Summary
The Syracuse VA Medical Center is seeking an experienced Physician Assistant to work intermittently in the Orthopedics Department.
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Duties and Responsibilities:
The Physician Assistant will work in the Orthopedic Section - Surgery Service, within the Surgery and Diagnostic Care Line at the Syracuse VA Medical Center. Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• OR duties:
  
  • Obtaining the patient's consent and updated history
  • Physical and scrubbing in OR cases as first assist
  • Perform suturing and wound closures
• Non OR duties:
  
  • Perform physician assistant care management - gathering patient histories, and conducting physical examinations, clinical assessment, and care of out-patients per independent licensure
  • Prescribe medications within ...