Surgery Liver/Kidney Transplant PA Needed in CA

Job description

Location: San Francisco, CA

Start: November

12-week assignment

4x10s M-F (rotating weekends Every other weekend)
Call Weeknight & Weekend (Remote)
# of patients per day ranging from 8-18 per day
Minimum Exp. 1+ year

JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES:

PATIENT CARE
• Performs patient assessments to include: obtaining basic medical information and history, reviewing patient's medical record, performing physical exam, documenting findings into patient medical record, and reporting deviations from normal findings to attending physician.
• Provides health care services to patients under the direction and responsibility of physician.


ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSABILITIES
• Communicates orally and in writing with patients, physicians and staff as indicated.
• Provides health education and counseling to patients.
• Accurately documents patient encounter data.
• Provides relevant quality assessment and reports.

PERFORMANCE AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
• Identifies, reports and contributes to performance improvement activities
• Seeks process improvements consistent with organizational priorities and goals
• Contributes to the development of clinical pathways, updating/maintaining physician order sets and physician preference cards
• Collects and tracks targeted performance improvement data for projects
• Assists with clinical effectiveness studies and projects
SPECIALITY SPECIFIC DUTIES
• PERIOPERATIVE:
? Performs first/second assistant responsibilities in accordance with state scope of practice requirements.
? Demonstrated knowledge of surgical anatomy, physiology, and operative technique relative to operative procedures wherein the PA assists.
? Provides care for different types of patients with varying complexity.
? Assists in the positioning, skin preparation, and draping of the patient.
? Provides hemostasis and wound exposure, handles tissue appropriately to reduce the potential for injury, sutures tissue, and applies dressings to the wound under the direction of the surgeon.
? Uses surgical instruments skillfully in ways consistent with their design and purpose.
• LIVER TRANSPLANT:
? Inserts central venous jugular/subclavian catheters or Swan-Ganz catheters under the direct supervision of the supervising physician.
? Independently performs procedures include: thoracentesis, paracentesis, wound debridement, arthrocentesis, lumbar puncture, surgical drain removal, chest tube removal, staple removal.
? Assists operating room personnel in positioning and padding of the patient on the operating room table.
? Assists with all surgical procedures associated with liver transplantation, organ procurement, hepatobiliary surgery, and general surgery of the cirrhotic or post-transplant patients.
? Assists with insertion of the Foley catheter, retraction, suction, suturing, following of sutures, dissection, ligation, flushing the donor allograft, use of cautery and opening and closing the incision.

EDUCATION:
Graduate from an accredited Physician Assistant program

LICENSURES & CERTIFIC

PA-Physician Assistant
CSRC-Controlled Substance Registered Certification (DEA) (not required for SHSO-Admin (Employee Health)
BLS-Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider
Other - certification based on department requirements


TYPICAL EXPERIENCE:
2 years of recent relevant experience.

FYI- If you know of any friends or colleagues interested in this opportunity, I can pay a referral bonus.

I look forward to speaking with you!


Keeya Milner
Recruiting Consultant
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5930 Cornerstone Court West, Suite 300
San Diego, CA 92121
Based in Atlanta, GA (EST)

• 12 weeks
• Call required
• Travel and malpractice included