Physician Assistant

Job Responsibilities

• Perform preoperative assessments and support patient optimization.


• Participate in postoperative management, follow-up, and care coordination.


• Assist with consultative support and continuity of care planning.


• Provide patient and family education related to procedures and recovery.


• Order, review, and interpret diagnostic tests, treatments, and medications within scope.


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  Support operating room throughput and patient flow optimization.

  
  


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  Assist with urgent and emergent add-on coordination.

  
  


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  Collaborate with surgeons, anesthesia, nursing, PAT, sterile processing, and scheduling teams to remove barriers to efficient case progression.

  
  


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  Assist in day-of-surgery issue escalation and operational problem solving.

  
  


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  Perform first assist duties consistent with privileges and regulatory requirements.

  
  


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  Provide intraoperative assistance, tissue handling, retraction, suturing, wound closure, and related support.

  
  


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  Assist with development and standardization of clinical pathways and perioperative protocol

  
  


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  Complete timely, accurate clinical documentation in the electronic health record.

  
  

Education Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program.

Experience Requirements

• Surgical services or perioperative experience preferred.


• First assist experience preferred.


• Experience supporting operative services operations, throughput, or quality initiatives preferred.

 License/Certification Requirements

• Current Physician Assistant-Certified (PA-C) credential


• Controlled Substances Registration license in the state of Indiana


• Basic Life Safety (American Heart Association)


• ACLS (American Heart Association)