Albany Medical Center · 1 week ago
Per Diem PA
Albany, NY
Part-time
Onsite
Mid LevelAlbany Medical Center is a healthcare provider seeking a Per Diem Physician Assistant (PA) to join their Hospitalists department. The PA will be responsible for assessing and managing patients, conducting diagnostic tests, and providing comprehensive healthcare in collaboration with physicians and multidisciplinary teams.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
Applies knowledge of anatomy, principles or theories of neurology, microbiology, physiology, psychology, human disabilities, pharmacology, gerontology, human growth and development, human developmental disease, and medical terminology as appropriate in an urgent care setting and as appropriate for level of medical licensure
Conduct patient assessments and complete physical examinations, collect clinical data including vital signs, collecting specimens, prepare patients for tests, therapy, or treatments, order and interpret medical laboratory test results, diagnose medical condition of patient, administer medications or treatments and perform minor surgery
Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures
Staffs our outpatient addiction medicine clinic in conjunction with the attending physicians
Rounds and coordinates care for our inpatient consult service for patients who are admitted to other services including Trauma, Surgery, Medicine, Pediatrics, and Ob/Gyn
Coordinates care for ED patients who present with opioid use disorder and related complaints
Works with attending physicians to provide clinical support and education for providers caring for patients with opioid use disorder
Collaborates with our community partners to enhance access to medical assisted therapy for opioid use disorder
Completes accurate patient coding for effective billing, maintain accurate and detailed patient medical reports, and maintain inventory of medical supplies and instruments
Serves as a resource and team leader during clinical shifts to ensure the smooth flow of patient processing, treatment and discharge including patient triaging
Qualification
Required
Credentialed position as a Physician Assistant (PA)
Ability to function in and practice in an expanded specialty
Responsibility and accountability for the assessment and management of patients
Ability to order diagnostic tests, consultations, therapeutic interventions
Daily implementation and evaluation of an appropriate plan of care
Provides comprehensive healthcare sensitive to the needs of the population
Conduct patient assessments and complete physical examinations
Collect clinical data including vital signs, collecting specimens
Prepare patients for tests, therapy, or treatments
Order and interpret medical laboratory test results
Diagnose medical condition of patient
Administer medications or treatments and perform minor surgery
Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities
Staff outpatient addiction medicine clinic in conjunction with attending physicians
Rounds and coordinates care for inpatient consult service
Coordinates care for ED patients with opioid use disorder
Works with attending physicians to provide clinical support and education
Collaborates with community partners to enhance access to medical assisted therapy
Completes accurate patient coding for effective billing
Maintain accurate and detailed patient medical reports
Maintain inventory of medical supplies and instruments
Serves as a resource and team leader during clinical shifts
Ensure smooth flow of patient processing, treatment and discharge including patient triaging
Company
Albany Medical Center
Albany Medical Center is one of the Capital Region’s largest private employers with more than 9,000 employees.
Founded in 1839
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Suryakant Kale
Chief Technology Officer/Vice President Information services, Technology & Infrastructure
Frances Albert
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
Business Journals
2024-05-28
Business Journals
2022-09-19
Company data provided by crunchbase