Physician Assistant - Vascular Surgery

Description

Job Schedule : Full Time

Standard Hours : 40

Job Shift : Shift 1

Shift Details :

Physician Assistant Benefits :

• Market-leading compensation and benefits and generous paid time off
• Paid CME time off plus CME budget, reimbursed professional licenses and dues
• Enhanced Tuition Assistance and Higher Education Partnerships
• Voluntary benefits include student loan programs, home, auto, renters insurance, identity theft protection, legal services, low-interest loans, pet insurance and more!
• Employee discount programs and colleague assistance offering resources and information for personal and work-life issues
• Family care benefits through Care.com including emergency back-up care benefit for children, adults and even pets!

Position Details :

Hartford HealthCare St. Vincent’s Medical Center is seeking a Physician Assistant to join their Vascular Surgery team! The Physician Assistant will have the opportunity to expand their surgery skills as they provide OR coverage in general, trauma, and other surgical subspecialties ! Responsibilities include frequent first-assisting in the OR , rounding on patients, and inpatient and ED consults.

Role : Physician Assistant

Location : 2800 Main Street, Bridgeport, 06606

Setting : Inpatient, vascular surgery

Schedule : Full-time (40 hours) Monday-Friday day shifts .

Call schedule : No call

Hartford HealthCare supports Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in practice :

Dedicated support and voice for our for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants through the

Office of Advanced Practice directed by Sarah Clark, MBA, MHS, PA-C, BSN, RN, System Director of Advanced Practice

Hartford HealthCare is one of the largest,

non-profit , fully-integrated healthcare systems providing patient care in the state, allowing our providers to care for their patients no matter where they reside in Connecticut

With tools like

EPIC , Hartford HealthCare’s state of the art clinical and informatics technology promotes improved patient outcomes, streamlined continuity of care and superior provider satisfaction

About St. Vincent’s Medical Center :

St. Vincent’s Medical Center is a Magnet Hospital that has been named

Best Hospital in Fairfield County and in all of Western Connecticut for 2013 - 2014 by US News & World Report. We are the primary teaching hospital for the Frank Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University.

St. Vincent’s Medical Center was the first institution in the state to pioneer endovascular vein harvesting.

About Hartford HealthCare :

Honored as a

Best Organizations for Leadership Development by the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL)

Prestigiously named one of the

Best Hospitals to Work for in Connecticut by the Becker's Hospital Review

Committed to

continuous development through The Center for Education Stimulation & Innovation (CESI), our Provider Leadership Development Institute and a robust on demand learning platform including CME, special courses, learning series and tools and resources

Established

Mentorship and Orientation programs specially designed for newly hired providers and providers new to practice

Physician Assistants Role Scope :

Under established guidelines and in collaboration and / or supervision with the practice physician(s), Physician Assistants perform routine physical examinations, and formulate medical, educational, and psychosocial plans to treat patients.

In consultation with the physician(s) and care team members, Physician Assistants develop plans for further evaluation of health needs, e.

g., referral to other health team members or specialists.

Physician Assistants provide appropriate treatment for problems within the scope of the provider’s practice as designated by protocols and identifies problems outside of their scope of practice and refers appropriately to physician.

Qualifications

Requirements :

Licensure : Unrestricted State of Connecticut Medical License (or eligible)

Training : Physician Assistant

Experience : 1+ years as a Physician Assistant in a surgery setting

Interested candidates please contact Jennifer Straka, Advanced Practice Recruiter, at [email protected] or (860) 996-4441.