• Employment Type: Per Diem
• Shift: Rotating
• Location: Boston, MA

Responsibilities:

The physician assistants work in collaboration with the resident team to provide comprehensive care to inpatients at Tufts Medical Center experiencing a wide variety of conditions involving the brain and spine. In addition to the responsibility of the inpatient service, which involves intensive care, intermediate care and floor level patients, the team manages emergency room and off-service consultations, including traumas. To succeed in the role, the physician assistant needs excellent critical thinking skills and efficiency. The PA must demonstrate initiative to complete daily tasks and address the continual needs of the patients and their families.

Proficiency in general medicine is required. The neurosurgery service functions as the primary team for patients, rather than a consulting service, requiring comfort with management of active chronic medical illnesses and postoperative conditions, such as arrhythmias and ventilator management.

Ability to independently evaluate patients, order and interpret appropriate diagnostic studies and initiate clinical intervention based on the results of those studies is expected.

Strong interpersonal skills are crucial for effective communication both within the interdisciplinary care team and for coordination of care withconsulting services.

The role involves procedural skills such as, but not limited to, drain removal, suturing and arterial line placement. There are no operative procedures associated with this position.

Rotating schedule with3 12-hour shifts per week, which includes on average 1 Monday overnight call shift and 1-2 Saturday call shifts (day or overnight) per month. All call shifts are in-house call.No major holiday coverage requirements.

Qualifications

• Graduate of accredited Physician Assistant Program
• NCCPA certified
• ACLS certified
• Active Massachusetts Physician Assistant License
• DEA and Massachusetts Controlled Substances Registration

• 1-2 years of experience as inpatient physician assistant preferred

AGE SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES:

• Possesses the skills and knowledge to provide care to the age group of the population serviced including:
• Knowledge of growth and development
• Ability to interpret age specific data and response to care
• Provide age specific communication

WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Continuous exposure to sick patients and bodily substances.
• Work requires frequent lifting patients.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES STATEMENT:

Must be able to perform all essential functions of this position with reasonable accommodation if disabled.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed, as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Tufts Medical Center reserves the right to modify position duties at any time, to reflect process improvements and business necessity.

COVID-19 POLICY:

Please note that effective October 1, 2021, as a condition of employment at Tufts Medical Center, all employees and new hires must have received their complete dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, unless they have been granted an exemption.