Physician Assistant

Description

Job Responsibilities

• Perform preoperative assessments and support patient optimization.
• Participate in postoperative management, follow-up, and care coordination.
• Assist with consultative support and continuity of care planning.
• Provide patient and family education related to procedures and recovery.
• Order, review, and interpret diagnostic tests, treatments, and medications within scope.
• Support operating room throughput and patient flow optimization.
• Assist with urgent and emergent add-on coordination.
• Collaborate with surgeons, anesthesia, nursing, PAT, sterile processing, and scheduling teams to remove barriers to efficient case progression.
• Assist in day-of-surgery issue escalation and operational problem solving.
• Perform first assist duties consistent with privileges and regulatory requirements.
• Provide intraoperative assistance, tissue handling, retraction, suturing, wound closure, and related support.
• Assist with development and standardization of clinical pathways and perioperative protocol
• Complete timely, accurate clinical documentation in the electronic health record.

Education Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program.

Experience Requirements

• Surgical services or perioperative experience preferred.
• First assist experience preferred.
• Experience supporting operative services operations, throughput, or quality initiatives preferred.

License/Certification Requirements

• Current Physician Assistant-Certified (PA-C) credential
• Controlled Substances Registration license in the state of Indiana
• Basic Life Safety (American Heart Association)
• ACLS (American Heart Association)

Qualifications

Education

Masters or better in Physician Assistant Studies or related field.

Bachelors or better in Physician Assistant Studies or related field.

Licenses & Certifications

BLS- Basic Life Support

Controlled Substance Reg

Physician Assistant