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    Physicians Assistant - Philadelphia, United States - Shriners Children's

    Shriners Children's
    Shriners Children's Philadelphia, United States

    1 week ago

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    Description

    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 Physicians Assistant to join our team hour shifts Monday - Friday). 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 in
    appropriate format (SOAP, for example). Presents pertinent findings and plans to the supervision physician
    for review, when indicated.


    • Gathers information from the history and physical exam of new (screening) patients, pre-op patients or
    patients being admitted to the hospital, formulates assessments, proposes plan of management, dictates
    H&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 answer
    parent 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 reviews
    with supervision physician as indicated.


    • For discharged post op patients, promptly enters clinically sensitive information such as new
    prescriptions/refills for pain medication or acute clinical changes in the electronic medical records (SHCIS) to
    decrease risk for duplication or medical error.


    Communication/Interpersonal Skills


    • Provides additional education and reassurance to parents of children with complex problems during clinic
    visits, 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 of
    family centered care and care coordination principles. Discusses and plans patient care with clinical care
    coordinators/nurses.


    • Serves as a medical resource to coworkers seeking answers to clinical questions about which the physician
    assistant 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 by
    participating 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 AND
    Basic Life Support (BLS) Required AND
    Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Required
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