Physician Assistant - Neonatology (27748)

Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) is adding a Physician Assistant - Neonatology to the group at NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem. Harlem Hospital is the largest hospital in Central Harlem and the only Safety Net Hospital in Northern Manhattan. Harlem Hospital is recognized for providing centers of excellence in the areas of Bariatric Surgery, Breast Imaging and Sexual Assault Forensics. Today, Harlem Hospital continues providing outstanding care to all New Yorkers.

The hospital maintains a strong academic affiliation with Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons to maintain its high healthcare delivery standards.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem is a Level III NICU with a 15-bed unit and serves newborns from 22 weeks and onwards. Harlem Hospital's NICU can provide support with bubble CPAP, conventional ventilator and high frequency oscillator, and has availability of multiple pediatric subspecialties including cardiology, surgery, infectious disease, ophthalmology, neurology, gastroenterology, orthopedics, genetics, hematology and endocrinology.

The Mission of NYC Health + Hospitals is to extend equally to all New Yorkers, regardless of the ability to pay, comprehensive health services of the highest quality in an atmosphere of humane care, dignity, and respect. Their Values are built on a foundation of social and racial equity and has established the ICARE standards for all staff.

NYC Health + Hospitals is the nation’s largest municipal health care delivery system in the United States. Dedicated to providing the highest quality health care services to all New Yorkers with compassion, dignity and respect, and regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.

Opportunity Details:

• Provides care to newborn in well baby nursery, and neonatal ICU.
• Provides neonatal consult to mother with high-risk pregnancy in the delivery room.
• Perform therapeutic procedures, including insertion of intravenous lines and central lines (umbilical venous and atrial line, peripheral insertion of central catheter), chest tube insertion, intubation and management of ventilator, lumbar puncture, nasogastric and urinary catheterization.
• Re-evaluates patients' health status at protocol prescribed intervals; prescribes treatment drugs on the basis of standing orders, orders required lab tests, monitors result, discusses with the physicians all abnormal findings and lab results, initiates and/or assist in carrying out physician-prescribed interventions, reports and documents all adverse experiences (toxicities, hospitalizations, etc.) according to established procedure.
• Call model is two persons in-house including an Attending 24/7 on site.
• Neonatal team provides services in NICU and newborn nursery and attend high risk deliveries.
• Neonatal team supervises and trains pediatric residents rotating through NICU and nursery and participate in QI projects and Vermont Oxford network.
• 40 hours per week mostly nights and weekends and will be working alongside Neonatal Attending.
• Night 7:30pm - 8:00am / Weekend is 24 hours 8:00am - 8:00am.