Responsibilities

• Diagnosing and managing a variety of birth-related issues, including prematurity, low birth weight, birth defects, and infections.
• Consult with other healthcare professionals and provide pertinent information to parents and families.
• Making independent and interdependent decisions in the assessment, diagnosis, management, and evaluation of the health care needs of the infant at risk.
• Initiates, documents, and communicates the plan of care and follows up to ensure complete screening and preparation of patients.
• Performs daily patient rounds.
• Writes orders for medications, laboratory work, and diagnostic tests.
• Interprets laboratory and test results.
• Confers with attending physicians, residents, nursing staff, and/or other care providers to ensure optimum quality of patient care.
• Upon discharge, notes discharge summaries, prescriptions, and any referrals on patient charts.
• Informs patients' parents of the necessary post-discharge care instructions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree, required.
• Graduate of an accredited (Accreditation Review Committee for Physician Assistant Programs ARC-PA) program, required.
• Experience in the NICU, required.
• Current license to practice as a Physician Assistant (PA) by the New York State Department of Education, required.
• Current NCCPA Certification from the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), required.
• Current Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification, required.
• Current New York State Physician Assistant registration, with prescription privileges.

Job Perks:

• Competitive salary, great union benefits, and pension plan
• Generous PTO
• All major insurances (health, life, disability)
• Work-life balance is valued, schedule: 3x12
• A team environment that believes in employee development, professional growth, and company longevity
• Culture is one of mutual respect, teamwork, and equality
• The organization embraces and values an inclusive work environment