Description The Orthopedic Surgery Service at Vassar Brothers Medical Center, proudly joining Northwell, is seeking to add a board-certified full-time Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join its team. This is an outpatient position; Monday-Friday 8a-4:30pm.
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.
Job Responsibility
- 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.
- 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.
Job Qualification
- Bachelor's 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.
Highly competitive compensation package, comprehensive benefits and generous allowances for CME and professional dues/expenses offered.
Sharon Hospital has 78 general hospital beds and provides a full range of services including: cardiology, cardiopulmonary, emergency care, imaging, intensive care, neurosciences, orthopedics, pain management, stroke care, surgical, women's services and wound care.
Located in scenic Litchfield County, Sharon is a community with many beautiful and small hamlets. Sharon offers a plethora of community and family activities against a backdrop of local attractions, from hiking, biking, and museums to restaurants, cafés and local farmers markets, there are endless ways to spend your leisure time. Excellent housing and outstanding schools can be found throughout the area, with easy access to New York City which is less than 90 miles.
For more information or to submit your CV, please contact Jennifer Riccardi, Physician Recruiter, at
[email protected].
Salary Range: $105,000- $165,000. yearly
