PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - CV SURGERY (CYPRESS)
Company: Houston Methodist
Location: Cypress
Posted on: October 27, 2024
Job Description:
Overview
At Houston Methodist, the Physician Assistant (PA) functions as an
advanced practice practitioner, responsible for maintaining and
promoting the health of the patient requiring care, practicing
medicine under the supervision of a licensed physician. This
position will provide diagnostic, therapeutic, surgical and
preventative care, under the supervision of a physician. The PA
position exams, diagnoses and decides treatment for patients,
including analyzing and interpreting x-rays and lab results, writes
prescriptions, takes patients' histories, provides surgical
assistance, and orders various forms of therapy. This position may
work in both inpatient and outpatient situations and can perform
independently under the license of a physician or as part of a
treatment team. The PA position affects direct patient care
according to the Board of Physician Assistant Examiners in the
State of Texas and Houston Methodist policies and procedures.
Houston Methodist Standard
PATIENT AGE GROUP(S) AND POPULATION(S) SERVED
Refer to departmental Scope of Service and Provision of Care plans,
as applicable, for description of primary age groups and
populations served by this job for the respective HM entity.
HOUSTON METHODIST EXPERIENCE EXPECTATIONS
- Provide personalized care and service by consistently
demonstrating our I CARE values:
- INTEGRITY: We are honest and ethical in all we say and do.
- COMPASSION: We embrace the whole person including emotional,
ethical, physical, and spiritual needs.
- ACCOUNTABILITY: We hold ourselves accountable for all our
actions.
- RESPECT: We treat every individual as a person of worth,
dignity, and value.
- EXCELLENCE: We strive to be the best at what we do and a model
for others to emulate.
- Practices the Caring and Serving Model
- Delivers personalized service using HM Service Standards
- Provides for exceptional patient/customer experiences by
following our Standards of Practice of always using Positive
Language (AIDET, Managing Up, Key Words)
- Intentionally collaborates with other healthcare professionals
involved in patients/customers or employees' experiential journeys
to ensure strong communication, ease of access to information, and
a seamless experience.
- Involves patients (customers) in shift/handoff reports by
enabling their participation in their plan of care as applicable to
the given job
- Displays cultural humility, diversity, equity and inclusion
principles
- Actively supports the organization's vision, fulfills the
mission and abides by the I CARE values Responsibilities
PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Demonstrates leadership as a clinical resource,
inter-professional consultant, and patient advocate. Participates
in rounding independently or with physicians/surgeons and attends
interdisciplinary rounds, as appropriate, by specialty.
- Collaborates to foster healthy relationships in the work
environment. Acts as a role model and coaches staff in effective
verbal, non-verbal and written communication. May serve as first
call for hospital staff. Serves as preceptor for Physician
Assistant students and medical residents, as appropriate.
- Communicates organizational information and aspects of
administrative and clinical practice in a respectful and positive
manner when interacting with staff. Advocates for a balanced
workload, promotes positive behaviors, and peer-to-peer
accountability. Facilitates the promotion of teamwork. Uses
peer-to-peer accountability towards improvement of department score
for employee engagement.
- Collaborates with inter-professional health care team members
to manage/coordinate patient care. Advocates on patient/family's
behalf to identify and resolve clinical and ethical concerns.
SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Coordinates appropriate, timely patient care between health
care providers and other ancillary clinicians, as appropriate,
under a physician license, for a defined patient population(s),
focusing on identified expected unit/optimal outcomes,
individualized to the patient. Helps drive improvement of
department score for patient satisfaction, through peer-to-peer
accountability to service standards.
- Collaborates quality health care with inter-professional team
members to manage/coordinate patient care.
- Responds and is available timely to patient questions/issues
that arise as triaged by clinical staff and provides assistance for
emergencies, as needed. QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Performs independent or delegated functions under physician
license, such as diagnosis, use of prescriptive authority, and
treatment according to practice guidelines, protocols, and/or
standing orders.
- Reviews medications and test reports on patients, responds to
critical test results, and advises on any corrective action based
on the results.
