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Under the direction and supervision of a physician who is a specialist (e.g., orthopedics, surgery, emergency medicine), the Physician Assistant II provides high quality, cost-effective patient care by performing surgical preparation procedures, peri-operative and post- operative procedures, and assists in performing surgical and other procedures. A Physician Assistant II may work in the operating room or emergency department in addition to having responsibilities for outpatient clinic and hospital ward duties. May take call for patients under the supervision of a physician.
Essential Functions:
- Performs admission evaluation on new patients to include: obtaining basic medical information and history, reviewing patient's medical record, performing physical exam, transcribing history and medical findings into patient medical record, and reporting deviations from normal findings to attending physician.
- Provides patient and family with pre-operative and other pertinent education.
- Answers questions regarding surgery, recovery and risk factor modification, procedures.
- Provides blood transfusion information.
- Performs surgical peri-operative procedures.
- Locates and utilizes x-rays, instruments and pertinent patient information.
- Reviews patient chart noting allergies, pertinent medical history, and abnormal physical findings.
- Assists in performing surgical procedures and other procedures consistent with the standards of care and practice guidelines.
- Depending on the specialty, may work as the first assist during surgical procedures, start IV's, and/or perform suturing.
- Performs post-operative procedures to include transcription of standard post-operative orders into patient medical records, assists physicians with evaluation and management of patient's status during recovery, reviews vital signs, laboratory and x-ray studies, and assists with technical management of patients.
- Performs patient discharge in conjunction with social worker, pharmacist, and physical therapist and dictates discharge and transfer summaries in a timely manner.
Secondary Functions:
- Work under the supervision of a Physician (e.g. Orthopedics), providing high quality care.
- First assist in surgery and perform minor procedures in the operating room.
- Write admission orders as appropriate and do H & P.
- Round on in-patients to determine progress of treatment plan and patient health status; make modifications to treatment plan as necessary.
- Help plan and implement a discharge plan of care and work with hospital resources to support moving the patient to the appropriate level of care to meet the physician needs and psychological needs of the patient and the family.
- Is a communication link between the surgeon, patients, and family.
- Performs minor surgical procedures as directed by the Orthopedic Surgeon in the clinic.
- Assess patients for discharge; Direct the appropriate placement of patients in the in-patient setting.
- Work with the Orthopedics supervising physician in an outpatient setting providing direct patient care; manage minor fracture patients, non-surgical orthopedic type patients and post-op surgical patients.
- Participates in OR call schedule for after hours and weekends required for Fremont and Hayward campuses. *Hours may change for operational needs. Includes on-call plus over night in house call.
- Must treat external and internal customers in a respectful, friendly, helpful, and professional manner at all times.
- Must adhere to the service expectations of the department and facility. Participates in department meetings.
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