Physician Assistant General Surgery & Trauma New Grads

Location Detail: St Vincents Medical Center (10427)

Shift Detail: Mon-Sun

Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Benefits:

• Market-leading compensation and benefits and generous paid time off
• Paid CME time off plus CME budget, reimbursed professional licenses and dues
• Enhanced Tuition Assistance and Higher Education Partnerships
• Voluntary benefits include student loan programs, home, auto, renters insurance, identity theft protection, legal services, low-interest loans, pet insurance and more!
• Employee discount programs and colleague assistance offering resources and information for personal and work-life issues
• Family care benefits through  including emergency back-up care benefits for children, adults and even pets!

Position Details:

Hartford Health Care St. Vincents Medical Center is seeking a Physician Assistant to join their Acute Care/Trauma team. The successful candidate will be responsible for various functions including responding to trauma activations, consulting on acute surgical patients, first assisting in the operating room in robotic, laparoscopic and open cases, bedside procedures, and daily rounding on admitted patients. Our Surgical Services team consists of several APPs who work in collaboration with a variety of surgeons including trauma, general and subspecialty surgeons.

Hartford Health Care St. Vincents Medical Center has a strong APP presence and encourages growth and development of our APPs.

Role:Physician Assistant

Location:2800 Main Street, Bridgeport, 06606

Setting:Inpatient, general surgery, trauma

Schedule:Full-time (40 hours), 13-hour shifts. Rotating days, nights, weekends, holidays.

Call schedule:No call

Hartford Health Care supports Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in practice:

Dedicated support and voice for our Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants through theOffice of Advanced Practicedirected by Sarah Clark, MBA, MHS, PA-C, BSN, RN, System Director of Advanced Practice

Hartford Health Care is one of the largest,non-profit, fully integrated healthcare systems providing patient care in the state, allowing our providers to care for their patients no matter where they reside in Connecticut

With tools likeEPIC, Hartford Health Cares state of the art clinical and informatics technology promotes improved patient outcomes, streamlined continuity of care and superior provider satisfaction

About St. Vincents Medical Center:

St. Vincents Medical Center is a Magnet Hospital that has been namedBest Hospital in Fairfield Countyand in all of Western Connecticut for 2013 - 2014 by US News & World Report. We are the primary teaching hospital for the Frank Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. St. Vincents Medical Center was the first institution in the state to pioneer endovascular vein harvesting.

About Hartford Health Care:

Honored as a Best Organizations for Leadership Development by the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL)

Prestigiously named one of the Best Hospitals to Work for in Connecticut by the Becker's Hospital Review

Committed tocontinuous developmentthrough The Center for Education Stimulation & Innovation (CESI), our Provider Leadership Development Institute and a robust on demand learning platform including CME, special courses, learning series and tools and resources

EstablishedMentorship and Orientationprograms specially designed for newly hired providers and providers new to practice

Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Role Scope:

Under established guidelines and in collaboration and/or supervision with the practice physician(s), Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants perform routine physical examinations, and formulate medical, educational, and psychosocial plans to treat patients.

In consultation with the physician(s) and care team members, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants develop plans for further evaluation of health needs, e.g., referral to other health team members or specialists.

Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants provide appropriate treatment for problems within the scope of the providers practice as designated by protocols and identifies problems outside of their scope of practice and refers appropriately to physicians.

Requirements:

• Licensure:Unrestricted State of Connecticut Medical License (or eligible)
• Training:Physician Assistant

Preferred Requirements:

Experience: 2years PA experience preferred; however, we recognize the value in new graduates and are willing to train the right motivated candidate