**Physician Assistant - OB/GYN, Winchester Hospital

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Job Description:

Winchester Hospital is a 5x Magnet designated, Top Massachusetts recognized 226-bed regional hospital that is the leading provider of comprehensive health care services in the northwest suburban Boston area.

This position contributes to the Hospital’s mission by assisting specialist physicians in the coordination and delivery of high quality, safe patient care. This position also provides care for our inpatients, under the supervision of our physicians, and collaborates with the rest of the health care team, including the patient and patients family/significant other to achieve expected outcomes. This position is a credentialed member of the Hospital’s medical and allied healthcare staff and is an independent licensed professional.

Details:

• Obstetrics :

  • Takes direction from and provides assistance to Obstetricians in the care of obstetrics patients and the delivery of babies.

  • Performs obstetrics related procedures including but not limited to episiotomies.

  • Maintains competency and proficiency in CPN.

• Surgical Services :

  • Takes direction from and provides assistance to surgeons in providing perioperative care.

  • Performs surgical related procedures including but not limited to drain removal.

  • Maintains competency and proficiency in CPOE.

Experience:

Required : Clinical experience in Labor and Delivery. Preferred : At least 6 months clinical experience in specialty

Life support requirements: BLS and NRP

Obstetrics : Experience with labor and vaginal delivery, post-partum, cervical ripening agents and with fetal heart monitoring.

Surgical Services : Experience with central venous access, chest tube placement and management and managing general and vascular surgical patients.

• Ability to first assist in the operating room

• Ability to perform procedures at the bedside

• Ability to assist with patient management in the designed specialty in collaboration with the other health care providers

• Basic computer skills

• For safety and quality reasons, must be able to read, write and communicate effectively in English with patients, visitors and fellow members of the hospital team

Education:

• Graduate of a Master’s in Nursing program or a Physician Assistant program

• Certification and current NP or PA license to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

• DEA

• MCSR

Schedule: Three 12 hour shifts including weekend and holiday rotation

Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) is an integrated health system dedicated to creating healthier communities — one person at a time — through seamless care and ground-breaking science, driven by excellence, innovation and equity. Founded in 2019, our system brings together academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, community and specialty hospitals, primary and specialty care, behavioral health and home care services, and more than 5,900 physicians and 36,000 employees to care for more than 1.7 million patients in communities across Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire. Together, we are changing healthcare for the better.

Pay Range:

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled