Physician Assistant - Dept. of Surgery/Breast Surgery Job
Location: Galveston Texas
Description: UTMB Health is currently seeking to employ Physician Assistant - Dept. of Surgery/Breast Surgery Job right now, this career will be placed in Texas. For detail informations about this career opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. Job Title: Physician Assistant - Dept. of Surgery/Breast Surgery Job ID: 31081 Location: Galvest! on Business Unit: SOMED Full/Part Time: Full-Time (40 hours) Regular/Temporary: Regular
Min Qualifications
Graduation from accredited Physician's Assistant program. Eligible for Texas licensure. No experience required
Job Description:
To provide patient care assistance in a clinic setting in one or more specialized areas, under the supervision of a primary care physician.
Department Marketing Statement
The Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery - Breast Surgery at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, is looking for a full-time Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to work with the Attending Surgeons in direct patient care as well as some clinical research. Duties include but are not limited to, serving as a patient navigator, examining and assessing new and established surgical patients; ordering, conducting, and interpreting diagnostic and laboratory tests; a! nd serving as a liaison between the surgical service, the medi! cal services and the radiology and radiation oncology services. The NP/PA will be responsible for patient navigation, patient/family teaching, discharge planning, outpatient follow-ups, and obtaining appropriate ancillary services for the care of surgical patients. The scope of practice will be broad and will include outpatient procedural and evaluation and management services.
Salary Range
From $77,360 to $107,226 Annually
Specific Job Related Duties
To provide patient care assistance for Breast Surgery patients in the clinic setting under the supervision of the surgical faculty.
- Provide patient services under direct supervision and responsibility of a physician.
- Elicits detailed patient histories and does complete physical examinations.
- Determine tentative diagnosis and order appropriate laboratory tests.
- Counsel patients and family on health and disease.
- Attend and participate in all Clinics! to include Victory Lakes, and UTMB Galveston.
- Disposition of clinic patients, coordination of their care, provide smooth flow of patients from clinic to OR, field clinical phone calls and serve as contact to patients and referring physicians.
- Assist in contacting patients post procedures to inquire about post op status, report pathology results if appropriate, and provide patient education.
- Assist with planning and design of clinical protocol development for Breast Surgery.
- Participate in quality management.
- Participate in the reporting of outcomes research.
- Independently and competently assess patients and identify actual and potential nursing diagnosis/patient care needs.
- Independently and competently plan and prioritize appropriate care for identified patient group.
- Safely and competently deliver appropriate nursing care to identified patient group.
- Evaluate the patient/family response and ! outcome(s) to implemented care and modify the plan of care accordingly.!
- Competently and consistently complete accurate, concise and legible documentation on hospital records.
- Respects and supports patient rights.
- Practice and promote positive patient and peer relations.
- Utilizes nursing research and quality improvement to enhance practice.
- Practice cost containment for the practice and patient.
- Function as an independent and supportive team member and team leader.
- Assist in maintaining a positive learning environment.
- Participate in developing educational outreach program to improve community awareness of services provided by Breast Surgery.
- Assist in the education of hospital nursing staff concerning the care of surgery patients according to quality measures.
- Assist in the development of care and support group at UTMB.
- Adhere to internal controls established for department.
- Perform related duties as required.
Prior Physician Assistant experience preferred. Oncology patient care experience OCN Certification Bilingual in Spanish desirable Experience and competency with Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system
Equal Employment Opportunity
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution which proudly values diversity. Candidates of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
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This career starts available on: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:13:52 GMT
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