Physician Assistant

The Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine is seeking a Physician Assistant work with attending physicians, residents, nurses, respiratory therapists, and others to provide patient care in various intensive care units, including surgical, burn, and neuro.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities 

•   Works independently with supervision and medical direction by Critical Care Attending Physicians.
• Coordinates patient care provided by a multi-disciplinary team of specialty care practitioners.
• Obtains medical histories and perform physical examinations.
• Orders and interprets laboratory tests, X-rays, and other diagnostic studies.
• Interprets information from invasive and non-invasive monitors.
• Initiates or modifies routine, complex, and emergent medication regimens and therapies.
• Performs emergent, urgent, and routine procedures, if credentialed to do so.

• Assumes responsibility and accountability for organizing time and workload to meet patient, staff, and departmental needs.
• Serves as an educational and clinical resource to nursing and multi-disciplinary staff as well as to patients and their families.
• Provides leadership, guidance, and teaching to the junior NP/PA staff, PA and medical students, as well as residents rotating in the units.   
• Assists NP/PA manager with formulation of PA policies within the ACCM department and other administrative matters.
• Serves as a sub-investigator for clinical trials.

Additional

• Applicants must have advanced clinical skills and have demonstrated the ability to apply theoretical concepts as part of a multi-disciplinary health care team providing care to patients and their families.
• Applicants must have the ability to diagnose patients and to implement a medical care plan for the long and short-term care of acute and chronic health conditions in the intensive care unit.

Position Requires the Ability to

• Apply critical-thinking and problem-solving skills to function effectively and adapt to a dynamic and often changing work environment.
• Apply evidence-based decision-making when assessing and treating patients.
• Communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Collaborate with other services, other units, and other departments.
• Function with minimal supervision within the scope of their practice as part of the critical care team
• Teach and mentor junior staff and rotating house-staff.

• Bachelor's Degree; Certification by the NCCPA or similar national certifying body; Completion of a CAAHEP certified Physician Assistant program. Must be licensed as PA in State of Maryland or other state where practicing.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond HS Diploma/Graduation Equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Classified Title: Physician Assistant 
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MG  
Starting Salary Range: $106,000 - $152,900 Annually ($120,000 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Varies 
FLSA Status: Exempt 
Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview  
Department name: SOM Ane Bay Bayview ICU   
Personnel area: School of Medicine