Physician Associate
Physician Associate
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Job Description
Department Overview
The appointee shall provide services as assigned by the supervisor in furtherance of the universitys missions and goals of teaching research patient care outreach and public service.
This position reports to (supervisor): Darin M. Friess MD MPH Chair
Function/Duties of Position
The position will work with the Orthopaedic physicians to provide support and coordinate patient care. Overall responsibilities include accountability for planning coordination and delivery of clinical services within the Adventist Health Portland Orthopaedics clinic. The position provides leadership and guidance in the area of outpatient care and clinical support operations with some potential for inpatient activity. Works in conjunction with the Department Chairman ViceChair Department Administrator and Service Line Medical Directors to provide services to further the Universitys mission and goals of teaching research patient care outreach and public service and the Departments/Hospitals goal of providing effective efficient care. Provides clinical modeling and education to departmental staff and house staff as outlined.
The PA delivers preventive primary and acute healthcare services to individuals of all ages; provides advanced education to students peers and others; and contributes to new knowledge with the option of participating in research activities. This position will be providing clinical support for multiple locations including our main campus and offsite clinic locations. Surgical first assist support and some inpatient rounding and discharge will be provided at our partner site Adventist Health Portland.
Required Qualifications
Education and Qualifications:
- Current Physician Assistant license and registration with the Oregon Board of Medical Examiners as a licensed Physician Assistant
- Prescriptive authority (DEA License)
- Current CPR Certification
- Masters Degree as required by specific Advanced Practice Provider role
- 1 5 years clinical experience as an APP that demonstrates ability to fulfill responsibilities for the specific role.
Clinical Responsibilities:
- Independently evaluates new patients in the clinic and followup visits with physician oversight and monitoring as needed
- Developing patient care plans to ensure continuity of care and enhance quality of orthopedic outpatient care
- Performs preoperative evaluations for orthopedic procedures
- Manage health care and wound care during acute and chronic phases of treatment
- Coordinate ancillary services such as radiology; Promote and maintain health through the use of ancillary services educational materials and counseling of patients and families
- Document plan of care in medical record (EMR)
- Daily updates to referring providers by phone email and fax
- Resource to inpatient nursing and rehabilitation staff and providers with regard to orthopedic patient care
- Responds to prescription refills and refill/justification for durable medical equipment
- Track laboratory results culture results and arrange for initiation of treatment or changes in treatment
- Place hospital preprocedure orders
- Manages preoperative medical clearance evaluations and follow up on recommendations
- Provide ED call coverage services such as afterhours floor call from the inpatient unit and after hours/weekend first assist coverage
Patient Education:
Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach in patient education in the outpatient and inpatient settings. This patient education consists of but not limited to:
- Multidisciplinary orthopedic screening diagnosis disease process and medical management
- Preprocedural preparation and postprocedural care
- Working with Nursing Education to develop approve and distribute patient education materials
Participates in ongoing education of staff including but not limited to:
- Organization of inservices for pertinent clinical population inservice training for identified procedures and issues regarding quality patient care
- Participates in the education of medical nursing and physician assistant students and residents by participation in conferences and on the job teaching in the inpatient and outpatient settings
Scholarship:
Support OHSUs research and scholarship missions by participating in the development and implementation of research projects. This may include but is not limited to:
- Obtaining patient reported outcomes during clinical care
- Treating patients involved in research studies obtaining consent and facilitating protocols
There will be opportunities to further develop this aspect of the applicants work depending on desire and capability.
Clinical Supervision:
- Deliver individual instruction to support fellows residents and other clinical learners to support their personal program of learning in the applicable specialty area.
- Provide instruction and review of the practices policies and procedures in a variety of functions; including but not limited to:
- Development of treatment plans
- Interpretation of clinical diagnostic data
- Developing orders
- Patient and family communication and education
- Management of medical equipment electronic medical records
- Performing procedures and transitioning patients to the next level of care
- Assures adherence to the specialty specific protocols best practices quality and organizational indicators
- Provides input to the performance of the resident as a provider in the clinical setting
Performance Improvement:
- Keep abreast of changes in field and applies knowledge to identify and recommend enhancements to clinical quality patient experience/satisfaction length of stay and to achieve improvement that demonstrates a higher standard of care.
- Assesses and recommends initiatives to improve performance indicators related to patient experience quality and costs.
All are welcome
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
