Physician Assistant Vascular Surgery team
Company: Mercyhealth
Location: Rockford
Posted on: April 22, 2024
Job Description:
Mercyhealth, an award-winning fully integrated health care
delivery organization based in southcentral Wisconsin and northern
Illinois, is seeking an experienced Physician Assistant to join our
Vascular Surgery team in Rockford, Illinois.Mercyhealth's Mission -
"Exceptional health care services with a passion for making lives
better." Touching lives invigorates, inspires and drives us to do
our very best, and we continuously look for ways to make each life
better with the utmost care and professionalismOpportunityYou will
provide quality health care services to patients under direction
and responsibility of Physician by performing the following duties
in a compassionate, cost effective manner, and are required to
participate in on-call roster:
- Examines patient, performs comprehensive physical examination,
and compiles patient medical data, including health history and
results of physical examination.
- Assists cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon intra-operatively
performing cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgical procedures.
- Administers or orders diagnostic tests, such as x-ray,
electrocardiogram, and laboratory tests, and interprets test
results for deviations from normal.
- Performs therapeutic procedures such as injections, suturing
and wound care, and managing infection.
- Develops and implements patient management plans, records
progress notes, and assists in provision of continuity of
care.
- Instructs and counsels patients regarding compliance with
prescribed therapeutic regimens, normal growth and development,
family planning, emotional problems of daily living, and health
maintenance. Qualifications
- Graduate of NCCPA approved Physician Assistant program
- Two years' experience as surgical PA preferred
- Current certified status through National Commission on
Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
- Obtain CME experience as required for re-certification by
NCCPA.
- Hold valid state license and CME credits for license
renewal.
- BLS and ACLS Certification
- Ability to work independently and under pressure.
- Good communication/interpretive skills.
- Excellent analytical skills.
- Works requires a high level of independent judgement. The
position has substantial latitude for independent
action.Compensation:
- Highly competitive compensation
- Sign on bonus eligible
- CME allowance
- Robust and comprehensive benefit packageMercyhealth:Mercyhealth
is a vertically integrated health care system in southern Wisconsin
and northern Illinois with approximately 800 physicians, 8,000
employees, 7 hospitals, 80 ambulatory locations; pharmacies, DME,
Home Health, and an insurance company. We are large and growing,
but we treat our providers and employees as
family.Community:Rockford is notable for its economic
diversification into automotive, aerospace, and health care
industries, as well as the undertaking of various tourism and
downtown revitalization efforts. Rockford is known for various
venues of cultural or historical significance, including Anderson
Japanese Gardens, Klehm Arboretum, the Coronado Theatre, and the
Burpee Museum of Natural History. Rockford has been recognized as
one of the most affordable housing markets in the nation less than
an hour and a half drive from downtown Chicago and Milwaukee and
less than an hour from Madison, WI.Apply at:
Keywords: Mercyhealth, Rockford , Physician Assistant Vascular Surgery team, Healthcare , Rockford, Illinois
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