What are the responsibilities and job description for the Physician Assistant - Pain Management position at Physician Affiliate Group of New York, P.C. (PAGNY)?
Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) is adding a Physician Assistant - Pain Management to the group at NYC Health Hospitals/Kings County. Kings County Hospital operates a world-renowned Level I Trauma Center, one of only three in Brooklyn, which serves 2.6 million residents of Brooklyn and Staten Island. The hospital maintains a strong academic affiliation with SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University to maintain its high healthcare delivery standards.
The mission of NYC Health Hospitals is to extend equally to all New Yorkers, regardless of the ability to pay, comprehensive health services of the highest quality in an atmosphere of humane care, dignity, and respect. Their Values are built on a foundation of social and racial equity and has established the ICARE standards for all staff.
NYC Health Hospitals is the nation’s largest municipal health care delivery system in the United States. Dedicated to providing the highest quality health care services to all New Yorkers with compassion, dignity and respect, and regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.
Opportunity Details
The mission of NYC Health Hospitals is to extend equally to all New Yorkers, regardless of the ability to pay, comprehensive health services of the highest quality in an atmosphere of humane care, dignity, and respect. Their Values are built on a foundation of social and racial equity and has established the ICARE standards for all staff.
NYC Health Hospitals is the nation’s largest municipal health care delivery system in the United States. Dedicated to providing the highest quality health care services to all New Yorkers with compassion, dignity and respect, and regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.
Opportunity Details
- Schedule: Daytime, with flexibility.
- Attend ambulatory Pain Practice sessions.
- Assess adult and pediatric patients with acute and chronic pain problems.
- Perform and document complete histories and physical examinations, ordering of tests, and reviewing results.
- Obtain prior authorizations for prescriptions and procedures from insurance companies.
- Respond promptly to in-basket messages from patients.
- Participate in the management of acute and chronic pain problems identified during patient evaluations. Request appropriate specialty consultations.
- Respond to inpatient and outpatient pain consults.
- Assist pain management physicians with interventional procedures and coordinate pre-procedure medical care to ensure patients are optimized for planned procedures.
- Collect and correlate data for quality improvement initiatives and participate in interdisciplinary Pain Management CQI activities.
Salary : $131,127 - $174,836