Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center

PA Surgical 3 OEA2

Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree, PA program accredited by CAHEA, CAAHEP, or ARC-PA.
  • Experience in direct patient management within surgical or medical subspecialty.
  • Surgical assisting experience required for surgical specialty roles.
  • Knowledge of acute and chronic disease management, including medication administration.
  • Current state licensure to practice as a Physician Assistant and BLS certification.

Responsibilities

  • Provide medical services under physician direction to patients with specialty conditions.
  • Conduct patient rounds, performing assessments and documenting clinical notes.
  • Order and interpret lab tests and imaging studies, reporting data at rounds.
  • Evaluate patients needing immediate medical attention and initiate emergency treatments.
  • Assist in surgical procedures and perform minor surgical and therapeutic interventions.
  • Manage outpatient care responsibilities including patient follow-up and medication oversight.
  • Document services accurately for billing and maintain comprehensive medical records.

Benefits

  • Access to ongoing medical education and clinical meetings.
  • Support for professional networking opportunities.
  • Potential for involvement in regional and national education programs.
Full Job Description
Overview

In this role, you will provide physician assistant services within our surgical clinics, build strong relationships with care teams, and deliver high-quality, patient-centered care.

Responsibilities

Inpatient Care
  • Provides medical services under the direction of a physician to patients presenting specialty conditions or disease (depending on assigned department), consistent with the PA's current Practice Description approved by the State of Oregon Board of Medical Examiners.
  • Rounds on service patients: assesses patients, performs physical exams, writes orders, documents daily notes.
  • Orders and interprets laboratory tests and radiological examinations. Reports clinical data at rounds or when appropriate.
  • Recognizes and evaluates patients who require the immediate medical or surgical attention and, when necessary, initiates, without supervision, emergency medical treatments.
  • Assists in surgical procedures in emergency, clinic and the operating room.
  • Performs minor surgical, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures, administers treatments and medications consistent with the PA's current Practice Description approved by the State of Oregon Board of Medical Examiners.
  • Maintains and signs medical records pertaining to treatments and examinations administered.
  • Participates in local, regional, & national continuing medical education programs and clinical meetings to maintain medical knowledge as well as a professional network.

Outpatient Care
  • Participates in Medical Specialty Outpatient Clinic.
  • Co-ordinates discharge planning and follow-up.
  • Arranges all sub-specialty follow-up.
  • Communicates with PCPs.
  • Performs dictation of history/physical, clinical notes, imaging studies and discharge summary.
  • Oversees medications for outpatient care.
  • Arranges appropriate outpatient therapy, referral system within Legacy to be maximally utilized.
  • Manages outpatient phone contacts.
  • Medication requests.
  • Disability and work release.
  • Consultant evaluations.
  • Evaluates patients in the specialty outpatient clinic.
  • Assures essential studies are performed prior to clinic visit.
  • Examines and interviews patient and family.
  • Presents case with recommendations to supervising physicians, as necessary.
  • Coordinates and acts as liaison for subspecialty care and consultations.
  • Documents and bills for services promptly with appropriate diagnostic and procedure codes.
  • Completes medical records and appropriate charge/coding data forms to facilitate hospital billing for service rendered.


Qualifications

Education:
  • Requires Bachelor's degree and successful completion of a PA program accredited by any of the following accrediting bodies:
    • Committee on Allied Health, Education Accreditation of the American Medical Association (CAHEA);
    • Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP);
    • Accreditation Review Commission on the Education of the PA (ARC-PA).

Experience:
  • Requires experience in direct patient management, in the surgical or medical subspecialty of the department one is hired into.
  • Surgical assisting experience required if working with a surgical specialty.
  • Knowledge of acute and chronic disease states, administration and prescription of medications, and delivering physical care following treatment plan.


Licensure

  • Current applicable state licensure to practice as a Physician Assistant or ability to obtain licensure upon date of hire.
  • Current BLS for Providers from the American Heart Association.


Pay Range

USD $79.28 - USD $103.98 /Hr.

To learn more about our employee benefits click here: www.legacyhealth.org/For-Health-Professionals/careers/benefiting-you

About Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center

Legacy Health System is a medical claims processing company providing data verification, claims tracking, and digital conversion solutions. Legacy Health seeks to improve the health and wellness of everyone.

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