Surgery Physician Assistant
Location: Fredericksburg Virginia
Description: L. Marsh & associates is currently seeking to employ Surgery Physician Assistant right now, this vacancy will be placed in Virginia. Further informations about this vacancy opportunity kindly see the descriptions. Assists the supervising surgeon in the care and management of patients, and performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures under the supervision of the surgeon. The Physician Assistant works closely and assists the surgeon in providing quality, efficient and continuous and cost-effective care during the patient's hospitalization.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities
Clinical procedures:
apply and change surgical dressings
remove sutures and staples
perform venipunctures
insert IV needles and catheters
catheterize urinary bladder
pass nasogastric tubes
remove chest tubes and monitoring lines
irrigate chest tubes and catheters
remove intra-aortic balloon pump
remove temporary pacemaker wires
debride, irrigate, and pack surgical wounds
remove drainage catheters
Obtain, record, and dictate medical histories.
Perform, record and dictate physical examinations.
Dictate discharge and transfer summaries.
Make daily rounds, record progress notes, write routine orders (comfort and diet, laboratory tests, non-invasive examinations). Prepare patients for discharge from the hospital.
Educate patients and family regarding disease, procedures, medications, nutrition, health care and post-discharge care.
Act as liaison between patients and surgeons.
Act as liaison between nursing and surgeons.
Provide education to nursing staff as required.
Request consults from appropriate physicians.
Participate in the care and management of patients in the outpatient setting, seeing outpatients either independently of in conjunction with supervising physician.
Handle phone calls from patients and home health nurses.
Evaluate patients who require a surgical consult.
Assist in the operating room:
Prep, position and drape patient
assist at surgery
harvest conduit
assist in minimally invasive procedures, including thoracoscopy and advanced foregut laparoscopy
educate and teach nursing staff procedures for harvesting conduit
close wounds and apply dressings
transfer patient to post-anesthesia care
Participate in the management of the cardiac surgery database (update patient records, run reports, assist with the Virginia Cardiac Surgery Initiative, harvest data for the Society of Thoracic Surgeons).
Prepare patient data for Cardiothoracic Surgery Morbidity and Mortality Conference
Participate equally in both OR and clinical call coverage rotation with the practice's other midlevel providers.
Required:
VA license & NCCPA certification.
EVH & radial artery harvesting experience.
5 years experience providing Surgical First assist.
2+ years experience providing support to cardiac, vascular or thoracic services. No visas Fredericksburg area
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If you were eligible to this vacancy, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to L. Marsh & associates.
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This vacancy starts available on: Sun, 08 Jul 2012 08:28:03 GMT