Physician Assistant​/IR - Lakeland​/Tampa area

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Exec/Senior Management Professionals LVI@LRH, Lakeland, FL, US

6 days ago Requisition

• Makes preliminary diagnosis or decides on follow-up procedures.
• Administers or orders diagnostic tests, such as x-rays, electrocardiograms, and blood work, and interprets test results.
• Develops and implements patient care plans, instructs and counsels patients, and maintains records of treatments and results.
• Provides general health education and assists with emergency treatment and complex procedures.
• Answers calls and participates in audits and inquiries related to billed services.
• Records concise, accurate, and legible documentation of medical data on patients’ charts.
• Reports and documents significant information and changes in patients’ conditions.
• Performs minimally invasive vascular and nonvascular procedures as mentioned in management protocol and collaborative agreement independently or under general supervision of attending interventional radiologist and per hospital competencies including but not limited to:
• Assist with Port Placements
• U/S guided biopsies
• Central venous catheter insertion and removal
• PICC Line insertion and removal
• Tunneled catheter placement, exchange, and removal,
• Tube removal for biliary, nephrostomy, gastrostomy, or abscess
• Assist physician with any additional interventional studies
• Service educator:
  Serves as an education resource for staff
• Pre study assessment & post study follow-up for interventional patients
• Pre-assessment and assessment of interventional radiology patients undergoing imaging studies with IV contrast as required.
• Patient Management of vascular and non-vascular illnesses
• Assists attending interventional radiologists with vascular interventional procedures
• Positively impacts Interventional Radiology patients’ clinical management and provides ongoing continuity of care
• Assists in coordination of patient imaging studies and laboratory tests required for specific Interventional radiology tests and procedures through contact with the referring physicians and/or the patients directly
• Assists in the management of & the education of patients referred to the Interventional Radiology service in addition to counseling of patients and their families
• Recognizes need for and obtains physician’s input and guidance as indicated within limits of scope of practice
• Aids in ensuring clearance for interventional procedures based on physical and lab assessment of patients
• Facilitates/initiates inter/intra-departmental problem solving and communication
• Assesses potential problems/contraindications for interventional radiology patients receiving IV contrast or those with uncontrolled medical problems, and takes appropriate actions to reduce the risk of patient injury
• Co-manages with physicians those patients who are/become high risk
• Demonstrates the ability to extract pertinent patient clinical data in relation to the requested procedure
• Monitors/communicates problems which may contribute to increased unnecessary length of hospital stay to appropriate clinicians
• Conducts a pre-study focused screening
• Conducts a pre-anesthesia, pre-procedural, and focused physical screening
• Relays information to patients regarding preparation for laboratory tests, examinations, and procedures
• Obtains an accurate abbreviated age-specific, advanced health history review of systems including biophysical and psychosocial data
• Performs intake of patients, including the taking of a brief medical history & performing physical exam
• Documents all consultations to include focused medical history, physical…