Surgical Physician Assistant - CV Surgery (Medical Center)

Job description

At Houston Methodist, the Surgical Physician Assistant (PA) functions as an advanced practice practitioner maintaining and promoting the health of the patient requiring care, practicing medicine under the supervision of a licensed physician. This position will provide diagnostic, therapeutic, surgical and preventative care, under the supervision of a physician. The surgical PA position will assist the physician in the global management of patient care in all peri-operative settings, their primary role is to assist licensed physicians in patient surgery. This end-to-end involvement enables surgical PAs to provide unparalleled continuity of patient care. This position will work in both inpatient and outpatient settings and can perform independently under the license of a physician or as part of a treatment team. The Surgical PA position will take call as required or as outlined by their supervising physician, manager or lead. This position should be in the OR a minimum of 30%. In addition, the Surgical PA position exams, diagnoses and decides treatment for patients, including analyzing and interpreting x-rays and lab results, writes prescriptions, takes patients' histories and orders various forms of therapy. This position affects direct patient care according to the Board of Physician Assistant Examiners in the State of Texas and Houston Methodist policies and procedures.

nFLSA STATUS

nExempt

nQUALIFICATIONS

nEDUCATION

nnnBachelor's degree

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nnGraduate from accredited Physician Assistant program by National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

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n nEXPERIENCE

nnOne year of surgical experience

n nLICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

nRequired

nnnPA - Physician Assistant - State Licensure - Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation_PSV and

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nnPA-C - Physician Assistant-Certified (NCCPA) - National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistant_PSV and

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nnDEA - Narcotics License (DEA) - Drug Enforcement Administration_PSV and

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nnBLS - Basic Life Support or Instructor (AHA) - American Heart Association and

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nnACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or Instructor (AHA) - American Heart Association

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n nSKILLS AND ABILITIES

nnnDemonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations

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nnSufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security

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nnAbility to effectively communicate with patients, physicians, family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles

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nnUse of critical thinking skills and clinical judgment to work autonomously as defined by the Board of Physicians Assistants

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nnAccepts accountability for outcomes in healthcare

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nnUses therapeutic communication to establish a relationship with patients, families and interprofessional team to collaborate on the plan of care

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nnStrong organizational and problem-solving skill as evidenced by capacity to prioritize multiple tasks and role components

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nnAbility to exercise judgment in interactions with physicians, interprofessional care team and patients and their families

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nnDemonstrates proficient time management skills

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n nESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

nPEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

nnnDemonstrates leadership as a clinical resource, interprofessional consultant, and patient advocate. Participates in rounding independently or with physicians/surgeons and attends interdisciplinary rounds, as appropriate, by specialty.

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nnCollaborates to foster healthy relationships in the work environment. Acts as a role model and coaches staff in effective verbal, non-verbal and written communication. May serve as first call for hospital staff. Serves as preceptor for Physician Assistant students and medical residents, as appropriate

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nnCommunicates organizational information and aspects of administrative and clinical practice in a respectful and positive manner when interacting with staff. Advocates for a balanced workload, promotes positive behaviors, and peer-to-peer accountability. Facilitates the promotion of teamwork. Uses peer-to-peer accountability towards improvement of department score for employee engagement.

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nnCollaborates with interprofessional health care team members to manage/coordinate patient care. Advocates on patient/family's behalf to identify and resolve clinical and ethical concerns.

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n nSERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

nnnCoordinates appropriate, timely patient care between health care providers and other ancillary clinicians, as appropriate, under a physician license, for a defined patient population(s), focusing on identified expected unit/optimal outcomes, individualized to the patient. Helps drive improvement of department score for patient satisfaction, through peer-to-peer accountability to service standards.

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nnCollaborates quality health care with interprofessional team members to manage/coordinate patient care. Provides first-assist and/or second-assist surgical services as needed.

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nnResponds and is available timely to patient questions/issues that arise as triaged by clinical staff and provides assistance for emergencies, as needed.

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n nQUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

nnnPerforms independent or delegated functions under physician license, such as diagnosis, use of prescriptive authority, and treatment according to practice guidelines, protocols, and/or standing orders.

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nnReviews medications and test reports on patients, responds to critical test results, and advises on any corrective action based on the results.

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nnConducts comprehensive health assessments (initial, ongoing, discharge), identifies normal/abnormal health characteristics, develops plan of care, initiates appropriate interventions, and evaluates care outcomes on defined patient populations. Performs quality and safe diagnostic, surgical and/or therapeutic procedures necessary for defined patient populations.

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nnAssists the interprofessional health care team in the development and implementation of protocols to ensure patient safety. Integrates and contributes to professional practice standards, policies, procedures, protocols and leads improvements in patient safety-related processes

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n nFINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

nnnPerforms accurate and timely documentation in medical records, including diagnosis and CPT coding.

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nnImplements department strategies to achieve financial target and mentors others to do the same through timely documentation of care, decreasing length of stay, optimizing efficiency, and other areas according to department specifications. Projects awareness and understanding of resource allocation based on patient needs and staff experience, knowledge, and skills

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n nGROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

nnnFosters identification and implementation of innovative solutions to improve patient care or department operations such as the organization's quality metrics or other department-specific measures by leading and/or participating in department and/or hospital projects/activities or a hospital committee.

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nnProvides education of information/knowledge in professional activities such as research, presentations, and publications. Expands individual nursing knowledge and coaches staff to grow in knowledge, abilities, skills, and attitudes. Ensures own career discussions occur with appropriate management. Completes and updates the My Development Plan on an on-going basis

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n nSUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

nWORK ATTIRE

nnnUniform: No

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nnScrubs: Yes

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nnBusiness professional: Yes

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nnOther (department approved): Yes

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n nON-CALL *

n*Note that employees may be required to be on-call during emergencies (ie. Disaster, Severe Weather Events, etc) regardless of selection below.

nnOn Call* Yes

n nTRAVEL **

nTravel specifications may vary by department

nnnMay require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area Yes

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nnMay require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area Yes

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n nQUALIFICATIONS

nEDUCATION

nnnBachelor's degree

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nnGraduate from accredited Physician Assistant program by National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

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n nEXPERIENCE

nnOne year of surgical experience

n nLICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

nRequired

nnnPA - Physician Assistant - State Licensure - Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation_PSV and

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nnPA-C - Physician Assistant-Certified (NCCPA) - National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistant_PSV and

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nnDEA - Narcotics License (DEA) - Drug Enforcement Administration_PSV and

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nnBLS - Basic Life Support or Instructor (AHA) - American Heart Association and

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nnACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or Instructor (AHA) - American Heart Association

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n nCompany Profile:

nHouston Methodist Specialty Physician Group is an integral part of Houston Methodist's overall strategy to become one of the nation's leading academic medical centers. Established as a nonprofit corporation certified by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, the Specialty Physician Group enables physicians to maintain autonomy with respect to clinical practice while growing their practice within an academic environment.

nHouston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Worksite address

houston, TX, 77246, US

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