Physician Assistant Variable General Surgery-Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida at Nemours in Orlando, Florida

Posted in General Business about 14 hours ago.

Type: Full-Time





Job Description:

Nemours is seeking a Physician Assistant to join our Orlando Surgery Team!

A PA provides care for pediatric patients, including interview of patients, obtains and records health histories, completes physical and developmental assessments, diagnoses health problems, manages the health care of those patients for which he/she has been educated, provides surgical first-assist services, provides health care teaching and counseling, initiates referrals and maintains health records in the inpatient and/or outpatient settings.

Essential Responsibilities:


  • Provides care to pediatric patients as guided by education, clinical expertise and Scope of Practice Agreement, including ambulatory, inpatient (acute) care, surgical first assist, pre- and post-operative management.
  • Provides around-the-clock in-house medical management in an acute or intensive care environment.
  • Elicits comprehensive or focused/interval health history(ies).
  • Performs complete or interim physical examinations as indicated by the nature of the encounter
  • Orders, performs, and/or interprets diagnostic or screening tests, including laboratory, radiological or other tests within the PA scope of practice.
  • Plans interventions including medications, treatments and procedures, and modifies plans based on evaluation of patient response.


Requirements:

  • Prior healthcare/patient care experience strongly preferred.
  • Florida Physician Assistant Licensure
  • American Heart Association BLS
  • Experience working with Pediatrics or Child Health preferred.





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