Job Summary:

The Physician Assistant (PA) is responsible for practicing medicine with physician supervision including conducting examinations and writing prescriptions. Within physician-physician assistant relationship, PAs exercise autonomy in medical decision making and provide a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services. May practice in several primary care areas including family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics/gynecology as well as surgery and surgical subspecialties. May include responsibility for education, research, and administrative services.

Responsibilities:

*Conducts physical examinations, assesses health status, orders and interprets tests, prescribes medications, and treats illnesses including giving injections and suturing wounds

*Consults with physicians as needed and refers to physicians for more complicated medical cases or cases that are not a routine part of a PA's scope of work

*Monitors therapies and provides continuity of care

*Triages patient calls and evaluates patient problems, and responds to emergencies including use of CPR

*Counsels patients and patient's family on preventive health care

*Documents patient information and care in medical record and may maintain department statistical database for research purposes

*Conducts follow-up examinations of patients

*Documents patients charts and maintains detailed records of patient treatment

*Performs related duties as assigned by the medical staff

Qualifications/Requirements:

Experience:

*1-2 years of experience as a Physician Assistant, preferred

*New graduates of an accredited Physician Assistant Program also considered

Education:

*Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant Program, required

Licenses / Certifications:

*Current New York State Physician Assistant license, required

*Current BLS and ACLS Certification, required

Other: N/A

Special Requirements: N/A

About Us:

Bon Secours Charity Medical Group

Bon Secours Charity Medical Group, part of Bon Secours Charity Health Systems (BSCHS), a regional network of more than 120 primary care physicians and specialists from a broad array of medical specialties. BSCHS, a member of WMCHealth Network, includes Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, NY, Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis, NY and St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick, NY.