Lead Physician Assistant - Interventional Radiology - Mary Washington Healthcare

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Job Summary

The Lead APP-PA oversees the clinical and administrative functions of a team of Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) in a hospital and outpatient setting. This role ensures the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered care by providing leadership, mentorship, and support to APPs. The Lead APP-PA adheres to the organizational code of conduct with respect to interactions with other Associates, patients, or the community and with respect to work content and quality.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• Supports training and orientation of new APPs and serves as a continued resource for clinical team members.
• Assists physicians and operational leadership with oversight of APP care delivery towards safe, effective, and efficient patient care.
• Addresses and resolves clinical or administrative issues that arise within the team in partnership with leadership.
• Manages workload distribution among APPs.
• Assists leadership with rounding on APPs and patients, identifying trends, and developing action plans to address issues.
• Collaborates with leadership to monitor the achievement of patient satisfaction and experience, quality, and safety targets.
• Acts as a liaison between patients and physicians, as well as nursing staff and physicians.
• Determines abnormal conditions by ordering, administering, and interpreting diagnostic tests, such as x-rays, electrocardiograms, and laboratory studies, as appropriate.
• Prescribes pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens for medical conditions as appropriate.
• Refers patients to specialists and to relevant patient care options as appropriate.
• Assists with the development and implementation of clinical protocols and guidelines to improve patient care quality and safety.
• Educates patients and families regarding diseases, procedures, medications, nutrition, health care, and post-discharge care.
• Assists physicians in all aspects of patient care as requested and in accordance with the Collaborative Agreement, including diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
• Performs patient examinations and provides treatments for minor acute illness, , making initial assessment, initiating treatment, and referrals as needed.
• Obtains/performs, records, and dictates medical histories and physical examinations.
• Supports inpatient and/or outpatient care as scheduled or needed in collaboration with physicians.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Clinical Procedures

• Evaluates procedural sites and patient status following interventions to support safe recovery and continuity of care.
• Conducts pre-procedural and post-procedural assessments, monitors patient outcomes, and initiates appropriate interventions as needed.
• Performs advanced Interventional Radiology procedures and related clinical services within approved scope of practice and clinical privileges, including vascular access procedures, venipuncture, IV catheter insertion, midline placement, PICC placement, sheath management, thoracentesis, paracentesis, thyroid biopsies, fine needle aspirations, and other approved interventions.
• Inserts, manages, irrigates, and removes drains, catheters, chest tubes, and other procedural devices as clinically indicated.

Qualifications

Required

• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program.
• Current certification through the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
• Current, unrestricted Physician Assistant license in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• Current, unrestricted DEA registration.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.
• Three (3) years of Physician Assistant clinical experience.

Preferred

• One (1) year of Interventional Radiology experience.
• One (1) year of supervisory or leadership experience.

MWHC will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status (EOE). We are also committed to equitable and transparent compensation practices and comply with all applicable pay transparency and pay equity laws.

Compensation Pay Range:

$61.54 - $76.92