Job Description

Job Description

Ranked #1 in California* and on the "Best Hospitals"  Honor Roll for eight years in a row, we are a national  leader in providing high-quality, patient-centered healthcare that encompasses primary care as well as specialized medicine and conducting research that leads to lifesaving  discoveries and innovations.

Cedars-Sinai is one of the largest non-profit medical centers in the U.S., with more than 2,993 physicians, 4,700 nurses and thousands of other healthcare professionals and staff. Cedars-Sinai Health System includes Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (our flagship hospital), the Academic Enterprise, Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital, our ambulatory diagnostic and treatment centers, and our Medical Network. 

In 2021, we have partnered with and added Huntington Hospital with its Medical Center and Medical Network to our system. The system comprises more than 2,300 beds and revenues exceeding $6 billion annually. It includes more than 50 outpatient venues spanning the entire region (e.g., Santa Monica and West Los Angeles, the South Bay, San Fernando Valley, and Pasadena). 

We are seeking a Surgical Physician Assistant who will provide high quality, efficient, team-based patient focused care working under the direction of our board-certified physicians. The Surgical Physician Assistant will assess, diagnose, and implement the medical care of patients in collaboration with the physician. They are clinically responsible for the provision, coordination, and assurance of comprehensive medical/surgical care using sound medical knowledge and pertinent standards of care. This position offers a unique opportunity to provide comprehensive care for Orthopaedic Trauma patients at Huntington Hospital and within the Congress Risser Orthopedic Surgical Specialists (CROSS) practice. The role includes a dynamic mix of responsibilities across hospital consults, clinic patient care, and operating room assistance, maintaining the cleanliness of operating rooms while adhering to Cedars-Sinai's health and safety regulations. Our Surgical Physician Assistant will be responsible for the following:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES : 

• Perform hospital-based Orthopaedic consults, including initial evaluations, care planning, and follow-up. 
• Assist in Orthopaedic surgical procedures as a 1 st assist under the supervision of attending physicians 4-5 days a week. 
• Manage outpatient clinic care, including patient evaluations, treatment planning, and follow-ups. Most likely help organize and run an efficient fracture clinic to provide complete care.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to ensure seamless patient care transitions between hospital and outpatient settings. 
• Participate in pre- and post-operative care management, including patient education. 
• Provide on-call support as required, with some weekend shifts. 
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation in compliance with organizational and regulatory standards. 
• Work under protocol to develop an effective, safe, and patient-centered treatment plans.
• Provide timely and complete clinical documentation in the EHR following patient visits or telephone calls.
• Maintain ongoing communication with the physician regarding assigned patients and provide timely notification of changes in patient status.
• Maintain ongoing communication with other members of the care team through written documentation, telephone or in-person conversation.
• Ensure timely access of patient appointments.
• Will be responsible for high surgical volume.

**Work Schedule**

• Approximately 160 hours per month (40/hrs per week), offering excellent flexibility. 
• Includes a combination of weekday and weekend shifts as needed. 

Qualifications

Educational Requirements:

• Master of Science Degree in Physician Assistant studies

License/Certification requirements:

• National Certification as a Physician Assistant
• BLS and ACLS Certification required
• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) certification required

Experience:

• Minimum one (1) year Physician Assistant experience in a relevant clinical area preferred, e.g., orthopedics or sports medicine, general surgery, reconstructive surgery, or other surgical specialties strongly preferred.
• Minimum one (1) year Surgical experience as a first assist in areas of Orthopedic, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, ENT and/or MOH Dermatology strongly preferred.
• Physician/s in the group are seeking a strong minded, highly efficient individual who enjoys orthopedics.
• Must be a team player who is flexible and willing to work beyond the standard working hours as needed, including overnight shifts.

Req ID : 6905

Working Title : Surgical Physician Assistant - Full-Time - Orthopedic Trauma - Pasadena & Altadena

Department : Ortho Altadena

Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation

Job Category : Clinical Operations

Job Specialty : Advanced Practice (PA)

Overtime Status : EXEMPT

Primary Shift : Day

Shift Duration : 8 hour

Base Pay : $69.65 - $111.44

About Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Providing healthcare for more than 100 years, Cedars-Sinai has evolved into one of the most dynamic and highly renowned medical centers in the world. Along with caring for patients, Cedars-Sinai is a hub for biomedical research and a training center for future physicians and other healthcare professionals. This attracts exceptional talent to Cedars-Sinai, including world-renowned physician-scientists who seek a place where they can both conduct research and see patients--the ideal formula for discovery and its translation into cures. Our patients benefit from access to doctors at the top of their fields, and our researchers have an ideal community in which to study the impact of healthcare challenges, and reflect that knowledge in their research. The greater Los Angeles area in which Cedars-Sinai resides possesses unparalleled cultural and ethnic diversity which offers outstanding opportunities for translational and clinical research and a dynamic environment for medical education.Although community based, Cedars-Sinai is a major teaching hospital affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Cedars-Sinai has highly competi ... tive graduate medical education programs in more than 50 specialty and subspecialty areas, a graduate program in biomedical sciences and translational medicine, a clinical scholars program directed towards junior physicians with aspirations to become clinical scientists, and post graduate training opportunities.There are more than 250 full-time faculty members at Cedars-Sinai. The voluntary medical staff, comprised of more than 2,200 specialty board-certified or board-qualified physicians, represent all of the specialties and subspecialties and collaborate with full-time medical staff in the teaching responsibilities of the graduate medical education programs.

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