Physician Assistant - Surgery

NYC Health + HospitalsBellevue 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.Job DescriptionSurgical OncologyVascular Surgery Physician Assistant Job Responsibilities: Work Schedule: WednesdayThursdayFriday Nights (3 day night schedule)Timings:6pm-630amInpatient Role: Consistently provide high quality and timely documentation including admission and progress notes, procedure notes, and discharge summaries o 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 residentsAttendings, etc.)Perform daily roundsAssist with bedside procedures (ABG, Labs, possible IV placement, NGT placement, vac changes, etc.)Additional coverage 1-2 pts for BreastEndocrine Surgery servicesHelp with management of the surgical patients overnightWednesday night - dc summaries surg onc and vascular if time permits; followup patients from intern sign outThursday am - round with vascular andor surg onc if time permitsThursday night - H and P's surg oncvascular surgery) ambulatory first cases only, dc summaries surg onc and vascular if time permitsEvery evening: late post - op checks; admission H and P's from overnight patients; seeing consults when 3rd year surgery resident is scrubbed - these can be staffed with the vascular fellow directly or with the residentchief in the OR for vascular consults and surg oncology respectively.Maintain adequate account of coverage concerns with timely communication with Chief PA, Attendings; Admin StaffDemonstrates expert clinical judgment skills to function in an independent roleMust have the ability to work in a high stress, dynamic, busy clinical setting with changing organizational climateMust have the ability to be self-directive and to demonstrate initiative in addressing the responsibilities of the positionMust maintain the highest degree of professional judgment under the supervision and guidance of a licensed physicianAdditional duties and responsibilities as required by the departmentdivisionMinimum Qualifications1. 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 weekRetirement Savings and Pension PlansLoan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employeesPaid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contractsCollege tuition discounts and professional development opportunitiesMultiple employee discounts programs

Created: 2025-02-21