The Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner assists, monitors, and manages the day-to-day needs of patients as requested by, in conjunction with, and under the supervision of a physician. Performs the duties and responsibilities of a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner according to customary and generally accepted medical standards. Pediatric Hospitalist Physician Assistant position at JFKUMC.
Hackensack Meridian Health is seeking a Full-Time Physician Assistant or NP to join the Pediatric Hospital Physician Group at JFK University Medical Center, located in Edison, New Jersey. The pediatric hospital medicine program provides inpatient care in a 22 bed general pediatric unit. Several medical and surgical subspecialists are available.
- Full-time, employed position
- Work under the supervision of Pediatric Hospitalists in the in-patient setting. Participate in quality improvement projects and departmental committees. Attend division and departmental meetings.
- Admit patients on behalf of the attending physician
- Perform patient histories and physical examinations, evaluate and treat patients in the inpatient-unit
- Write discharge summaries and assist the physician attending in providing adequate handoff to the primary care physician
- Perform basic pediatric procedures: intravenous catheter placement, LP, nasogastric tube placement, bladder catheterization, etc.
- Acute care pediatric inpatient experience preferred
