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Job description
ChristianaCare is hiring a Physician Assistant for its inpatient OBGYN Physician Assistants Group. The position is full‑time day/evening, 10‑hour days with weekend rounding and call. Services are provided at Wilmington Hospital (Wilmington, DE) and Christiana Hospital (Newark, DE).
Responsibilities
Admit patients on behalf of the supervising physician
Complete history and physicals
Develop treatment plans
Make rounds at the direction of the supervising physician
Record progress notes
Order, assess, and interpret diagnostic tests and therapeutic modalities, such as medications, treatments, and examinations
Initiate referrals to appropriate physicians or other healthcare professionals
Instruct, educate, and counsel patients and families regarding health status, test results, disease process, and discharge planning
Participate in discharge planning
Obtain consents for procedures for which privileges are held
Perform core duties including IV placement, blood draws, injections, dressing changes, OB and GYN procedures, wound closures, removal of sutures, debridement of wound infections, and removal of foreign bodies
Assist in surgery first and second assist in the operating room, including but not limited to Da Vinci robotics, laparoscopic, and open procedures as well as cesarean sections
Procedures
Biopsy (cervical, endometrial, skin, vaginal, vulvar)
Cystoscopy
Pelvic floor training
Pessary insertion and removal
Provider‑performed microscopy (urine, KOH, Wet Prep)
AROM, BPP
Circumcision of newborn
Colposcopy
Fetal scalp electrode placement
Hysterosalpingogram
Insertion of Foley bulb for induction
Removal of subdermal contraception, IUD placement
Intrauterine pressure catheter placement
Ultrasound
Special Requirements
Licensure or license eligibility for Delaware
NCCPA certification
BLS, ACLS, NRP, OBIS training for EFM, US in OB/GYN
Annual Compensation Range: $119,583.00 – $153,472.00
Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
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Worksite address
newark, DE, 19711, US
Who can apply
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