Surgery Physician Assistant

3 weeks ago


Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Thomas Jefferson University & Jefferson Health Full time

Job Summary

This position requires providing service to adults in a manner that demonstrates an understanding of the functional/developmental age of the individual served.

Key Responsibilities

  • Performing comprehensive and problem-focused histories and physical examinations, interpreting and correlating laboratory and diagnostic procedures.
  • Interpreting and correlating subjective and objective data to formulate a differential diagnosis and establish a working diagnosis.
  • Formulating a treatment plan for orthopedic problems within the scope of practice.
  • Implementing therapeutic intervention for specific conditions when appropriate.
  • Exercising judgment on problems requiring consultation, referral, or evaluation by the supervising Orthopedic surgeon or other healthcare professional.

Additional Responsibilities

  • First or second assisting in surgery, including retracting, deep and superficial tissue closures, application of casts, braces, dressings, and splints.
  • Completing pre-operative orders, history and physical, post-operative orders, discharge medications, and discharge instructions.
  • Performing wound care, suturing of external lacerations, removal of sutures, and application of dressing, trigger point or joint injections, joint aspirations, and splinting fractures.
  • Writing orders, formulating, and implementing a treatment or therapeutic plan for outpatient patients.
  • Informing the surgeon of changes in patient status and initiating therapy as directed by the physician.

Requirements

  • Master's Degree
  • National Board Certification as a Medical Physician Assistant

About Us

Thomas Jefferson University & Jefferson Health is a nationally ranked healthcare system committed to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients, making our communities healthier and stronger, and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical, and applied research.


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