Physician Assistant - Front Line Ordering Clinician- Rehab and Medical Behavioral Health teams vacancy at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is at the momment seeking for Physician Assistant - Front Line Ordering Clinician- Rehab and Medical Behavioral Health teams on Sun, 21 Jan 2018 23:40:05 GMT. Acts as a preceptor and mentor to support the development of nurses, nurse practitioners, students, and other health care providers....

Physician Assistant - Front Line Ordering Clinician- Rehab and Medical Behavioral Health teams

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Description: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is at the momment seeking for Physician Assistant - Front Line Ordering Clinician- Rehab and Medical Behavioral Health teams right now, this vacancy will be assigned in Pennsylvania. Detailed specification about this vacancy opportunity kindly read the description below. Job Summary

Under the supervision of an attending physician, the Front Line Ordering Clinician (FLOC) Physician Assistant is responsible for the direct care and follow-up of a population of patients that matches his/her scope of practice and skill set. This care is delivered in defined inpatient and hospital-outpatient areas. The components of the role include clinical practice, consultation, professional development, education, and research. The PAs in these roles may be required to have acute/critical care education. The appropriate education will be determined by the scope of the role in a particular practice area. The clinical portion of this role will require increased level of accountability including managing a cohort of high acuity patients. In addition to managing patient care, the FLOC PA may be required to utilize invasive interventions and procedures to promote physiologic stability. The role will also include off-shift responsibility. The off shift rotation schedule will include days, and up to 50% offshift: evenings, nights, weekends and holidays.
The FLOC Physician Assistant will split time (50/50) between the Rehab Unit and Medical Behavioral Health Unit.

The Rehab Unit patients include:
Traumatic brain injury
Status post orthopedic surgery
Oncologic patients during and after treatment (Neuro Oncology and Liquid Oncology)
Encephalitis
Status post trauma
The Medical Behavioral Health Unit is an inpatient general pediatrics unit for patients with behvaioral health comorbidities.

Job Responsibilities

Assesses the complex acute, critical and chronically ill patient for urgent and emergent conditions. Uses relevant data to evaluate for physiologic instability. Utilizes the data to formulate a plan of care.
Performs therapeutic interventions to stabilize acute and critical health problems. Specific interventions are listed in the Scope of Practice Document and approved as a part of the credentialing/privileging process.
Analyzes the indications, contraindications, risk of complications and cost-benefits of therapeutic interventions.
Manages the plan of care through evaluation, modification and documentation according to the patient’s response to therapy. Manages changes in condition with a focus on optimizing the patient outcomes.
Incorporates health promotion, health protection and injury prevention measures into the plan of care within the context of the complex acute, critical and chronic illness.
Facilitates the patient’s transitions between and within health care settings.
Serves as an educational resource to the patient/family, nursing staff, and provider team. Acts as a consultant to multidisciplinary health care team members.
Participates in scholarly activities including research and education. Participates in own professional development by maintaining required competencies, identifying learning needs and seeking appropriate educational offerings. Participates in the professional development of others. Acts as a preceptor and mentor to support the development of nurses, nurse practitioners, students, and other health care providers.
Demonstrates a commitment to patient safety by speaking up about safety issues and changing practice to enhance safety. Shares errors or potential errors through system reporting mechanisms. Demonstrates shared accountability for safe practice.

Job Responsibilities (Continued)

Job Responsibilities (Continued)

Required Licenses, Certifications, Registrations

NCCPA
PA - Physician Assistant (Practice Location)

Required Education and Experience

Required Education: Bachelors or Masters from a physician assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)

Preferred Education, Experience & Cert/Lic

Previous pediatric experience, comfort level and confidence with complex and acute pediatric patients, behavioral health experience or interest

Additional Technical Requirements

Ability to work in an inter-professional team setting with multiple responsibilities.
Ability to use computer and electronic medical records effectively.

Refer to Scope of Practice Document and Clinical Responsibilities Checklist for specific requirements of role.

Computer Competency
Basic use of a computer (mouse, keyboard, printer, USB ports).
Basic use of Microsoft Office (Word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and Skype).
Web browsing, intranet search, document access.
Use of shared network file space.
Basic use of patient facing technology. (e.g. IV pumps, point of care devices, CR monitors).
Navigation and use of clinical communication systems.

Information Literacy
Determines the nature and extent of clinical information needed and uses the appropriate technology to access it.
Accesses needed information effectively and efficiently.
Evaluates information and its sources critically and appropriately incorporates it into clinical practice.
Evaluates outcomes of the use of information.

Information Management Literacy
Navigation of the electronic health record system.
Ability to locate and review specific patient data in various clinical information systems.
Effectively uses clinical decision support tools.
Understands policies and procedures, confidentiality, security, and privacy regulations regarding the use of clinical information systems.
Ability to collect clinical data using quality improvement tools.
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This vacancy starts available on: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 23:40:05 GMT