Job Description
Physician Assistant - Neurology - Full time
Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together
Work location: Texas Health Denton - 3000 I35, Denton, Texas 76201
Work hours: Monday through Friday from 8:00am -5:00PM
Department highlights:
- Expanding Advanced Neurosurgical Care for the Denton Community - Texas Health Denton is proud to continue growing its Neuro-Spine service line, expanding access to specialized spine and neurosurgical care close to home for patients throughout the Denton community.
- Collaboration with Highly Experienced Neuro-Spine Surgeons - Our program will partner with five experienced Neuro-Spine surgeons, bringing advanced clinical expertise, innovative treatment options, and a commitment to delivering exceptional patient outcomes.
- Culture of Innovation and Continuous Improvement - As a growing service line, we embrace new ideas, best practices, and collaborative approaches. We encourage team members to contribute innovative solutions that enhance patient care, operational excellence, and the overall patient experience.
Qualifications
- Graduate of an AMA accredited Physician Assistant program required
- 3 years PA experience preferred
- Neuro/Spine experience preferred
- Texas PA license upon hire required and
- ACLS within 90 days of hire required
- BCLS - prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly required and
- Must be credentialed by Medical Staff Services upon hire required and
- NCCPA upon hire preferred
What You Will Do
• Performs H&Ps and writes delegated physician orders including medications, addresses elements of core measures, plans for procedures and discharge.
• Actively participates with the multidisciplinary team to facilitate communication and planning; rounds on patients; communicates effectively with delegating physicians, physician consultants and other members of the care team.
• Documents actions, assessments, progress notes and plans in the EHR utilizing approved protocols, order sets and navigators as appropriate; addresses medication reconciliation.
• Contributes to positive patient experience through effective patient communication and focus on coordination and communication with the multidisciplianry care team; works with varied Patient Experience Teams providing feedback and ideas.
• Meets/performs regulatory requirements, NPSGs, clinical and other KPls, safety standards; analyzes performance; demonstrates fiscally sound decisions.
• Performs clinical procedures authorized by the physician within scope of training and medical staff bylaws, rules and regulations.
Additional perks of being a Physician Assistant
• Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Program as well as several other benefits.
• At Texas Health, our people make this a great place to work every day. Our inclusive, supportive, people-first, excellence-driven culture make Texas Health a great place to work.
• A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.
We invite you to join us in furthering your career through our accomplishments and philosophy of excellence.
Learn more about our culture, benefits, and recent awards.
Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.
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Texas Health Hospital Rockwall is proud to serve the growing areas of Rockwall County, Kaufman County, Hunt County, eastern Dallas County, southern Collin County and outlying areas. Our commitment is to provide not only safe, high quality care but to combine that with compassion, understanding and personal attention. This commitment has garnered us many local and national awards, including recognition as a CMS 5 Star hospital awarded to just 10% of those hospital surveyed nationally!
Located on 33 acres in Rockwall just south of interstate 30, Texas Health Rockwall offers 60 inpatient beds for acute medical and surgical needs. The hospital continues to grow and visiting campus today you will find a Women's Imaging and Breast Center, a bariatric clinic, an ambulatory surgery center and a variety of physician practices all dedicated to our evolving community health needs. You will see that our long awaited expansion is well underway! This expansion, focused on a healthy future in this high growth area of North Texas, will double the size of our hospital adding more patient beds, a Level 2 NICU, Cardiac Cath Lab and expanding other departments including Labor & Delivery, OR and the emergency room.
What makes us different? Simply put, it is how we approach caring for you. From the focus on safety to the personal attention we provide, our patients should feel right at home at Texas Health Rockwall. As Cindy Perrin, hospital president says, "The difference is found in the heart of our facility – our staff and physicians - and in the way we love, respect and care about our community and each other. We treat our hospital like our home, treat each other like family, and treat our patients like neighbors. It's just who we are!
Texas Health Hospital Rockwall is a joint venture owned by Texas Health Resources and physicians dedicated to the community and meets the definition under federal law of physician-owned hospital.
