General Physician Assistant-ELM-21004-003
Mount Sinai Health System
**Job Description**
Elmhurst Hospital Center is seeking a highly motivated and skilled Physician Assistant (PA) to join our Interventional Radiology and Radiology team for the overnight shift. The PA will serve as a clinical coordinator for all radiology and interventional radiology patients presenting from the Emergency Department (ED) and inpatient services. Responsibilities include prioritizing patient care based on clinical urgency, first-assisting in emergent IR procedures, managing the IR consult line, obtaining procedural consents, performing patient assessments, and supporting radiology-based patient care activities throughout the night.
**Qualifications**
+ Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program with a Master’s Degree.
+ Current Physician Assistant license in New York State.
+ Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
+ Current BLS and ACLS certifications required.
+ Prior experience in interventional radiology, emergency medicine, surgery, critical care, or a similar high-acuity specialty preferred, but not required. Strong clinical assessment and critical thinking skills.
+ Excellent communication and organizational skills
+ Familiarity with common IR procedures (e.g., drain placements, line placements, embolizations, image-guided interventions).
+ Experience with procedural consent discussions.
+ Comfort with managing critically ill patients in a procedural environment.
+ Proficiency with EMR systems (e.g., Epic).
+ Intermediate level of MS Office Suite experience required.
**Responsibilities**
• Triage and prioritize radiology and interventional radiology patients from the ED and inpatient floors based on clinical urgency.
• Act as first assist in all emergent on-call interventional radiology procedures.
• Serve as the first point of contact for answering and triaging calls on the IR consult line.
• Perform clinical assessments, formulate differential diagnoses, and develop treatment plans for radiology and IR patients.
• Obtain informed consents for interventional radiology procedures, ensuring patients (or their surrogates) fully understand the procedure, risks, and benefits.
• Round on radiology and IR patients throughout the hospital, providing ongoing care and addressing any urgent issues overnight.
• Communicate and coordinate effectively with the on-call IR attendings, radiologists, ED physicians, radiology staff (including administrators, technologists, and nurses), hospitalists, and other consulting services.
• Assist in documentation, including history and physicals (H&Ps), progress notes, procedural notes, and discharge planning.
• Ensure smooth and efficient patient throughput to and from the Radiology department during overnight hours.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and departmental meetings as required.
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**About the Mount Sinai Health System:**
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes more than 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics, top 5 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, and top 20 in Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 11 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.
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The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer, complying with all applicable federal civil rights laws. We do not discriminate, exclude, or treat individuals differently based on race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are deeply committed to fostering an environment where all faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve feel respected and supported. Our goal is to create a healthcare and learning institution that actively works to remove barriers, address challenges, and promote fairness in all aspects of our organization.
**Compensation Statement**
Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $68.5182 - $91.3576 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.
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