Physician Assistant - ER

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UConn Health is looking for a highly skilled Physician Assistant with a passion for patient experience. This position will be in the Emergency Department and will be accountable for independently performing a full range of tasks in the delivery of direct clinical care services.

• Competitive pay structures
• $10,000 sign on bonus
• Lump sum shift bonuses for off shifts
• Industry leading, affordable access to medical, dental, vision, life and retirement benefits
• Tuition waivers and reimbursements for self and dependents
• Strong cohort of Physician Assistants
• Easy access to I‑84, Route 9 and surrounding Greater Hartford communities
• Organizational culture focused on diversity and inclusion, innovation and patient experience
• State of the art, award‑winning campus environment with ideal parking

This is a fulltime, salaried position rotating shifts, including days and nights, holidays, weekends and on‑call rotation. 30‑minute unpaid meal break.

• Provides a broad range of diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services including initial assessment and ongoing medical care for emergency patients.
• Works with considerable independence as a member of an interdisciplinary health care team.
• Takes medical histories, examines and treats patients, orders and interprets laboratory tests and X‑rays; formulating diagnoses and treatment plans and prescribing medications and monitoring responses to medications and adjusting accordingly.
• Documents and records progress notes and notifies attending physician of significant problems.
• Orders referrals to specialists as necessary.
• Responds to emergency situations.
• Performs minor surgical and emergency procedures.
• Orders medical devices as necessary.
• Attends in‑service training programs on various health care services and treatment in conformance with mandated licensure requirements.
• Provides education and/or instruction to various health care staff members.
• Educates patients and guardians regarding disease process.
• Communicates to agency health care staff and community providers change in patient well‑being, treatment plan, medication side effects, and appropriateness of daily activities.
• Performs all related duties as required.

Considerable knowledge of anatomy and physiology. Knowledge of different disciplines and disease states; knowledge of medication and their interactions and reactions. Physical assessment skills; counseling skills; considerable interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills. Ability to perform invasive procedures. Ability to work independently. Ability to work under pressure. Ability to formulate plans of care. Decision making ability.

General

Experience:

Incumbents in this class must possess and maintain licensure as a Physician Assistant issued by the Connecticut State Department of Public Health in accordance with the applicable Connecticut General Statutes. (Must obtain prior to start of employment)

• Incumbents in this class must possess and maintain Connecticut Controlled Substance Registration for Practitioners issued by…