Position Summary

The Senior Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner practices medicine under the direction of physicians and/or surgeons.

Essential Functions

• Acts as advanced resource for specialty area or lead worker in clinic setting.
• Performs complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in diagnosing medical and surgical problems and prescribing necessary
• treatment and services for quality patient care.
• Operates with the highest degree of independence in provision of patient care services with minimal physician supervision and
• generally in a highly specialized area.
• Performs under supervision of medical staff member as a physician-extender.
• Obtains detailed history and performs physical examinations on patients.
• Assists in providing care for patients receiving radiation treatments; writes appropriate orders, including those for perioperative
• orders, narcotics, stimulants, and depressant drugs.
• Writes and/or dictates progress notes on patient charts indicating patient status and treatment or procedures performed.
• Performs emergency lifesaving procedures in cases such cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, massive hemorrhage, or similar
• catastrophe.
• Performs daily rounds independently or with attending physicians and/or students.
• Tasks will include:
• Performs H andamp; P examinations and documents appropriately in the medical record. (Must be reviewed and countersigned by
• supervising medical staff member within 24 hours and may not be substituted for physician H andamp; P).
• Reviews medical records of patients of the supervising medical staff member.
• Performs routine patient rounds to monitor and evaluate clinical status; reports change in status to supervising medical staff
• member for management (may not be substituted for physician rounds).
• Notifies attending physician about unusual or unexpected events or problems requiring direct physician consultation.
• Dispenses/prescribes medication as authorized by supervising medical staff member.
• Issues oral and written orders on behalf of the supervising medical staff member, to be reviewed and countersigned by the
• supervising medical staff member within 24 hours.
• Writes or dictates reports, progress notes, discharge summaries, and clinical resumes, to be reviewed and countersigned by
• supervising medical staff member within 24 hours.
• Scrubs with supervising surgeon in operating room.
• Removes catheters, drains, sutures, and staples.
• Surgically closes wounds, incision and drainage, debridement, dressing (the surgeon must remain in the immediate area).
• Assists physician with special diagnostic procedures (the physician must remain in the immediate area).
• Performs advanced cardiac life support. In a medical emergency, the Physician Assistant will act on behalf of the supervising
• medical staff member to maintain life support until a licensed physician arrives to manage the patient.
• Perform patient education.
• Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state
• and local standards.
• Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

Education/Training

• Graduate of accredited physician assistant program.

Licensure/Certification

• Current physician assistant licensure in State of Florida renewed every two years.
• Maintains BSL certification.

Experience

Three (3) years physician assistant experience in the specific assigned area of specialty.