Job description
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Location
BMH Bronson Methodist Hospital
Title
Pediatric Surgery PA-C
The Bronson Children’s Hospital in Kalamazoo, MI is seeking a Physician Assistant to join its Pediatric Surgery team. Candidate will join three other Pediatric Surgeons to provide inpatient rounding and clinic care full-time. Bronson is the only children’s hospital in southwest Michigan and provides care to southwest Michigan and northern Indiana. Bronson Children’s Hospital in Kalamazoo has all private beds including 36 general pediatric beds, 8 bed PICU, and a 50 bed NICU with regional NICU and pediatrics/PICU ground and air transport teams. A broad range of pediatric subspecialists provide consultative services to Bronson Children’s Hospital.
Recently voted the #1 Coolest City in the U. S, with the lowest cost of living, by PureWow, Kalamazoo is located just east of Lake Michigan midway between Chicago and Detroit. Our area offers a diverse cultural opportunity, very affordable real estate, a variety of recreation options; boating, hiking, fishing, nature preserves, parks, famous local breweries, diverse restaurants, symphony and theatre, along with a major focus on education and is home to several international companies including Eaton Corporation, Kellogg Company, Pfizer Inc., Stryker Corporation and Whirlpool Corporation.
Interested candidates may send CV to Hilary Wade @
wadeh@bronsonhg.org
or call 269.341.7596.
Performs comprehensive and problem focused histories and physical examinations, interprets laboratory and radiologic tests. Interprets and correlates subjective and objective patient data, formulating a diagnosis. Under the direction of the physician, reviews patient findings and develops a treatment plan within the scope of practice. Performs above activities in the outpatient and inpatient settings. Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served.
Successful completion of a Physician Assistant program
Licensure as Physician Assistant and state DEA license to prescribe medications
Current prescriptive authority and collaborative agreement with oversight physician(s) should also be in place
Must maintain all requirements for medical staff privileges
The job produces some physical demands. Typical of jobs that include regular walking, standing, stooping, bending, sitting, and some lifting of light weight objects.
o Identifying common patient complications and utilizes appropriate preventative measures.
o Assisting in the development and integration of quality measures/evidence into clinical practice.
Utilization Review:
o Utilization Management
o Facilitating timely discharges/transfers to the appropriate level of care.
Clinical Management
Licensure as Physician Assistant and state DEA license to prescribe medications
Current prescriptive authority and collaborative agreement with oversight physician(s) should also be in place
Must maintain all requirements for medical staff privileges
- Ability to utilize word processing, spreadsheet, presentation programs, and other software relevant to the job
- Regularly communicates clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing (Utilizing SBAR technique)
- Communicates with internal customers such as, physicians, multi-disciplinary team, finance, management and external customers such as, patients, third party payers, community agencies on a daily basis and often simultaneously
The job produces some physical demands. Typical of jobs that include regular walking, standing, stooping, bending, sitting, and some lifting of light weight objects.
- Concurrent Clinical Management
- Coordinates care with the multi-disciplinary team to facilitate implementation of patients’ progress towards outcomes, which includes discharge or transfer of care. Acts as a clinical resource for the multi-disciplinary team. This is accomplished by:
o Identifying common patient complications and utilizes appropriate preventative measures.
o Assisting in the development and integration of quality measures/evidence into clinical practice.
Utilization Review:
- Performs an initial comprehensive assessment of the patient to determine if the patient requires a higher intensity of service and requires transfer to a hospital setting. This is accomplished by:
o Utilization Management
o Facilitating timely discharges/transfers to the appropriate level of care.
Clinical Management
- Evaluate and appropriately manage patients.
- Evaluate lab, EKG, imaging studies
- Complete appropriate documentation necessary to support:
- Billing
- Medical care
- Orders
- Progress Notes
- Be available for any nursing questions or to evaluated status changes for patients
Shift
Variable
Time Type
Full time
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40
Cost Center
8260 Pediatric Surgery (BMH)
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