Physician Assistant - General Surgery

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Our primary, multispecialty, and urgent care providers serve millions of patients in traditional practices, patients' homes and virtually through VillageMD and our operating companies Village Medical, Village Medical at Home, Summit Health, CityMD, and Starling Physicians.

When you join our team, you become part of a compassionate community of people who work hard every day to make health care better for all. We are innovating value-based care and leveraging integrated applications, population insights and staffing expertise to ensure all patients have access to high-quality, connected care services that provide better outcomes at a reduced total cost of care.

Job Description

Summit Health is currently recruiting for a full time Physician Assistant for our General Surgery team. This position will work at several different locations including: Berkeley Heights, Florham Park, and Livingston.

The physician assistant (PA) is responsible for providing medical care under the direct supervision of a licensed physician(s), and in accordance with approved, written practice supervision agreements and guidelines. Services provided by the PA will include general health maintenance, management of acute/episodic illnesses and initial injury assessment.
 

Essential Job functions:

• Provides clinical services and develops and implements plan of care in conjunction with supervising physician(s).

• Obtains patient medical history and performs physical examinations and preventative health measures within prescribed guidelines.

• Initiates necessary laboratory and diagnostic tests.  Interprets laboratory and test results.

• Confers with supervising physician(s), nursing staff and/or other care providers to ensure optimum quality of patient care, and to prepare a comprehensive patient care plan.  Refers to appropriate physician(s) for more complicated medical cases or cases that are not a routine part of a PA's scope of practice.

• Obtains consultations and/or referrals as appropriate. 

• Responds to patient inquires, answers questions and refers questions to physician(s) as appropriate.

• Documents all patient care services in the electronic medical record.

• Provides health education counseling to patients and families as appropriate; and supports programs for patients and their families.  Answers questions about condition and treatment plan.

• Participates in and supports performance improvement and risk management activities.

• Completes required continuous training and education, including practice specific requirements. Demonstrates professional work behavior and complies with organizational policies and procedures and federal and state requirements.

• Establishes and maintains patient educational materials;

• Works closely with physicians and other clinicians in a team approach to patient care.

• Respects and protects the patient’s rights to confidentiality and privacy and discloses information only for the professional purposes which are in the patient’s best interests with full consideration of their legal rights. Displays a positive attitude when interacting with physician’s office staff, physicians and fellow employees of the office

• Other job duties as required.

Education, Certification, Computer and Training Requirements:

• Master's degree and successful completion of accredited physician assistant program

• Current licensure as Physician Assistant by state of New Jersey

• Board certification

• Current BLS and ACLS certification

• 2 or more years of experience as a Physician Assistant is required

• Knowledge of medical procedures and guidelines concerning assessment, treatment, and recovery

We offer:   

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Generous CME funding

We are a smoke and drug-free environment. EOE M/F/D/V

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Our team members are essential to our mission to reshape healthcare through the power of connection. VillageMD highly values the critical role that health and wellness play in the lives of our team members and their families.  Participation in VillageMD’s benefit platform includes Medical, Dental, Life, Disability, Vision, FSA coverages and a 401k savings plan.

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