Physician Assistants in Administration have the responsibility of the staffing and overall function of other physician assistants. These physician assistants may have one of the following titles - "Director, Coordinator, or Senior Physician Assistant." Job qualifications may include numerous years of physician assistant practice and a master degree in a related field.

The Physician Assistant in Administration institutes departmental and hospital policies and assures that the staff consistently provides professional and quality patient health care.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Recruit and credential new applicants as needed.
• Orient new employees.
• Oversee the staffing of physician assistants on various services, both medical and surgical.
• Inform and educate staff of any new policies and/or procedures.
• Act as a liaison between the physician assistant staff, physicians, and other health care professionals.
• Perform chart review.
• Investigate and respond to incidents from Quality Management Committees.
• Maintain personnel files.
• Coordinate in-service programs.
• Assist with peri-operative in-patient, and out-patient care as needed.
• Attend various mandatory committee meetings. Administrative PAs may serve as chair of committees.
• Update the Director of Surgery/Medicine and/or Senior Administrator as needed.
• Formulate new policies and procedures as necessary to comply with medical standards, JCAHO, as well as state and governmental laws.
• Keep Policy and Procedure Manuals up to date.
• Act as a hospital representative in dealing with patient or family complaints.
• Assist in the reporting, investigating and follow-up of reportable incidents.
• Formulate budget requirements with the finance department.
• Secure vacation coverage.
• Counsel and/or discipline as needed.
• Work with OR Nursing management to keep the OR booked and on schedule.

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