Inpatient Physician Assistant
Core
Inpatient Physician Assistant providing therapeutic patient care, diagnostic evaluations, and surgical assistance within a multi-disciplinary orthopedic surgical team.
Role type
Inpatient Physician Assistant
Builds
Patient care plans, diagnostic assessments, and surgical support for orthopedic patients
Domain
Healthcare / Orthopedic Surgery
Required skills
Physical examinations, diagnostic testing, IV insertion, wound care, suturing, catheter insertion, sterile techniques, post-operative order writing, patient education
Preferred skills
N/A
Technologies
N/A
Responsibilities
Interview patients and compile medical histories, perform physical examinations, obtain specimens and run laboratory tests, analyze findings and make preliminary diagnoses, develop care/treatment plans, perform procedures like starting IVs, applying casts, and suturing, prepare patients for surgery, insert monitoring equipment, assist physicians during surgical procedures, write post-operative orders, attend medical rounds, provide patient and family education, facilitate communication with other medical services, act as liaison with social work and rehabilitation, provide first or second assist in operating room, remove or reinforce sutures, evaluate wounds and perform wound care
Seniority
Mid-level, licensed professional