EM, Neurosurgery & Surgery Physician Assistant-13500-002

Description

The Mount Sinai Health System, through its affiliation with New York City Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst is seeking a full-time Physician Assistant for its Peri-Operative Services. Elmhurst Hospital Center is a 545-bed tertiary care facility and an ACS-verified level 1 trauma center in the ethnically diverse borough of Queens, NY.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a full time, flexible schedule (3 or 4 days per week, day and night shifts/ overnight) Peri-operative Physician Assistant (PA) in the Department of Surgery. The successful candidate will be responsible for pre-operative evaluation and preparation of patients for surgery. The position entails working with multiple surgical specialties (Otolaryngology, Urology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ophthalmology and Plastic Surgery) to facilitate and expedite surgical procedures at the time of surgical scheduling as well as on the day of surgery. In addition, the PA will be trained to provide bedside assistance in the operating room with the DaVinci surgical robotic system. They will operate with multiple specialties including General Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Urology and Gynecology.

The position entails performing a broad spectrum of care regarding critical thinking, diagnosis, ordering of medications, and performance of corrective, preventive and therapeutic measures in the inpatient and outpatient surgical setting.

Responsibilities

• Receive hand off from the Surgical team at shift start.

• Write H&P for all new admissions

• Provide care of patients in post-operative setting, including post-operative assessments and management

• Answer floor emergencies, including fever work-up, hypoxia, arrhythmia, chest pain, etc.

• Facilitate transfer of critical patients to radiology/ OR, as needed.

• Attend to consultations within the hospital including in the emergency department and the inpatient wards.

• Suturing of complex lacerations and attending to hand and facial injuries; placing/managing Foley catheters

• Update team list for A.M. rounds.

• Hand off to oncoming team in A.M.

• Assess patients for surgery and complete documentation as needed for all new patients presenting for surgery, or being scheduled for surgery in future

• Obtain consents for procedures

• Provide care of patients in post-operative setting, including post-operative assessments and management

• Assist with scheduling of procedures

• Bedside assist in the operating room with the DaVinci surgical robotic system, including placing trocars, closing fascia and skin, and replacing robotic instruments as needed during surgery.

• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Completion of NYS approved program for training of physician assistants to acquire knowledge of anatomy, physiology and clinical patient care, usually via Bachelor of Science program/degree in closely related field.

• Certain education/training may be accepted by NYS in lieu of these requirements (nurse, etc.).

• High level of analytical ability required to effectively and expeditiously diagnose and treat medical/surgical problems under the direction of a physician.

• High degree of responsibility required for daily contacts with patients and their families.

• Registration required with New York State as Physician Assistant.

• Certification with National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (or equivalent organization) is mandatory.

• Certification in American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Life Support (BLS).

Employer Description

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai's unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.

• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.

• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to professional advance. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise contribute to the patient experience and quality of patient care.

Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!

"About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time - discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients' medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report's "Best Children's Hospitals" ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country's best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek's "The World's Best Smart Hospitals" ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism."

EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans

Compensation

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $63.1008 - $83.6213 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.