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Physician Assistant - Thoracic Surgical First Assist

City of Hope

#Patient Assessment #BLS #ACLS #Patient Care #Physician Assistant #Diagnostic Tests #Surgical Procedures #Oncology #Pharmacology

Quick overview

The Physician Assistant will provide comprehensive patient care in thoracic surgical oncology, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to manage patient health. Responsibilities include conducting physical assessments, ordering diagnostic tests, performing routine procedures, and managing follow-up care.

Requirements summary

Candidates must hold a master's degree from an accredited Physician Assistant program and possess a current California Physician Assistant license. Required certifications include American Heart Association BLS and ACLS, along with a current DEA registration.

postgraduate degreeACLSBLSOncologyPharmacologyElectronic medical recordsEvidence-based practicePatient assessmentPatient counselingDiagnostic testingClinical managementThoracic surgerySurgical first assist

Job description

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses.
City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today.
We are seeking a Physician Assistant for Thoracic Surgical Oncology at City of Hope in Duarte.
The Physician Assistant functions as part of a care team who, working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary health team, is responsible for providing comprehensive patient care.
The Physician Assistant provides independent and collaborative medical management to a defined patient population, according to standardized procedures and in collaboration with a physician supervisor.
As a successful candidate, you will: Provide primary, secondary, and in some cases, tertiary care within scope of practice, licensure, and organizational policies.
Services provided include, but are not limited to taking histories, conducting physical examinations, ordering, performing, and interpreting appropriate diagnostic and laboratory tests and therapies and furnishing drugs and devices in a cost-efficient manner for specific conditions.
Perform history and physical assessments of patients that are accurate, concise, relevant, and appropriate.
Document the consultation and new patient note.
Perform routine procedures, both inpatient and outpatient, pertinent to the practice and as granted through the privilege process.
During simple follow-up cases, the you may independently manage patients in follow-up including ordering follow-up imaging, providing medical care, and support to the patient including ordering pharmacological agents.
Interpret imaging and communicates with attending physician regarding interval patient change.
Prescribe and council patients on narcotic use safety.
Demonstrate pharmacologic knowledge including indications, contraindications, side effects, interactions, and adverse effects of pharmacologic agents.
Review treatment and therapy plans with patients and appropriate family members.
Practice clinical care informed by evidence-based literature.

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