Physician Assistant - Radiology - Staten IslandFlexStaff

About the job

Performs a variety of functions and technical procedures necessary for patient admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, follow up, and outcome evaluation. Participates in performance improvement, research, and educational activities.

Responsibilities:

• Takes initial patient histories and performs physical examinations.

• 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 of the necessary post-discharge care instructions.

• Performs related duties as required.

• All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree, required.

• Graduate of an accredited (Accreditation Review Committee for

• Physician Assistant Programs ARC-PA) program, required.

• Current license to practice as a Physician Assistant (PA) by the New York State Department of Education, required.

• Current NCCPA Certification from the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), required.

• Current BLS certification, required.

*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).