Job Description

The Physician Assistant monitors the patients while in Radiology, and expedites patients throughout Radiology in a timely fashion with primary focus in MRI/CT department. Responsible for self-coverage on a 3 DAY basis. Outpatient management to perform injections for contrast studies, protocol MRI/CT studies and patient safety. Obtain relevant history, perform a complete or focused physical exam and procures; previous diagnostic testing results. Emergency treatment of any/all contrast adverse reactions resulting from IV administration of same, including follow up. The PA is the first respondent for any adverse patients' incident. Occasional International procedure participation in the monitoring and/care of acutely ill patients. 

• Expedite patient care and throughput in the CT/DR Radiology area and MRI (includes transport/custodial care of patient, if necessary).
• Contrast Injection/Consent Forms/Document labs, results, etc. Performs procedures in a timely and accurate fashion.
• Assist in Emergency Interventional procedures dependent on severity of patient. Primary care giver on night shift rotation.
• Responds to patient emergencies.
• Retrieves/stores film collection as needed. Films available for reading and consults.
• Attends Radiology conferences, teaching rounds and presents cases.
• Transfers acutely ill patients.
• Keeps the Nurse Manager and Supervising Physician informed as to the needs, problem areas and suggestions, which may be beneficial to the service.
• Behaves in a professional manner at all times, especially when interacting with patients, staff and family. Dress code maintained appropriately.
• Interacts with peers in a respectful manner, shares responsibilities and communicates frequently in regard to status of patients.

Requirements:

• Licensed and registered PA in New York State.
• Must be a graduate of an approved PA program. Must pass National Certification Exam and must pass National Recertification Exam every six years. Must obtain 100 credits of approved CME every two years.
• Knowledge of protocol for XRAY/CATSCAN/MRI.
• Radiology experience required.
• This position requires three 12.5-hour shifts on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. (days)

About 11th Hour Service:

Our Talent Management Center (TMC) is a fully equipped headhunting, search, and recruitment service that serves external industry clients as well as the Federal Advisory practice of 11th Hour Service. The expertise of the TMC delivers permanent placement of full-time professionals from junior resources to C-Suite executives in the following industries: Clinical Healthcare – Healthcare & Clinical Recruitment Hospitals, Clinics, Outpatient, and In-Home Care: • Clinical Leadership • Physicians • Advanced Practitioners • Nursing • Medical Imaging & Radiology • Medical Assistants • Behavioral Health Finance & Accounting – Audit, Operations & CFO (Assurance, Advisory, M&A, Tax) Salesforce, ServiceNow, Cloud Platform integrations (AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle, SAP) Federal Government Contracting – Defense, Civilian, and Intelligence Enterprise Resource Planning Integration– Functional and Technical Software Development, IT, & Cyber Security Logistics & Supply Chain Management Sales & Marketing Executives

Job Tags

Permanent employment, Full time, Shift work, Night shift, Weekend work, Sunday, Saturday,

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