Position Summary
Under the supervision of the physician, according to established practice guidelines and utilizing evidence-based clinical practice
standards, provides inpatient and outpatient management, consultations, and co-management of surgical patients.
Responsibilities
• Manages patients with the highest degree of independence in provision of patient care services with minimal physician supervision
and in a highly specialized area and across the continuum.
• Assesses the physical and psychosocial status of patients by means of interview, health history, physical examination, diagnostic
studies and recognizes deviations from the normal.
• Develops a diagnosis and works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team to formulate and implements the treatment plan.
• Surgically close wounds, incision and drainage, debridement, dressing (the surgeon must remain in the immediate area).
• Scrub with collaborating surgeon in operating room.
• Performs complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, as credentialed, in diagnosing medical and surgical problems and
prescribing necessary treatment and services for quality patient care.
• Implements appropriate management based on laboratory results, physical assessment, routine diagnostic and follow-up studies,
therapeutic measures, admission and discharge care in accordance with evidence based medicine.
• Identifies, analyzes, and resolves patient care issues to foster significant improvement in patient care and outcomes.
• Dictates and documents in an accurate and timely manner.
• Performs patient education and maintains provision of preventive health services.
• Conducts or participates in multidisciplinary rounds.
• Participates in the department call rotation and/ or weekend/ holiday rounding as required.
• prescribe medication.
• Participates in quality initiatives to ensure consistent attainment of key quality indicators.
• Supports IRB approved clinical research/trials through a variety of activities including but not limited to: ordering diagnostic tests,
prescreening patients, recording laboratory and diagnostic results, administering therapeutic interventions per trial protocols and
documenting outcomes per hospital and trial protocols.
• Acts as an advanced resource for the specialty area
• Perform minor bedside procedures that are appropriate to the specialty patient population and independent of the physician
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state
and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.
Qualifications
Education/Training Graduate of accredited physician assistant program.
Licensure/Certification- Maintain current physician assistant licensure in State of Florida.
- Maintains NCCPA (National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants).
- Maintains BLS certification.
- Maintains ACLS, NRP, PALS certification as required by department.
Experience Five (5) years physician assistant experience to include two (2) years in specialty.