Job Title: Physician Assistant- Hospital Support
Classification: Exempt
Department: Clinical Operations
Reports To: COO
Hours: Vary depending on business needs
Date: October 21st, 2024
SUMMARY:
Responsible for practicing medicine with physician supervision including conducting examinations and writing prescriptions. Within physician-physician assistant (PA) relationship, PAs exercise autonomy in medical decision making and provide a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services. This position will provide hospital clinical and administrative support as well as manage the surgery center on behalf of Orthopedic Associates.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Examines patients, obtains medical histories, and assesses health status.

• Orders, performs, and interprets diagnostic tests.
• Prescribes medications, and treats illnesses including giving injections and suturing wounds.
• Consults with physicians as needed and refers to physicians for more complicated medical cases or cases that are not a routine part of a PA's scope of work.
• Monitors therapies and provides continuity of care.
• Triages patient calls and evaluates patient problems. Responds to emergencies including use of CPR.
• Coordinates appropriate specialty referrals.
• Counsels patient/family on preventive health care.
• Reviews patient records to develop comprehensive medical status reports.
• Documents patient information and care in medical record.
• Maintains department statistical database for research purposes.

• Out of state and overnight travel may be required for training and educational purposes.
• Availability for "on-call" status evenings, nights and weekends required.

• Prescribes medications, and treats illnesses including giving injections and suturing wounds.
• Consults with physicians as needed and refers to physicians for more complicated medical cases or cases that are not a routine part of a PA's scope of work.

• Performs other duties as assigned

Clinical Hospital Support:

1. Admitted Surgical Patients (inpatient and outpatient)
   1. Surgical assist
   2. Rounding on patients
   3. Discharge Process
      • Inpatient- coordination with discharge planning of hospital including social services, if necessary, rehabilitation requisitions, take home prescription order
      • Outpatient- discharge process (Ex: Orders), rehabilitation requisitions, take home prescription order
   4. Admitted Non-Orthopedic Associates Patients

• Consult Service
  1. Primary Person
  2. Coordinate with Orthopedic Associates physician when necessary

Administrative Support
a. Handle all the administrative support requisitions for the physician
b. Review and adhere to the hospital medical staff guidelines on scope of responsibility as physician assistant
Competencies:

• Knowledge of medical model and roles of physicians and physician assistants. Familiar with medical terminology, anatomy, pharmacology, pathophysiology, clinical medicine, and physical diagnosis.
• Knowledge of patient assessment techniques including taking medical histories, performing physicals, evaluating health status including state of wellness, and compliance with care recommendations.
• Knowledge of diagnosing and treating medical problems and developing care plans.
• Knowledge of medical records documentation in confidential manner.
• Skill in gathering and analyzing physiological, socioeconomic, and emotional patient data.
• Skill in accurately evaluating patient problems in person or via phone and providing appropriate advice, intervention, or referral.
• Skill in developing/revising patient care plan based on patient status.
• Ability to understand complex medical information.
• Ability to make responsible decisions within scope of PA practice and function independently.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with physicians on complicated cases.
• Ability to educate patients, families, staff and external customers in user-friendly manner.
• Ability to demonstrate eye-hand coordination, full range of motion, and manual dexterity.
• Ability to competently use Microsoft Office.
• Attention to detail
• Ability to Follow Through
• Patient Focus
• Ethical Conduct
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Personal Effectiveness/Credibility
• Professional
• Stress Management/Composure
• Teamwork Orientation
• Technical Capacity
• Excellent Written and Oral Communication Skills, including English Usage, Grammar, Punctuation, and Style
• Ability to Understand Diverse Accents and Dialects and Varying Dictation Styles
• Ability to Work Independently with Minimal Supervision
• Ability to Work Under Pressure
• Ability to Concentrate
• Excellent Listening Skills
• Excellent Eye, Hand, and Auditory Coordination
• Continuous Use of Keyboard
• Reflection of Company Mission and Follow Company Policies

Supervisory Responsibility:

• None

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.

• This position can be very active requiring standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling and climbing all day or it may be sedentary; requiring long periods sitting, active listening and computer work. The employee may occasionally lift or move objects and patients weighing over 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Travel:

• This position may require travel to all Orthopedic Associates of SW Ohio locations, including satellite offices. May require travel to other locations as business needs arise.

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree and successful completion of accredited physician assistant program.

Work Authorization

• Must be able to provide required documentation stating that the employee is legal to work in the United States.

EEO

• Orthopedic Associates of SW Ohio, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry or age (40 years of age and over), qualified individuals with disabilities, or any other factors protected by federal, state or local law.

Other Duties:

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.