- Conducts comprehensive health assessments (initial, ongoing,
discharge), identifies normal/abnormal health characteristics,
develops plan of care, initiates appropriate interventions, and
evaluates care outcomes on defined patient populations. Performs
quality and safe diagnostic, surgical and/or therapeutic procedures
necessary for defined patient populations.
- Assists the inter-professional health care team in the
development and implementation of protocols to ensure patient
safety. Integrates and contributes to professional practice
standards, policies, procedures, protocols and leads improvements
in patient safety-related processes. FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Performs accurate and timely documentation in medical records,
including diagnosis and CPT coding.
- Implements department strategies to achieve financial target
and mentors others to do the same through timely documentation of
care, decreasing length of stay, optimizing efficiency, and other
areas according to department specifications. Projects awareness
and understanding of resource allocation based on patient needs and
staff experience, knowledge, and skills. GROWTH/INNOVATION
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Fosters identification and implementation of innovative
solutions to improve patient care or department operations such as
the organization's quality metrics or other department-specific
measures by leading and/or participating in department and/or
hospital projects/activities or a hospital committee.
- Provides education of information/knowledge in professional
activities such as research, presentations, and publications.
Expands individual nursing knowledge and coaches staff to grow in
knowledge, abilities, skills, and attitudes. Ensures own career
discussions occur with appropriate management. Completes and
updates the My Development Plan on an on-going basis.
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; the
employee will also perform other reasonably related business/job
duties as assigned. Houston Methodist reserves the right to revise
job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.
Qualifications
EDUCATION
- Bachelor's degree
- Graduate from accredited Physician Assistant program by
National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
(NCCPA) WORK EXPERIENCE
- One year of clinical experience License/Certification
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS - REQUIRED
- PA - Physician Assistant - State Licensure - by the Texas Board
of Physician Assistants AND
- Health Services\PA-C - Physician Assistant (NCCPA) AND
- DEA - Narcotics License (DEA) within 6 months AND
- BLS - Basic Life Support (AHA) AND
- ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support (AHA) KSA/ Supplemental
Data
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely
perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills,
competency assessments, and performance evaluations
- Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the
English language necessary to perform the essential functions of
this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or
employee safety or security
- Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians,
family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a
customer service focus and application of positive language
principles
- Use of critical thinking skills and clinical judgment to work
autonomously as defined by the Board of Physicians Assistants
- Accepts accountability for outcomes in healthcare
- Uses therapeutic communication to establish a relationship with
patients, families and interprofessional team to collaborate on the
plan of care
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skill as evidenced by
capacity to prioritize multiple tasks and role components
- Ability to exercise judgment in interactions with physicians,
interprofessional care team and patients and their families
- Demonstrates proficient time management skills SUPPLEMENTAL
REQUIREMENTS
WORK ATTIRE
- Uniform No
- Scrubs Yes
- Business professional Yes
- Other (department approved) Yes ON-CALL*
*Note that employees may be required to be on-call during
emergencies (ie. DIsaster, Severe Weather Events, etc) regardless
of selection below.
- On Call* Yes TRAVEL**
**Travel specifications may vary by department**
- May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area
Yes
- May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area Yes
Company Profile
Houston Methodist Specialty Physician Group - As one of the
nation's leading hospitals and academic medical centers Houston
Methodist has brought together some of the nation's leading experts
in multiple specialties to serve our patients. As part of Houston
Methodist Specialty Physician Group (HMSPG), these specialists not
only provide excellent clinical care, but are on the forefront of
research, developing leading-edge technologies and treatments, and
teaching the medical pioneers of tomorrow. This combination of
clinical service, research and academics ensures patients have
access to the latest in treatments and technologies while providing
the best in comprehensive patient care. Established as a non-profit
corporation and certified by the Texas State Board of Medical
Examiners, HMSPG enables physicians to maintain autonomy with
respect to their clinical practice while growing their practice
within an academic environment.
Keywords: Houston Methodist, Galveston , PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - CV SURGERY (CYPRESS), Healthcare , Cypress, Texas
Didn't find what you're looking for? Search again!
Loading more jobs...
