Physician Assistant - Orthopedic Surgery
Kaiser Permanente
Lutherville-Timonium, MD
5x8 hrs, Days

To provide direct care to surgical patients under the supervision of a physician/surgeon.

• Assist Surgeon during surgical procedure by carrying out surgical functions as directed by the surgeon in order to ensure optimal results to the patient. 

• N/A

• Graduation from an accredited PA program.
• Bachelors degree required.
• High School Diploma OR General Education Development (GED) required.

• Physician Assistant Certificate (Maryland)
  

• Drug Enforcement Administration Registration
  

• National Provider Identifier
  

• Basic Life Support
  

• Physician Assistant National Certificate
  

• Written delegation agreement with supervising physician on file with Kaiser Permanente Physician Professional Quality Assurance Office (PPQA) and the appropriate state Board of Medicine.
• This is a physically and emotionally demanding job requiring significant commitment to learning new skills as well as prolonged standing (up to six (6) hours at an operation table).
• The practitioner will be assigned to a specific location every day depending on surgical cases (ie. at hospitals and ASC) and clinic need which will be determined by the Area Service Chief.
• Location assignments will be made monthly whenever possible, according to access needs; assignment sites may be changed on short notice.

• Two (2) years of assisting in surgical specialty experience is preferred; experience preferred in specialty to which assigned.