Physician Assistant - Surgery

Provider Careers at NYC Health + Hospitals

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America s oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 500,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown.

We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state‑of‑the‑art care Bellevue is a city‑wide medical specialty referral source.

Bellevue s clinical centers of excellence include:
Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care;
Cardiovascular Services;
Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU);
Comprehensive Children s Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person‑centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Surgical Oncology/Vascular Surgery Physician Assistant

Job Responsibilities:

Timings:6pm-630am
Inpatient Role
:

Consistently provide high quality and timely documentation including admission and progress notes, procedure notes, and discharge summarieso

Assist with inpatient consults, discuss external hospital transfers with Attendings, floor work; assist with any emergency patient related concerns on the service; admission H&P; initial orders, post‑op orders; post‑op checks; order and follow‑up on diagnostic testing; invasive consents; overall assessment, triage and therapeutic management of the patient; manage treatment plans with the in‑house residents/Attendings, etc.)

• Perform daily rounds
• Assist with bedside procedures (ABG, Labs, possible IV placement, NGT placement, vac changes, etc.)
• Additional coverage 1-2 pts for Breast/Endocrine Surgery services
• Help with management of the surgical patients overnight
• Wednesday night - d/c summaries surg onc and vascular if time permits; follow‑up patients from intern sign out
• Thursday am - round with vascular and/or surg onc if time permits
• Thursday night - H and P s surg onc/vascular surgery) ambulatory first cases only, d/c summaries surg onc and vascular if time permits
• Every evening: late post‑op checks; admission H and P s from overnight patients; seeing consults when 3rdyear surgery resident is scrubbed - these can be staffed with the vascular fellow directly or with the resident/chief in the OR for vascular consults and surg oncology respectively.
• Maintain adequate account of coverage concerns with timely communication with Chief PA, Attendings;
  Admin Staff
• Demonstrates expert clinical judgment skills to function in an independent role
• Must have the ability to work in a high stress, dynamic, busy clinical setting with changing organizational climate
• Must have the ability to be self‑directive and to demonstrate initiative in addressing the responsibilities of the position
• Must maintain the highest degree of professional judgment under the supervision and guidance of a licensed physician

Additional duties and responsibilities as required by the department/division

1. Current New York State registration as a Physician Assistant; or

2. Current limited permit issued by New York State to practice as a Physician Assistant.

If you wish to apply for this position, please apply online by clicking the "Apply for Job" button.

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities

This role is hired through NYC Health + Hospitals. You will be redirected to the NYC Health + Hospitals career site to complete the application process.

15 minutes walk from nearest station to the hospital.

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest public health care system in the nation, annually serving more than a million New Yorkers in more than 70 patient care locations across the city’s five boroughs. Our mission is to care for all, without exception.