Locums - Altoona, Pennsylvania, Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant Job

• Clinical Role:
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• Locum job opening
• Seeking a board certified or truly board eligible physician assistant
• Must have at least 1 year post training emergency medicine experience
• Night coverage (7p-7a) to cover 5-6 shifts per month
• Typically 1-2 patients/hour per provider per shift
• The MD shifts run 3p-1a, 5p-3a and 9p-7a so a physician is always present at night
• Specialties onsite: There is a trauma service in hospital 24/7 that also covers acute care general surgery consults 24/7
• Specialties on call: Neurology, Ophthalmology, Cardiology with cath lab, OBGYN, Orthopedics, Endocrinology, Plastics, GI, Hematology/Oncology, CT surgery, Intensivist, Nephrology, Neurosurgery, Pediatric hospitalist (minor pediatric admissions), Podiatry, thoracic surgery, Vascular. Also 24/7 crisis counselors in ED who evaluate psych patients
• See patients, perform some administrative tasks (radiology review, blood work review when needed although generally performed by employed staff)
• Must be local enough to drive in
• Required: ACLS, BLS, and PALS (must be through AHA or Red Cross)
• I and Ds, laceration repairs
• PAs are expected to see any patient complaint but are not expected to perform invasive procedures such as central lines, intubation, lumbar puncture
• There aren't any patients that the APP isn't "allowed" to see but in general the attending will see the critically ill patients and evaluate STEMI/Stroke patients while the PA is expected to see the minor complaint patients and perform minor procedures including lacerations/I&D etc.
• Level III Trauma Center
• EMR: Cerner
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