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    physicians assistant - Springfield, MA , USA, United States - Shriners Childrens Hospital

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    Company Overview

    Shriners Children's is a family that respects, supports, and values each other. We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking.

    Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience defines us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

    Job Overview


    Shriners Children's is the premier pediatric burn, orthopaedic, spinal cord injury, cleft lip and palate, and pediatric subspecialties medical center.

    We currently have an opening for a PT (.7 FTE) Physicians Assistant to join our team. The schedule would be Monday - Thursday ( 7 hours per day). No weekends/holidays.

    Responsibilities

    The Physician Assistant provides comprehensive, evidenced based health care services to the pediatric population.

    The PA obtains comprehensive health history, performs physical examinations, formulates a plan of care and treatment, prescribes/performs diagnostic and therapeutic interventions and procedures and participates in patient and family education.

    Provide Patient Care

    • Evaluates follows up patients in clinic, demonstrates appropriate assessment skills and dictates note inappropriate format (SOAP, for example). Presents pertinent findings and plans to the supervision physicianfor review, when indicated.
    • Gathers information from the history and physical exam of new (screening) patients, pre-op patients orpatients being admitted to the hospital, formulates assessments, proposes plan of management, dictatesH&P within 24 hours and signs them in a timely manner.
    • Makes pre visit phone calls to selected patient applicants with complex young spine problems to answerparent questions about our specialty services. Obtains pertinent history, reviews pre-visit studies,summarizes and reviews with attending to facilitate appropriate initial clinic evaluation.
    • Evaluates and dictates progress notes on requested studies of long distance post op patients, and reviewswith supervision physician as indicated.
    • For discharged post op patients, promptly enters clinically sensitive information such as newprescriptions/refills for pain medication or acute clinical changes in the electronic medical records (SHCIS) todecrease risk for duplication or medical error.
    Communication/Interpersonal Skills

    • Provides additional education and reassurance to parents of children with complex problems during clinicvisits, as needed.
    • Seeks ongoing feedback from supervising physicians to continually improve clinical skills.
    • Collaborates with the other health team members demonstrating the commitment to the philosophy offamily centered care and care coordination principles. Discusses and plans patient care with clinical carecoordinators/nurses.
    • Serves as a medical resource to coworkers seeking answers to clinical questions about which the physicianassistant may have some prior experience or fund of knowledge.
    • Monitors parent/patient scoliosis.
    Job Related Personal Responsibility

    • Advances knowledge and skills in pediatric orthopedics, child development and related health fields byparticipating in continuing education, literature reviews, teaching conferences and in-service programs.
    • Achieves goals set forth in performance plan.
    Qualifications

    Education

    Master's Physician Assistant Preferred

    Experience

    3 Years Physicians Assistant Preferred

    Licensure and Certification

    Licensed in state of practice Required ANDBasic Life Support (BLS) Required ANDPediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Required

    Shriners Children's is an EOE/Drug-Free, Smoke-Free Workplace.


    Shriners Children's values diversity and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

    This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.


    In accordance with local and system policies, all SHC employees must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 to be eligible for hire.



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