Physicians Assistant - Mount Sinai Brooklyn - Intensive Care Unit - Full-Time Days

Job Description

Responsible for patient care with supervising physician, and in collaboration with associated medical teams and staffing. Performs a broad spectrum of care regarding critical thinking, diagnosis, ordering of medications and diagnostics, and performance of corrective, preventive and therapeutic measures in the inpatient, surgical, and/or outpatient setting. Assumes medical staff privileging under the scope of practice of a delegated physician determined by Mount Sinai Health System, and the department of hire.

Responsibilities Roles & Responsibilities: Multi-disciplinary bedside rounds on each patient with the intensivist, nurse manager, bed-side nurse for each patient, clinical pharmacist, respiratory therapist, and nutritionist to determine a daily treatment plan or goal for each patient on the critical care service.Works in an interdisciplinary and collaborative fashion with sub-specialists, nurse manager, nurses, respiratory therapists, and ancillary staffEvaluates consults for critically ill patients in the ER and medical-surgical inpatient units for admission to the ICUFacilitating care and management of patients admitted to the ICU and step-down units.Manages ICU admissions or alternate level of care decisions with the intensivist, managing and coordinating admitted patients care in a multi-disciplinary way including primary physicians, surgeons and cardiologistsDiscussing daily treatment plans/goals and other pertinent issues with family members of critically ill patients as a facilitator of information on behalf of the critical care attending when unavailable.Performing emergent procedures when necessary and planned procedures as determined by the intensivist.Participates in the Rapid response team (RRT)Participates in the Central venous access service - must have skills to place triple lumen and large bore shileys catheters - ability to place midlines or PICCs is preferredCommunicates with the on-call intensivist of any progress, acute change(s) or challenges encountered in a patient's clinical status.Is complaint with our quality of care standards provided to patients admitted to the ICU and ensures the ICU complies with established performance standards with focus on the prevention of ICU acquired infections, sedation protocols and breathing trials, and advanced ventilator managementWorks closely with the palliative care and hospice team to promote compassionate end of life careIs compliant with our quality of care standards provided to patients admitted to the ICU and ensures the ICU complies with established performance standards with focus on the prevention of ICU acquired infections, sedation protocols and breathing trials, and advanced ventilator managementWorks closely with the palliative care and hospice team to promote compassionate end of life care Qualifications Requirements: Masters, Graduate of an ARC-PA Accredited Physician Assistant Program, minimum 1 year critical care experience preferredMust have current New York State Physician Assistant registration, license and NCCPA certification, maintaining required hours of C.M.E. Also requires current ACLS, BCLS certification.All credentialing documents not limited to but including NYS PA license and registration, Diploma, current PA certification, ACLS, BLS, DEA, etcExcellent communication and organizational skills are a must.A strong work ethic and desire to participate in a team-oriented, performance-driven department.Professionalism, sensitivity, fairness, exemplary patient centered focus and superior work ethic.

Collective bargaining unit: SEIU 1199-MSBI.MSB-PA

SEIU 1199 at MS Beth Israel, MS Downtown, MS Brooklyn for Physician Assistants, ACW - Nursing Intensive Care Unit - BKL, Mount Sinai Brooklyn

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Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time - discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients' medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report's "Best Children's Hospitals" ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country's best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek's "The World's Best Smart Hospitals" ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

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