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Start the day excited to make a difference...end the day knowing you did. Come join our team.
Job Summary:
Assists the supervising surgeon in the care and management of patients, and performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures under the supervision of the surgeon. The Physician Assistant works closely and assists the surgeon in providing quality, efficient and continuous and cost-effective care during the patient's hospitalization.
Previous OR experience required
General Thoracic Surgery
No cardiac surgery Assisting
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
- In collaboration with physician, demonstrates ability to consul patients and family members about diagnosis, testing, surgery and risk of procedures.
- Performs comprehensive health assessments for the purpose of diagnosing and treating individuals.
- Formulates appropriate differential diagnosis, develop treatment plan to include appropriate diagnostics; identifies non-pharmacological interventions, appropriate pharmacological agents and education. The plan is based on mutually established priorities to maximize the heath potential of the patient.
- Provides relevant patient and family education; makes appropriate referrals to other professional and community agencies.
- Orders and provides preliminary interpretation of diagnostic studies.
- Prescribes non-pharmacological therapies and pharmacological agents within the defined scope of service and according to guidelines established by the supervising physician.
- Demonstrates the ability to use effective organizational/prioritization problem-solving and decision-making abilities in practice.
- Provides emergency treatments and initiates emergency life saving measures per ACLS guidelines.
- Meets all the requirements of the practice agreement with the supervising physician under the regulations and requirements of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Delineation of Privileges:
- Obtain, record and dictate medical histories
- Perform, record and dictate physical examinations
- Make daily rounds, record progress notes, write routine comfort and diet orders, order laboratory tests and non-invasive examinations, write approved routine orders, and change dressings
- Prepare patients for discharge from the hospital
- Dictate discharge and transfer summaries
- Evaluate patients who require a surgical consult
Clinical procedures:
- Apply and change dressings
- Remove sutures and staples
- Perform venipunctures
- Insert IV needles and catheters
- Catheterize urinary bladder
- Pass nasogastric tubes
- Place and remove chest tubes and monitoring lines
- Irrigate chest tubes and catheters
- Remove intra-aortic balloon pump
- Debride, irrigate and pack surgical wounds
- Remove drainage catheters
Communication:
- Educate patient/family regarding disease, procedures, medication, nutrition, healthcare, and post-discharge care
- Dictate letters to physicians, patients
- Act as liaison between patients and physicians
- Act as liaison between nursing and physicians
- Request consults from health agencies and act as liaison
- Make and receive phone calls to/from patients, physicians and nurses for information, advise, triage
Other
- Maintain statistics
- Complete insurance forms and home health forms
- Maintain written material; teach devices and special equipment for use of personnel and patients.
Qualifications:
- Virginia Physician Assistant license and NCCPA certification required.
- AHA BLS Provider CPR required at hire
- Minimum of 2 years of experience providing surgical first assist support required.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience providing operative support to cardiac, vascular or thoracic service required.
As an EOE/AA employer, the organization will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.
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Mary Washington Healthcare
Sep 11, 2025