Physician Assistant - Radiology

Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) is adding a Physician Assistant - Radiology to the group at NYC Health + Hospitals/
Jacobi and North Central Bronx
. Jacobi Medical Center is a 457-bed, Level I Trauma Center and North Central Bronx Hospital (NCB) has 213 licensed beds. To this day, Jacobi and NCB remain respected leaders in emergency medicine, trauma surgery, burn care, pediatrics, primary care, and women’s health. The hospital maintains a strong academic affiliation with Albert Einstein College of Medicine 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.

• Provide patient care in the Department of Radiology.
• Work collaboratively with the Director of Cardiothoracic Radiology, Director of Interventional Radiology, and Chairperson of Radiology.
• Obtain patient consults, histories, physical examinations, obtain informed consent from patient or responsible party, and follow-up clinical care.
• Order and/or administer radiologic contrast (i.e.
  
  - for CT, MRI, ultrasound).
• Order pertinent tests and therapeutic/medications, including writing prescriptions.
• Provide pre-and post-procedural instructions to patients or their representative.
• Select pertinent radiology protocols for radiologic studies/procedures.
• Monitor heart rate and administer rate control medications prior to coronary CT angiograms.
• Perform and assist Radiologists with interventional radiological procedures.
• Perform image-guided PICC and midline placement, repositioning, and removal.
• May serve as first assist in radiological procedures.
• May have on-call duties for interventional radiology consults.