Physician Assistant Plastic Surgery

GENERAL SUMMARY :

Expanding reconstructive and aesthetic plastic surgery practice seeking full-time physician assistant with variable hours and potentially one Saturday per month. The surgeon maintains a busy caseload at multiple local hospitals. The physician assistant's role would include operating room first assist, pre and post op visits, inpatient rounding, office-based non-invasive and minimally invasive procedures, medical billing, and marketing. Open to new graduates or PAs with experience.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Provides direct care, counseling and teaching to a select patient population.
• Performs history and physical examinations.
• Performs post- operative patient visits.
• Responds in a timely fashion to patient telephone calls and email queries.
• Orders, interprets and evaluates appropriate lab and diagnostic tests to assess patients’ clinical problems and health care needs.
• Arranges for appropriate plan of care and follow-up based on outcome of diagnostic, lab and physical assessment findings.
• Orders medications and writes prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures.
• Records pertinent patient care findings in electronic medical records in a timely manner.
• Sets priorities for appropriate and efficient management of patient care that reflects cost effective management of time, available human resources, supplies and equipment.
• Maintains interdisciplinary approach to planning and communicating patient care information by discussing patient data with the physician, nursing staff, and office manager.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Must hold a Master’s Degree from an accredited Physician Assistant program. The ability to work harmoniously with a diverse group of individuals is required. Must maintain a PA license in Connecticut and maintain controlled substance licensure in CT. The candidate must have a Federal DEA license.

Must possess:

• Expert clinical judgement skills to function in an independent role.
• Excellent interpersonal relationship and communication skills in order to collaborate with patients, families, staff and outside healthcare workers.
• Ability to work with frequent stress resulting from busy clinical settings and a changing organizational climate.
• Ability to utilize appropriate problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.
• Written Communications: Ability to summarize and communicate in English moderately complex information in varied written formats to internal staff as well as to external healthcare workers.
• Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to office staff, patients and families.
• Ability to provide a high level of patient satisfaction and staff training to meet service standards and expectations for the assigned position. Must be able to resolve issues in the practice in a timely and respectful manner.
• Experience with computer systems required, including web based applications and some Microsoft Office applications like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Licensure Required:

• Must have successfully completed a Graduate Level, accredited Physician Assistant Program approved by the AMA Board of Approval and Certification of PA programs.
• Must have 4 years of college level education and a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent – BS/MS joint programs are also acceptable.
• Board Certification by the National Commission on Certification of PA’s is required.
• License as a Physician Assistant in Connecticut
• Maintain a current DEA and Connecticut Controlled Substance License.
• Complete CME requirements, according to national and state regulations, during each 2 year period of employment.
• Maintain current BLS certification
• Maintain active privileges at all hospital at which the surgeon has active privileges.

Skills/Abilities/Competencies Required:

• Enjoys being part of a diverse team. Comfortable trusting other properly trained and licensed members of the team to perform clinical tasks
• Ability to multi-task is essential
• Comfortable with change
• Patient-centered

Physical and Mental Abilities Required:

• Must be energetic, quality driven and have proven ability to be a productive member of a team of peers, dedicated to providing optimum patient care.
• Must exercise the highest degree of professional judgement under the direct supervision and guidance of a licensed physician.
• Must maintain a professional attitude towards patients at all times and must exercise independent originality in solving problems not covered by existing guidelines (within legal limits) to meet the needs of the patients.
• Must maintain a collegial working relationship with other personnel involved in patient care.
• Must demonstrate an understating of procedures, policies and documentation required to ensure compliance with practice standards of care.

WORKING CONDITIONS : The PA will work in a pleasant community based plastic surgical practice. The workload can be challenging, requiring both teamwork and individual initiative. A high level of patient care is required, often requiring the ability to multi-task. Our schedule may require some measure of flexibility in hours.

FISCAL RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Participate in proper, complete and timely documentation
• Possess an awareness of billing and compliance issues.
• Participate in setting productivity metrics and in cost effective management of personnel, time, supplies and equipment in his/her area.