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Albany Medical Center Supervisor, Physician Assistant - Cardiothoracic Surgery Division in Albany, New York
Department/Unit:
Surgery Administration
Work Shift:
Day (United States of America)
Salary range: $120,000 - $150,000
Supervisor, Physicians Assistant
Surgery Department - Division of Cardiothoracic
The Surgical Physician’s Assistant delivers professional, direct patient care, including problem evaluation and management under the direction of a supervising surgeon within the Department.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Recruitment, hiring, orientation of APPs Assessing competency of APPs Create and maintain schedule; approve time in Kronos Assist in operative cases
Manage initial, follow-up and post-op patients in the practice location Perform inpatient rounding, including seeing initial consultations and daily follow-up visits in the hospital setting
Maintains outpatient and inpatient medical records of all patients seen
Maintains regular communications with referring physicians to assure smooth transition of patients back to their primary care
Education, Licensure, and Certification Required:
The position requires successful completion of an Accredited Physician Assistant program, national certification through NCCPA and registration within New York State.
This position description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Employees will be required to perform any other job-related instructions given by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodations.
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Albany Medical is an equal opportunity employer.
This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Medical Center, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that:
Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Center policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.
Albany Med is the centerpiece of medicine, research, and medical education in New York’s CapitalRegion and is the area's largest private employer with more than 10,000 employees.
Albany Med offers excellent career opportunities in a wide range of roles in both patient care andadministration. We value all our staff members and offer outstanding employee benefits including:
Excellent health care coverage (http://albanymedcareers.com/benefits/employee-health-%20benefits/) with lower copays at most Albany Med providers.
A wide array of services and programs to support emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing (http://albanymedcareers.com/benefits/employee-advantages/)
Anchored in the state’s historic capital city, Albany Med offers a full range outpatient and inpatient careand is home to the region’s largest hospital, only Level 1 trauma center, and only children’s hospital. Thedowntown campus also offers opportunities at Albany Medical College.
Albany Med partners with Columbia Memorial Health, Saratoga Hospital and Glens Falls Hospital to form the Albany Med Health System, serving more than three million people over 25 counties.