Physician Assistant - Medicine - Nyc Health Hospitals : Job Details

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue 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 Description Roles and Responsibilities of Senior Co- PA: • Perform all duties of a physician assistant on the inpatient medicine service • Acts as a professional role model to all levels of staff by incorporating expertise and related experience into all aspects of patient care • Participates in the development and revision of interdisciplinary and hospital standards, patient and family education materials as relevant to area of practice and expertise • Works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team including the attending physician to develop and implement the therapeutic plan of care for a group of patients and ensure communication with family members. • Plans and organizes care to meet individual patient needs and to ensure appropriate clinical resource utilization per protocols, pathways, and other means. the service will be increased by at least 50%. This translates to at least six new physician assistants. As such, recruitment strategy will include attending open houses at PA schools across the tri-state area, taking part on online job fairs frequently, reviewing a wide arrange of CVs and performing initial phone interviews to screen potential applicants. • Alongside the other Co-PA leader, responsible for all aspect of board management - ensuring a staff model that allows the service to serve its mission of admitting patients and that the service is operating at appropriate census. • Along with the other Co- PA leader, orients, trains, and assigns work to a service of currently 15 PAs. This includes setting up didactic sessions, being available to answer any clinical/system issues. • Assists the medical director of service with probation and annual review for all PAs as well as discipline matters. This involves both a written evaluation and feedback with each PA individually. • Responsible for filling in should last minute absences/tardiness occur if no other coverage an be secured. • Develops and secures approval of protocols, standards, policies and procedures. Monitors compliance of established protocols, policies and procedures of the hospital • Problem resolution: management of conflicts within the group, or involving the PAs and other personnel • Develops, implements and monitors clinical rotations for all student Physician Assistants rotating on the service. • Perform evaluations of all student Physician Assistants rotating on the service • Participates in various committees as assigned. Responsibilities 1. 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. NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• Multiple employee discounts programs