Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner (D), CVOR - Regional

Physician Assistant

Improve health, instill humanity and inspire hope. That's just the beginning of the difference you can make when you join our team at Corewell Health.

Full-time, Day Shift

Job Summary Physician Assistants (PA) are graduates of an accredited educational program and are nationally certified and state licensed professionals. The scope of practice is determined by state law and licensure, facility policy, education, professional judgement, personal experience and practice agreement. Physician assistants are independent prescribers of Schedule II-V controlled substances; using their own DEA number and signature. Reports to Manager APP. This position supports Troy, Royal Oak, and Dearborn campus cardiac surgery programs, includes on call requirement, weekend requirement, and holiday requirement based on department needs. Areas of responsibilities: MLP APC Surgical Services and MLP APC Cardiovascular Surgery

Benefits

Corewell Health offers a comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health and life-work balance goals.

• Generous paid time off, holidays and flexible scheduling
• Our employees receive special discounts on a wide range of products and services
• Exceptional health, dental, vision and prescription drug insurance plans
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Relocation assistance
• Savings & retirement plans, disability insurance, identity theft protection and even home and auto insurance
• Free onsite parking

Essential Functions

• Utilization of a high degree of discriminative judgement while providing medical management including assessment of medical and psychosocial status, comprehensive history and physical examination and condition assessment. Order and interpretation of appropriate laboratory tests, diagnostic studies and therapeutic modalities with the development of diagnostic impressions and a comprehensive plan of care. Plan of care will be based on current guidelines and with the participating physician when necessary.
• Request consultation from health professionals as indicated by patient condition.
• Write orders for medications within prescriptive authority pursuant to state and federal regulations and the practice agreement.
• Perform procedure as indicated by patient need, PA education, and experience and practice agreement.
• Document all medical findings in the form of H&P/Transition of Care, progress notes, procedure notes, discharge instructions, and discharge summary.
• Instruct, educate and counsel patients and families, as appropriate, on health status, test results, disease process, and plan of care, preventive care and health promotion.

Qualifications

• Required Master's Degree or equivalent Graduate of AMA recognized PA program that is accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for Physician Assistants and meet requirements of the state or Master's Degree in Nursing.
• Previous First Assist experience is required.
• Vein harvesting experience is preferred.

• LIC-Physician Assistant or Nursing - STATE_MI State of Michigan Upon Hire is required
• CRT-DEA Registration - STATE_MI State of Michigan Upon Hire is required
• CRT-Physician Assistant Certified (PA-C) or Nurse Practitioner Certification - NCCPA National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants Upon Hire required
• CRT-Adv Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) - AHA American Heart Association is required
• CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS) - AHA American Heart Association required Or
• CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS) - ARC American Red Cross required

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How Corewell Health cares for you

• Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health, and work/life balance goals.
• On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv
• Discounts directory with deals on the things that matter to you, like restaurants, phone plans, spas, and more!
• Optional identity theft protection, home and auto insurance
• Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings
• Eligibility for benefits is determined by employment type and status

Primary Location

SITE - Dearborn Hospital - 18101 Oakwood Blvd - Dearborn

Department Name

Operating Room Cardiothoracic - Dearborn Hosp

Employment Type

Full time

Shift

Day (United States of America)

Weekly Scheduled Hours

40

Hours of Work

0630-1500

Days Worked

Monday-Friday

Weekend Frequency

On-call weekends