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Physician Assistant

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Job Summary

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is seeking a highly skilled Physician Assistant to join our Plastic Surgery Department. As a key member of our team, you will provide advanced patient care and support to our patients undergoing plastic surgery procedures.

Key Responsibilities
  • First and Second Surgical Assist
    • Perform first- and second-assist duties in the operating room daily, or as needed, as directed by the physician.
    • Demonstrate manual dexterity in the use of all instruments and equipment.
    • First and second assist duties would include, but are not limited to, the use of a scalpel, needle-driver, forceps, and bovie cautery. Able to tie suture with acceptable knot-tying techniques, both with hands, and with instruments. Performs retraction, cutting suture, direct hemostasis, placing drains, and multi-level skin and donor site closures.
    • Performs harvest of complex flaps, full and split thickness grafts, and placement of complex wound dressings.
  • Perioperative Patient Management
    • Assesses patient before surgery and completes the H&P update in a consistently timely manner.
    • Communicates and assists OR staff (Anesthesia, CRNA, Anesthesia Assistants, Nurse circulator, Scrub technician, Perioperative Nursing Assistants (PNA)).
    • Ensures all necessary supplies, equipment, and medications are available. Assists in properly positioning the patient on the OR bed.
    • Writes postoperative orders, and transitions with the patient to the PACU/ICU.
    • Gives reports to PACU/ICU staff.
    • Communicates with family members if assigned to do so.
    • Performs post-operative checks on patients as assigned by attending.
  • Inpatient Care
    • Makes daily rounds with or without faculty on in-patients, before clinic, conference, or OR duties, by walking from office to inpatient rooms.
    • Performs a variety of inpatient patient care activities included but not limited to wound care and dressing changes, removal of drain and sutures, etc.
    • Communicates, in a timely fashion, all physical findings and other pertinent information regarding the patient to attending and associated medical staff.
    • Notifies other health care professionals (e.g. speech pathology or radiology) regarding required interventions, and complete in-patient consults as indicated.
    • Facilitates communication between patient/family members and physician/interdisciplinary team; assists with patients' problems, questions, concerns and provides support.
    • Assists with discharge planning for inpatients and helps to anticipate family needs regarding adequate post-discharge care.
    • Assists with arranging home health care, and other post-discharge allied health needs.
    • Arranges follow-up care in the Plastic Surgery clinic by discussing with patient and completing electronic CSR.
    • Responsible for inpatient consults when attending physician is unavailable.
    • Completes and authenticates discharge summaries within 24 hours of discharge according to Medical Records standards.
  • Outpatient Care
    • Performs assessment of the following patients in clinic: Consults, second opinions, preoperative and postoperative follow-ups.
    • Obtains histories and physical of patients for preoperative history and physical exams or primary medical evaluations which are performed according to institutional standards set by Medical Records.
    • Ensures that data is complete, accurate, current, and reflects clinical physiology/pathophysiology.
    • Ensures that data collected is communicated to attending physician and associated medical staff in a complete, concise and organized fashion.
    Requirements
    • Master's degree from an accredited Physician Assistant (PA) program by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA), except for Physician Assistants who graduated from a PA program prior to 2013.
    • PA certification by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants.
    • Licensed by the Texas State Board of Physician Assistant Examiners.
    • Eligible to be granted limited prescriptive authority by the State of Texas.
    • Must meet the American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS), ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) or PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) if working in one of the following departments: Pediatrics - Patient Care.
    Preferred Qualifications
    • Prior experience in a surgical practice or experience in plastic surgery.