Surgical Physician Assistant - CV Surgery; Medical Center

Surgical Physician Assistant - CV Surgery (Medical Center)

Come lead with us at Houston Methodist Specialty Physician Group. 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 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%.

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.

People Essential Functions

• Demonstrates 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.
• Collaborates to foster healthy relationships in the work environment. Acts as a role model and coaches staff in effective verbal, non-verbal and written communication.
• Communicates organizational information and aspects of administrative and clinical practice in a respectful and positive manner when interacting with staff.
• Collaborates 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.

Service Essential Functions

• Coordinates 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.
• Collaborates quality health care with interprofessional team members to manage/coordinate patient care. Provides first-assist and/or second-assist surgical services as needed.
• Responds and is available timely to patient questions/issues that arise as triaged by clinical staff and provides assistance for emergencies, as needed.

Quality/Safety Essential Functions

• Performs 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.
• Reviews medications and test reports on patients, responds to critical test results, and advises on any corrective action based on the results.
• Conducts 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.
• Assists the interprofessional health care team in the development and implementation of protocols to ensure patient safety.

Finance Essential Functions

• Performs accurate and timely documentation in medical records, including diagnosis and CPT coding.
• Implements 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.

Growth/Innovation Essential Functions

• Fosters identification and implementation of innovative solutions to improve patient care or department operations.
• Provides education of information/knowledge in professional activities such as research, presentations, and publications.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor's degree
• Graduate from accredited Physician Assistant program by National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

Work Experience

• One year of surgical experience

Licenses And Certifications - Required

• PA - Physician Assistant - State Licensure
• Health Services/PA-C - Physician Assistant (NCCPA)
• DEA - Narcotics License (DEA)
• BLS - Basic Life Support (AHA)
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support (AHA)

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations
• Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job.
• Ability 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
• Use of critical thinking…