / Certifications:

• Current New York State Physician Assistant license, required
• Current BLS and ACLS Certification, required