What are the responsibilities and job description for the Family Practice/Primary Care Physician Assistant position at Tal Healthcare?
Our client, a top teaching hospital in New York City, is hiring a Physician Assistant in the division of Neonatology and Newborn services. The Physician Assistant, Neonatology and Newborn, will perform a variety of functions and technical procedures necessary for patient admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and outcome evaluation. The Physician Assistant will also participate in performance improvement, research, educational activities.
Responsibilities
- Diagnosing and managing a variety of birth-related issues, including prematurity, low birth weight, birth defects, and infections.
- Consult with other healthcare professionals and provide pertinent information to parents and families.
- Making independent and interdependent decisions in the assessment, diagnosis, management, and evaluation of the health care needs of the infant at risk.
- Initiates, documents, and communicates the plan of care and follows up to ensure complete screening and preparation of patients.
- Performs daily patient rounds.
- Writes orders for medications, laboratory work, and diagnostic tests.
- Interprets laboratory and test results.
- Confers with attending physicians, residents, nursing staff, and / or other care providers to ensure optimum quality of patient care.
- Upon discharge, notes discharge summaries, prescriptions, and any referrals on patient charts.
- Informs patients' parents of the necessary post-discharge care instructions.
Requirements
Job Perks :
Salary : The posted range is not a guarantee. The actual salary will be based on qualifications, experience, and education and could fall outside of this range. Contact us for more information.
If you are passionate about what you could accomplish in this role, we would love to hear from you!
