Surgical PA Needed Job
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Post Date: |
Apr 21, 2024 |
Job Type: |
PA |
Position Type: |
Permanent |
Specialty: |
Surgery - Breast,Surgery - General,Surgery - Gynecological,Surgery - Orthopedics,Surgery - Plastic |
Call Rotation: |
Yes |
Location: |
California - Bay |
Job Reference: |
PA - 1 |
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Description
Position Description: Experienced Physician Assistant (Min. of 3 Years Inclusive of OR) Optimal Qualities • loves being in the operating room • enthusiastic about learning surgical techniques and patient care • can thrive in a stressful, fast-paced, spontaneous environment • curious, and motivated by both procedural and intellectual growth • compassionate and has sincere desire to help a vulnerable, emotionally-rich patient population • enjoys working in small practice setting with a close-knit, supportive team • strives to be a team-player and a go-getter • assertive when needed/comfortable jumping head-on into challenging situations • respectful of authority • team player • comfortable working within a team of diverse people • able to tactfully negotiate conflict • flexible • independent • ethical • hard-working • able to anticipate and to take initiative without being asked • enjoys problem-solving • astute and accurate clinical judgment • able to handle constructive feedback, and eager to improve • requires at least 3 years of experience in a surgical environment • will split call evenly with our current PA (every other week), with frequency of call to decrease as more PA’s join the practice. • prior experience with transgender/nonbinary/gender diverse community is helpful, but not required Round On Patients • Independently round on patients every day, including weekends, at multiple locations (SF & Marin) • Writing progress notes • Managing all medications and medical issues • Managing psychosocial issues • Adept at coordinating care with other services, as needed • Calling and coordinating consults independently, as needed • Adept at wound care • Placing and managing inpatient orders • Working with case management for disposition • Discharging patients After Hours & Weekend Phone Call Responsibility • Call responsibility assigned to on-call PA • On call schedule occurs every other week. Frequency will decrease as we hire additional PAs • Available to answer patient-related questions and to speak to patients directly, as needed, after hours and on weekends • High level of clinical expertise, sensitivity, and independence when interacting with patients • Entering notes into EMR • Calling pharmacy for medications as needed • High level and accurate clinical judgment and knowledge to determine if patient should be admitted or brought back to the OR Manage ED Admissions • Speaking with ED attending • Speaking with and coordinating care with consulting team • Admissions orders • Rounding on patients • Wound care • Discharging patients OR Responsibilities • Expectation to operate and be available every day, Monday through Friday (as needed) • Ensuring appropriate reps have been notified for specific supplies/instruments • Working with Charge RN and SPD to ensure all instruments/supplies are available • Operating simultaneously with surgeon • Assisting in OR • Adept at moving case forward, particularly if supporting staff (circulator, surgical tech) is not strong • Ability to anticipate, and to be several steps ahead of surgeon • Managing all post-op dressings. • Ensuring patient is appropriately set up, prepped, and draped • Coordinating care with anesthesia and OR team. • Managing discharge medications/prescriptions, if needed. • Mastectomies: o Independently marking patient o Performing entire mastectomy from start to finish independently. o Suturing o Skin grafts • Vaginoplasties o Set up and local injections o Markings o Harvesting and preparing skin graft o Suturing • FFS o Dissection of flaps o Bone contouring o Liposuction and fat grafting o Adept at bone contouring, and use of burrs/saws, and bone fixation (selecting and placing screws/plates) • Phalloplasty o Assist with dissection under loupes o Adept at assisting under microscope o Very astute and independent management of post-op free flaps
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