- Pay: $100,000 – $150,000 per year
- Employment: Part Time
- Location: Unity Hospital (Greece)
- Rochester Regional Health Job ID: REQ_228883
Summary
Join the Department of Surgery at Unity Hospital as a part-time Surgical Hospitalist Physician Assistant in a highly autonomous role providing evening, overnight, and weekend coverage for surgical patients.
This position is ideal for a PA who thrives in a fast-paced hospital environment and enjoys independent clinical decision-making, acute patient management, surgical consults, and bedside procedures. Working alongside attending surgeons, you’ll play an important role in providing continuous, high-quality care to surgical patients during off-hours.
Status: Part-Time
Location: Unity Hospital
Department: Department of Surgery
Schedule: Overnights/Weekends; 12-hour shifts
What Makes This Role Unique?
- Highly autonomous surgical hospitalist position
- Provide direct care and clinical management for hospitalized surgical patients
- Evaluate in-house surgical consults
- Perform a variety of bedside procedures
- Work closely with attending surgeons while exercising independent clinical judgment
- Part-time opportunity with 12-hour shifts
- Excellent opportunity to strengthen acute care, surgical, and procedural skills
- Supportive team environment and training
Responsibilities
- Provide on-site coverage for surgical patients during assigned evening, overnight, and weekend shifts
- Assess and manage patients on the surgical service, escalating significant changes in condition to the attending surgeon as appropriate
- Respond to and evaluate in-house surgical consults
- Perform bedside procedures and treatments, including peripheral IV placement, NG tube insertion, bladder catheterization, wound and dressing care, suture and drain removal, arterial punctures, venipuncture, and other procedures within scope
- Assist with emergency care and cardiopulmonary resuscitation as needed
- Collaborate with attending surgeons and other members of the multidisciplinary care team
- Maintain timely, accurate clinical documentation
Offerings
- Competitive compensation
- Paid malpractice with tail coverage
- Relocation services
- Vacation and CME time
- Comprehensive health benefits
Education
- BS: Physician Assistant (Required)
Licenses/certifications
- PA-C - Certified Physician Assistant - National Committee on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
- RPA - Registered Physician Assistant