Job Summary:

To provide direct care to surgical patients under the supervision of a physician/surgeon.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Assist Surgeon during surgical procedure by carrying out surgical functions as directed by the surgeon in order to ensure optimal results to the patient.

  Basic Qualifications:

  Experience

• N/A

  Education

• Graduation from an accredited PA program.

• Bachelors degree required.

• High School Diploma OR General Education Development (GED) required.

  License, Certification, Registration

• Physician Assistant Certificate (Maryland)

• Drug Enforcement Administration Registration

• National Provider Identifier

• Basic Life Support

• Physician Assistant National Certificate

  Additional Requirements:

• Written delegation agreement with supervising physician on file with Kaiser Permanente Physician Professional Quality Assurance Office (PPQA) and the appropriate state Board of Medicine.

• This is a physically and emotionally demanding job requiring significant commitment to learning new skills as well as prolonged standing (up to six (6) hours at an operation table).

• The practitioner will be assigned to a specific location every day depending on surgical cases (ie. at hospitals and ASC) and clinic need which will be determined by the Area Service Chief.

• Location assignments will be made monthly whenever possible, according to access needs; assignment sites may be changed on short notice.

  Preferred Qualifications:

• Two (2) years of assisting in surgical specialty experience is preferred; experience preferred in specialty to which assigned.

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: Physician Assistant, Orthopedic Surgery

LOCATION: Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland

REQNUMBER: 1308533

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.