Physician Assistant (PA) - Waltham OBGYN (Full Time)

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

This position is full time, 30 hours per week, day shifts.

In this role, you will create an integrated experience for our Gynecologic patients by providing surgical assistance in the gynecologic operating room as well as outpatient gynecologic care in our offices. Our vision is for you to play an integrated role in this care by performing perioperative and postoperative care in addition to preventative and problem-based gynecologic evaluation and management.

The ideal candidate is an experienced physician assistant with excellent surgical assisting skills (open, robotic and laparoscopic techniques), strong experience with the DaVinci Robot, robust communication and clinical acumen and a commitment to learning and collaboration. The candidate will engage with HMFP Obstetrician-Gynecology physicians in the inpatient and outpatient settings.

In this role, you can expect to be involved in the following:

• Assist obstetrician-gynecologists in laparoscopic, open and robotic surgeries during weekdays
• Provide perioperative evaluation and management, and patient education, in both the inpatient and outpatient settings
• Conduct comprehensive patient assessments, including history-taking and physical examinations
• Diagnose and manage acute and chronic gynecologic conditions under physician supervision.
• Develop and implement treatment plans, including prescribing medications and ordering diagnostic tests under physician supervision.
• Interpret laboratory and imaging results to guide patient care decisions.
• Collaborate with obstetric-gynecologic physicians, nurses, specialists, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate patient care.
• Participate in daily rounds to discuss patient progress, treatment adjustments, and discharge planning when needed
• Participate in periodic perioperative education for students and learners on the gynecologic rotation.

This position can accommodate both NP and PA candidates. Minimum qualifications are as follows:

+ For NP

• Master's degree required in Nursing
• MA Nursing License
• MA Board authorization to practice as an APRN NRSG

+ For PA

• Master's degree required in Physician Assistant
• MA Physician Assistant license
• ARC-PA, NCCPA

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

• Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the plan of care for a panel of patients. Evaluates individual health care status of patients, including eliciting a patient history, performance of physical examination, ordering of screening and diagnostic tests, risk assessment and interprets this information to establish a diagnosis.
• Develops and implements a plan of care, including treatments, medications and the like within defined guidelines for practice. Provides care to the patient in a manner that incorporates the principles of patient satisfaction and delivery of cost effective care. Participates in the development and evaluation of practice guidelines.
• Monitors the individual's response to therapy and revises the plan, as indicated, with particular attention to education and counseling and encouragement of self-care. Provides ongoing individualized patient orientation to APG/BIDCO. Seeks consultation from the consulting physician and other members of the healthcare team. Makes appropriate referrals as indicated by patient needs.
• Identifies learning needs of patients and staff and collaborates with other leaders to determine priorities for educational programs. Participates in interdisciplinary education programs of the practice and provides clinical precepting for nursing students, nurse practitioner students, medical students and others. Provides leadership that supports APG, BIDHC practice policies and goals.

Required Qualifications

• Master's degree in Nursing required.
• License Nursing License required., and Certificate 1 Basic Life Support required.
• 1-3 years related work experience required.
• Valid prescriptive authority from both the MA DPH-DCP and Federal DEA
• American Heart Association-Basic Life Support Certificate
• Experience with computer systems required, including web based applications and some Microsoft Office applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access.

Preferred Qualifications

Related primary care practice expertise.

Competencies

Written Communications: Ability to summarize and communicate in English moderately complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers.

Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.

Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of concepts, practices and policies with the ability to use them in complex varied situations.

Team Work: Ability to lead collaborative teams for larger projects or groups both internal and external to the Medical Center and across functional areas. Results have implications for the management and operations of multiple areas of the organization.

Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service and staff training to meet customer service standards and expectations for the assigned unit(s). Resolves service issues in the assigned unit(s) in a timely and respectful manner.

Age based Competencies:

Employees in this job must be competent to provide patient care to the following age groups: Neonatal:Birth to 6 months, Youth: 6 months to 16 years, Young adult: 16-30 years, Middle Age: 30 - 60 years, Elderly: 60 -.

Physical Nature of the Job:

Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and or up to 20 pounds of force frequently. Job is physical in nature and employee needs to stand and/or move around through the majority of their shift.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

Pay Range

$79,560.00 USD - $109,948.80 USD

The pay range listed for this position is the annual base salary range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law.