Physician Assistant – Surgical (Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)

Recruitment/Posting Title Physician Assistant – Surgical (Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery)

Job Category Staff & Executive – Medical (Clinical) – Physician Assistant

Department RHG-RWJ OHNS Clinic

Overview 

New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating universitywide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.

Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.

Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.

Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.

Posting Summary 

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Physician Assistant – Surgical for the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in the Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

The Physician Assistant will participate in a collegial relationship with the physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals. Time will be spent working with facial plastic and reconstructive surgeons in a comprehensive academic reconstructive and cosmetic surgery practice. The physician assistant will collaborate with the physicians and all other providers within the department, see patient independently as requested, assist in procedures and surgery, and provide a high level of customer service.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Demonstrate aptitude, curiosity, and drive to learn new skills and techniques in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery.
• Provide care for all patient populations within a comprehensive academic reconstructive and cosmetic surgery practice, including patients seen in the facial feminization, cleft and craniofacial, and aesthetic/cosmetic facial plastic surgery clinics.
• Coordinate preoperative care of facial plastic surgical patients to ensure patients are ready for surgery. This includes ensuring completion of all needed preoperative or diagnostic tests, forms, and documents.
• Manage perioperative and postoperative care of facial plastic surgical patients as requested by the attending physicians. This may include patient phone calls, answering patient questions, coordination of clinical needs, and responding to inquiries from other members of the team.
• Provide surgical assistance in the operating room as requested by attending MD.
• Hold office hours, independently and with physicians, and perform clinical tasks including progress notes, orders, suture removal, dressing changes, and other care as needed.

Position Status Full Time

Hours Per Week 

Daily Work Shift 

Work Arrangement 

This position requires a fully on-site work arrangement.

FLSA Exempt

Grade 35S

Position Salary 

Annual Minimum Salary 109283.00

Annual Mid Range Salary 132134.00

Annual Maximum Salary 157610.00

Standard Hours 37.50

Union Description HPAE 5094

Payroll Designation PeopleSoft

Benefits 

Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.

Seniority Unit 

Terms of Appointment Staff – 12 month

Position Pension Eligibility ABP

Minimum Education and Experience 

• Graduated from a Physician Assistant Program approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).

Certifications/Licenses 

• New Jersey License from the State Board of Medical Examiners-Physician Advisory Committee.
• In the case of a new graduate, they may be considered under the condition that he/she successfully takes and passes the Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants and the New Jersey License examination from the State Board of Medical Examiners-Physician Assistant Advisory Committee on the first available date following his/her graduation.
• All requirements must be met prior to employment.
• BLS.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Preferred QualificationsPrevious clinical experience in plastic surgery or ENT.

Equipment Utilized 

Physical Demands and Work Environment 

• Physical Demands: Lifting up to 25 lbs, sitting, long periods of standing, bending, walking.
• Work Environment: Hospital setting and Outpatient Physician practice

Special Conditions 

Posting Number 24ST2409

Posting Open Date 

Special Instructions to Applicants 

Regional Campus Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)

Home Location Campus Downtown New Brunswick

City New Brunswick

State NJ

Location Details 

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