| Location: | Bridgeport, CT (06606) |
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| Company: | Hartford Healthcare (HHC) |
| Job Type: | Full Time |
| Posted: | 21 days ago |
| Reposted: | 7 days ago |
Job Schedule: Full Time
Standard Hours: 40
Job Shift: Shift 1
Shift Details: Mon-Sun
Physician Assistant Benefits:
Position Details:
Hartford HealthCare St. Vincent's Medical Center is seeking a Physician Assistant to join their Acute Care/Trauma team. The successful candidate will be responsible for various functions including responding to trauma activations, consulting on acute care patients, first assisting in the operating room in robotic, laparoscopic and open cases, bedside procedures, and daily rounding on admitted patients. Our Surgical Services team consists of several APPs who work in collaboration with a variety of surgeons including trauma, general and subspecialty surgeons. Hartford HealthCare St. Vincent's Medical Center has a strong APP presence and encourages growth and development of our APPs.
Role: Physician Assistant
Location: 2800 Main Street, Bridgeport, 06606
Setting: Inpatient, surgical subspecialties
Schedule: Full-time (40 hours), 13-hour shifts. Rotating days, nights, weekends, holidays.
Call schedule: No call
Hartford HealthCare supports Physician Assistants in practice:
Dedicated support and voice for our Physician Assistants through the Office of Advanced Practice directed by Sarah Clark, MBA, MHS, PA-C, BSN, RN, System Director of Advanced Practice
Hartford HealthCare is one of the largest, non-profit, fully-integrated healthcare systems providing patient care in the state, allowing our providers to care for their patients no matter where they reside in Connecticut
With tools like EPIC, Hartford HealthCare's state of the art clinical and informatics technology promotes improved patient outcomes, streamlined continuity of care and superior provider satisfaction
About St. Vincent's Medical Center:
St. Vincent's Medical Center is a Magnet Hospital that has been named Best Hospital in Fairfield County and in all of Western Connecticut for 2013 - 2014 by US News & World Report. We are the primary teaching hospital for the Frank Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. St. Vincent's Medical Center was the first institution in the state to pioneer endovascular vein harvesting.
About Hartford HealthCare:
Honored as a Best Organizations for Leadership Development by the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL)
Prestigiously named one of the Best Hospitals to Work for in Connecticut by the Becker's Hospital Review
Committed to continuous development through The Center for Education Stimulation & Innovation (CESI), our Provider Leadership Development Institute and a robust on demand learning platform including CME, special courses, learning series and tools and resources
Established Mentorship and Orientation programs specially designed for newly hired providers and providers new to practice
Physician Assistants Role Scope:
Under established guidelines and in collaboration and/or supervision with the practice physician(s), Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants perform routine physical examinations, and formulate medical, educational, and psychosocial plans to treat patients.
In consultation with the physician(s) and care team members, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants develop plans for further evaluation of health needs, eg, referral to other health team members or specialists.
Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants provide appropriate treatment for problems within the scope of the provider's practice as designated by protocols and identifies problems outside of their scope of practice and refers appropriately to physician.
Qualifications
Preferred Requirements:
Interested candidates please contact Jennifer Straka, Advanced Practice Recruiter, at Jennifer.Straka@hhchealth.org or (860) 996-4441.