Physician Assistant

Job Responsibilities

• Perform preoperative assessments and support patient optimization.
• Participate in postoperative management, follow-up, and care coordination.
• Assist with consultative support and continuity of care planning.
• Provide patient and family education related to procedures and recovery.
• Order, review, and interpret diagnostic tests, treatments, and medications within scope.

• Support operating room throughput and patient flow optimization.

• Assist with urgent and emergent add-on coordination.

• Collaborate with surgeons, anesthesia, nursing, PAT, sterile processing, and scheduling teams to remove barriers to efficient case progression.

• Assist in day-of-surgery issue escalation and operational problem solving.

• Perform first assist duties consistent with privileges and regulatory requirements.

• Provide intraoperative assistance, tissue handling, retraction, suturing, wound closure, and related support.

• Assist with development and standardization of clinical pathways and perioperative protocol

• Complete timely, accurate clinical documentation in the electronic health record.

Education Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program.

Experience Requirements

• Surgical services or perioperative experience preferred.
• First assist experience preferred.
• Experience supporting operative services operations, throughput, or quality initiatives preferred.

 License/Certification Requirements

• Current Physician Assistant-Certified (PA-C) credential
• Controlled Substances Registration license in the state of Indiana
• Basic Life Safety (American Heart Association)
• ACLS (American Heart Association)