Internship Circumcision Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Physician Assistant-Pediatric Surgery Job CategoryProfessional ScheduleFull time Shift1 - Day Shift

TMCOne along with Arizona Pediatric Surgery are currently recruiting for a physician assistant to provide excellent care to the children of Tucson and Southern Arizona. This is a clinic and hospital based role where the hours will vary. This role would be to support the surgical portion of the practice as opposed to the urology side. 

Monday-Friday, 4 days in the hospital, 1 clinic day.

6 days of call per month that can be taken from home!

A qualified candidate will also perform the following: -obtain patient history and perform physical exam  -evaluate new patients with operative and non-operative pediatric surgery concerns (drain abscesses, remove stitches, remove drains, train patients on gastrostomy tube care, train patients on stoma care, etc.) -manage follow up patients who have non-operative pediatric surgery conditions (example: pectus carinatum) -train in neonatal circumcision and perform/manage those patients -assist in pre and post op care for pediatric surgery patients   MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION:  Completion of an approved physician assistant program, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

EXPERIENCE:  Internship and two (2) years’ experience strongly preferred, but not required. 

LICENSURE OR CERTIFICATION: A current Physician’s Assistant license in state of Arizona and Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and DEA certifications required. Dept Specific: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: 

• Knowledge of physician assistant regulations and practices along with prescribing regulations
• Skill in applying medical care.
• Skill discharge planning or chronic care planning.
• Ability to apply use of Code via CPT and ICD-10.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to inquiries or complaints from employees, patients and/or their representatives, and the general public.
• Ability to calculate figures and compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.