Physician Assistant - ENT Surgery

Position Overview

Department/Unit:
Otolaryngology (ENT) – Day shift (United States of America)

Salary Range: $ – $

Position Title:

Physician Assistant – ENT Surgery

• Assess and manage patients, including ordering diagnostic tests, consultations, and therapeutic interventions.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate appropriate care plans for patients.
• Perform comprehensive healthcare services: assessment, diagnosis, prescribing, and referrals as appropriate.
• Augment physicians by conducting diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, ordering laboratory studies, documenting data, and providing direct patient care.
• Apply knowledge of anatomy, neurology, microbiology, physiology, psychology, pharmacology, and related disciplines to patient care.
• Conduct patient assessments and physical examinations, collect vital signs and clinical specimens, prepare patients for tests, therapy, or treatments.
• Order, interpret, and act on medical laboratory test results; diagnose medical conditions and administer medications or treatments.
• Perform minor surgeries when indicated.
• Staff outpatient addiction medicine clinic in collaboration with attending physicians.
• Round and coordinate care for inpatient consult service, including patients admitted to Trauma, Surgery, Medicine, Pediatrics, and Ob/Gyn.
• Coordinate care for emergency department patients with opioid use disorder and related complaints.
• Provide clinical support and education for providers caring for opioid use disorder patients.
• Collaborate with community partners to enhance access to medication‑assisted therapy for opioid use disorder.
• Complete accurate patient coding for billing, maintain detailed medical reports, and manage inventory of medical supplies and instruments.
• Serve as a resource and team leader during clinical shifts to ensure smooth patient flow, treatment, and discharge, including triaging.

• Standing – Constantly
• Walking – Constantly
• Seating – Constantly
• Handling – Frequently (grasping, feeling, handling)
• Carrying – Frequently
• Pushing – Frequently
• Pulling – Occasionally
• Climbing – Occasionally
• Balancing – Occasionally
• Stooping – Occasionally
• Kneeling – Frequently
• Crouching – Frequently
• Crawling – Frequently
• Reaching – Occasionally
• Repetitive Motions – Constantly
• Eye/hand/foot coordination – Constantly
• Talking – Constantly
• Hearing – Constantly
• Working Conditions – Rarely extreme heat, humidity, wetness, or vibration; constantly exposure to noise and hazards; temperature changes – Frequently; atmospheric conditions – Rarely; vibration – Rarely.

Albany Medical Center is an equal opportunity employer. This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Medical Center, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties.

Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Medical Center policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.