What are the responsibilities and job description for the Surgical Physician Assistant, OBGYN position at ChristianaCare?
Job Details
ChristianaCare is now accepting candidates for a Physician Assistant to join the inpatient OBGYN Physician Assistants Group as part of OB/GYN Services.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
ChristianaCare is now accepting candidates for a Physician Assistant to join the inpatient OBGYN Physician Assistants Group as part of OB/GYN Services.
- Full-Time Day/Evening position, 10 Hour Days
- Weekend Rounding and Call Requirement
- Provides services at Wilmington Hospital, Wilmington, DE and Christiana Hospital, Newark, DE.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Admit patients on behalf of the supervising physician
- Complete history and physicals
- Developing treatment plans
- Making rounds at the direction of the supervising physician
- Recording of progress notes
- Ordering, assessing and interpreting diagnostic tests, and therapeutic modalities, such as medications, treatments and examinations
- Initiating referral to appropriate physician or other healthcare professional
- Instructing, educating, and counseling patients and families concerning health status, test results, disease process, and discharge planning
- Discharge planning
- Obtaining consents for procedures for which privileges are held
- Core duties may include but are not limited to: IV placement, blood draws, injections, dressing changes, OB and GYN procedures, wound closures, removal of sutures, debridement of wound infections, removal of foreign bodies
- Procedures may include but not limited to: Biopsy (cervical, endometrial, skin, vaginal, vulvar), cystoscopy, Pelvic floor training, pessary insertion and removal, Provider performed microscopy (urine, KOH, Wet Prep), AROM, BPP, Circumcision of Newborn, colposcopy, Fetal Scalp Electrode Placement, Hysterosalpingogram, Insertion of Foley bulb for induction, insertion and removal of subdermal contraception, IUD placement, Intrauterine Pressure Catheter Placement, Ultrasound
- Surgery first and second assist in the operating room including but not limited to Davinci robotics, laparoscopic, and open procedures as well as cesarean sections.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Licensure or license eligible for Delaware
- NCCPA Certification
- BLS, ACLS, NRP, OBIS training for EFM, US in OB/GYN
Post End DateJun 27, 2025
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