Physician Assistant - Dept of Surgery - Pediatrics

The Physician Assistant in the Department of Surgery's Pediatric Surgery division functions as an independent healthcare provider who, working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary health team, is responsible for providing comprehensive care to patients on the Pediatric Surgery Service. Demonstrates a high degree of clinical expertise in caring for Pediatric Surgery patients with acute and chronic illnesses commonly encountered within surgery, including pre- and post-operative surgical management and post-operative complications. Responsible for assessment, diagnosis, treatment, management, education, health promotion, care coordination, and admissions for patients and families with acute and chronic Pediatric Surgery health needs. Demonstrates an advanced level of clinical knowledge, communication, interdisciplinary collaboration, professionalism, and systems-based practice. Works within an interdisciplinary team with administration, nursing, physician, and other involved university faculty to assure safe, effective, quality patient care and to promote UI Health Care’s educational and research missions. Provides care within the scope of practice as outlined by state law, licensing, regulations, institutional policy, and practice agreements. May begin practice after credentialing and privileging process has been completed by the University of Iowa Health Care Clinical Staff Office. Active hospital privileges will be required and reviewed on a semi-annual basis to maintain employment within the Department.

Role Expectations:

Patient Care: Practitioners are expected to provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, treatment of disease, and care at the end of life.

• Provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and treatment of disease.
• Develop and implement outpatient treatment plan with multidisciplinary team, including admissions, pre- and post-operative management, and procedures.
• Ability to write admission, history and physical, and postop clinic notes in an accurate and concise method with documentation for appropriate billing.
• Procedures in accordance with privileging process may include, but not limited to, anorectal dilatation, anoscopy, Broviac removal, carbon dioxide/intense pulse light, cecostomy/gastrostomy/jejunostomy tube change, incision and drainage of abscess, and sharp wound debridement.
• Education of patient and family, residents and medical students, nursing staff regarding treatment plan.

Medical/Clinical Knowledge: Practitioners are expected to demonstrate knowledge of established and evolving biomedical, clinical and social sciences, and the application of their knowledge to patient care and the education of others.

• Perform a comprehensive history and physical.
• Evaluate and interpret pertinent lab and imaging studies.
• Possess working knowledge of appropriate pharmacology, antibiotic stewardship, and narcotic prescriptive practices.
• Participate and meet or exceed metrics for OPPE as set forth by UI Health Care Chief Medical Officer and Department of Surgery.

Practice-based Learning and Improvement: Practitioners are expected to demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that enable them to establish and maintain professional relationships with patients, families, and other members of health care teams.

• Participation in Quality Assurance and research endeavors.
• Development and implementation of clinical guidelines.
• Participation in educational and multidisciplinary rounds and conferences.

Interprofessional and Communication Skills: Practitioners are expected to demonstrate skills that enable