Position Overview
Summary: An exempt position responsible for practicing medicine, including surgical services, and managing all aspects of in-patient medical care under the appropriate physician supervision as defined by New York State law. Within physician-physician assistant/nurse practitioner relationship, Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners exercise autonomy in medical decision making a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services.
Job Responsibilities: - Conducts physical exams, assesses health status, orders and interprets tests, prescibes medications, and treat illnesses.
- Consult with physicians as needed and refers to physicians for more complicated medical cases or cases that are not a routine part of a PA's Scope of Practice
- Round on surgical inpatients and facilitate the appropriate care
- Write notes and consultations on patients seen
- Attend Multi-disciplinary rounds
- Consult on surgical patients b...