Physician Assistant - Medical Clinic

NYC Health + Hospitals / Bellevue is America's oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff.

It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 500,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown.

We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology.

In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source.

Bellevue's clinical centers of excellence include : Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU);

Comprehensive Children's Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Job Description

• Transition inpatients to the clinic by seeing them within one week of hospital discharge and continuing the plan of care developed on the inpatient service (including follow-up of lab tests and procedures).
• Provide medical care to walk-in patients.
• Provide new patient medical evaluations and ordering of initial laboratory tests.
• Order pertinent diagnostic tests and procedures.
• Provide scheduled medical care to attending physician's patients unable to see their PCP (due to vacations, hospitalist month, etc.).
• Provide cross-coverage for other PA's as needed.
• Provide medication refills to patients throughout the clinic as needed.
• Complete appropriate documentation of all evaluations, care, and services rendered in the medical record.
• Make appropriate referral for consultations.
• Communicate with referring or primary care physicians regarding patient care and treatment.
• Provide follow-up and health maintenance care including the appropriate adjustment of medications in accordance with established protocols or in response to specific instructions from the Attending Physician.
• Consults with colleagues, supervising physicians, specialists, and other health professionals as appropriate.
• Attend morning clinical conferences.
• Provide medical care for patients in the chronic disease collaborative.
• Provide medical care for patients in the Coumadin Clinic.
• Provide medical care for pre-operative patients needing medical clearance.
• Review results of all labs / studies ordered
• Participate in Quality / Performance Improvement projects.
• Attend bi-monthly administrative meeting.
• Complete all related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Current New York State registration as a Physician Assistant; or

2. Current limited permit issued by New York State to practice as a Physician Assistant.

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes :

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• Multiple employee discounts programs
7 days ago