Physician Assistant; PA), Rotating Shift, Surgery

Overview

Shady Grove Medical Center is seeking an experienced Physician Assistant for its Surgery Department. The role embraces the mission to extend God's care through physical, mental, and spiritual healing.

• Perform daily rounds and post‑operative visits, documenting appropriately and communicating with attending.
• Assist in surgeries, including pre/post‑operative setup and documentation for admission/discharge orders and brief operative notes.
• Perform initial and ongoing assessments of patients’ medical and physical status, including history and physicals, to develop treatment plans.
• Coordinate with other departments and consultants for inpatient care and discharge planning.
• Coordinate service recovery to ensure positive patient experience and clinical excellence.
• Order and interpret patient testing such as lab work and imaging, order treatments or follow‑up based on results.
• Perform therapeutic/corrective measures and small procedures (drain removal, suture placement, uterine evacuation, dressing changes).
• Provide patients, families, and nursing staff with education, counseling, and discharge instructions/expectations.

• BS in Physician Assistant studies.
• Two years surgical experience or surgical residency preferred.
• NCCPA certification;
  Maryland State PA license, CNS, DEA, BLS/ACLS.
• Meet credentialing requirements for Medical staff, including background check.

Full‑time, rotating schedule. Weekends, nights, holidays required. OR, OB, and floor coverage required.

Pay Range: $50.80 – $76.20 per hour.

• Work life balance through nonrotating shifts
• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
• Free employee parking
• Medical, prescription, dental, and vision coverage for employees and eligible dependents effective on your date of hire.
• Employer‑paid short‑ and long‑term disability, basic life insurance and AD&D.
• Paid time off
• Employer retirement contribution and match after 1‑year of eligible employment with a 3‑year vesting period.
• Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long‑term care, and critical illness & accident insurance.
• Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee assistance program (EAP) support.

Adventist Health Care strongly recommends all applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID‑19 before commencing employment. Applicants may be required to furnish proof of vaccination.

Adventist Health Care will not hire applicants for employment who either state that they are nicotine users or who test positive for nicotine and drug use. While some jurisdictions permit medical marijuana use, marijuana continues to be classified as an illegal drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act. Applicants who test positive for cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana will be given the opportunity to re‑apply in 90 days, if they can truthfully attest that they have not used any nicotine products in the past 90 days and pass follow‑up testing.

Adventist Health Care is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to attracting, engaging, and developing the best people to cultivate our mission‑centric culture. Our goal is to have a welcoming, equitable, and safe place to work and grow for all employees, no matter their background. AHC does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and related medical conditions, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Adventist Health Care will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities, in accordance with applicable law. Adventist Health Care is a religious organization as defined under applicable law; however, it will endeavor to provide reasonable accommodations for applicants’ religious beliefs.

Applicants who wish to request accommodations for disabilities or religious belief should contact the Support Center HR Office.

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