Physician Assistant Vascular Surgery
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Job Location:
Boston, NH - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 120390 - 170456
Posted on:
12 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals including doctors nurses business people tech experts researchers and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit we support patient care research teaching and community service striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.
Job Summary
At the Mass General Brigham Heart & Vascular Institute our cardiology cardiac surgery and vascular care teams collaborate seamlessly to provide comprehensive patient-centered heart and vascular care. Our cardiologists focus on diagnosing and managing heart conditions our cardiac surgeons perform life-saving procedures like bypass surgery and valve repair and our vascular specialists treat circulatory disorders affecting the arteries and veins ensuring each patient receives a personalized multidisciplinary approach for optimal heart and vascular health.The Physician Assistant (PA) is a licensed provider. The PA is responsible for the assessment and management of a population of patients being evaluated for or diagnosed with peripheral vascular disease requiring medical and/or surgical management including diagnostic and therapeutic interventions development of appropriate plans of care and ongoing evaluation. The Physician Assistant will function in a clinical care role in partnership with vascular & endovascular surgery clinicians and other key stakeholders. The role is predominantly based out of Brigham & Womens Hospital (Boston) with time allocated to community-based Mass General Brigham Healthcare Centers located in Chestnut Hill and Foxborough.
Qualifications
Clinical Duties:
- Provides direct care counseling and teaching to the peripheral vascular disease patient population primarily in the ambulatory setting but may also require occasional work in the inpatient operative and procedural settings.
- Performs complete history and physical examinations.
- Orders interprets and evaluates appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests.
- Develops appropriate plans of care and follow-up based on the outcomes of diagnostic laboratory and physical examination findings.
- Orders medications and writes prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures.
- Consistently provides high quality and timely documentation including consult notes progress notes procedure notes operative notes and admission/discharge summaries.
- Performs procedures as appropriate to the patient population including but not limited to venous care and temporal artery biopsies.
- Participates in the Vascular Surgery Advanced Practice Provider of the Day urgent care coverage.
Communication:
- Clear and direct in verbal and written communication.
- Effective in facilitating group processes of decision-making for patients caregivers and staff.
- Is empathic and respectful.
- Is congruent with interpretation of plan of care to members of care team.
- Accepts responsibility for conflict resolution between patients caregivers and staff.
Professional Development:
- Engages in self-performance appraisal on a regular basis identifying areas of strength as well as areas for professional growth and practice development.
- Identifies learning needs and goals on a regular basis and designs a plan to meet them.
- Maintains necessary clinical skills through continuing education and direct clinical practice.
- Establishes self as a resource in areas of the hospital where expertise may be required.
- Collaborates with leadership in identification of current and future service needs and shares responsibility for meeting these needs.
- Maintains membership in one or more national peripheral vascular disease organizations.
Quality Assurance & Process Improvement:
- Participates in regular case review data analysis and quality improvement efforts.
- Participates in policy procedure and standards of care development implementation and review.
- Recommend changes in practice as needed.
Additional Job Details (if applicable)
Skills/Abilities/Competencies:
Integrates theoretical knowledge base and clinical expertise in decision making.
Advocates for patients caregivers coworkers and community members.
Consistently demonstrates accountability.
Champions collaborative practice with coworkers and other disciplines and departments.
Consistently demonstrates compassion to internal and external stakeholders.
Dynamically represents the program in internal and external forums.
Exemplifies professional behavior.
Fluent in verbal and written language skills; effective communicator.
Computer skills to support clinical & administrative tasks including EHR & Microsoft Office.
Possession of collaboration and team-building skills.
Ability to receive and incorporate feedback as well as provide constructive feedback to others.
Flexibility and active participant in change management.
Licenses/Certification/Registration:
Current Massachusetts licensure as a Physician Assistant.
Current Physician Assistant certification.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification desirable.
Education:
Masters degree Physician Assistant Studies.
Graduate of an accredited physician assistant studies program.
Experience:
2 years clinical experience caring for patients with peripheral vascular disease desirable.
Workingknowledge of Epic electronic health record desirable.
Fiscal Responsibility:
Maintains eligible enrollment with contracted health insurance providers.
Completes documentation and submits charges for reimbursement in a timely manner.
Actively participates in the fiscal health of the department through the revenue cycle and expense management processes.
Working Conditions:
Ambulatory care medical office acute care hospital environments.
Includes work at acute care hospitals and community-based ambulatory health care centers.
Occasional travel for off-site training sessions and meetings.
Remote Type
Work Location
Scheduled Weekly Hours
Employee Type
Work Shift
Pay Range
$120390.40 - $170456.00/AnnualGrade
7EEO Statement:
Mass General Brigham Competency Framework
At Mass General Brigham our competency framework defines what effective leadership looks like by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level. The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success. These competencies are used to evaluate performance make hiring decisions identify development needs mobilize employees across our system and establish a strong talent pipeline.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Occupational Health Experience
- Pain Management
- Acute Care
- Physical Examinations
- Physiology Knowledge
- Primary Care Experience
- Suturing
- Workers' Compensation Law
- Dermal Fillers
- Medical Imaging
- Botox Experience
About Company
Patients at Mass General have access to a vast network of physicians, nearly all of whom are Harvard Medical School faculty and many of whom are leaders within their fields.
