The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation Medicine at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Physician Assistant. The successful candidate will: • Support the outpatient clinic operations for Joint Reconstruction Service physicians in a reliable, timely, and efficient manner. • Institute in-house transfer and discharge orders, as well as consult requests. • Attend weekly grand rounds and case presentations to build knowledge base. • Appropriately position patients in the operating room for surgery. • Assist residents on the service and in the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery with processing paperwork and patient logistics. • Compose clear, succinct, thorough, and appropriate clinic notes, utilizing templates where possible to improve efficiency. • Arrive on time to clinic and stay until all necessary and reasonable tasks have been completed. • Follow and anticipate attending physician instructions and expectations in the operating room, especially for common procedures. • Continually seek to increase knowledge and understanding of the Orthopaedic joint reconstruction sub-specialty. • Perform daily rounds on post-operative inpatients for the service and other inpatients for the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery as needed, and arrange consults when appropriate. • Use macro templates in HealthBridge and Athena EHR systems. • Create progress and discharge notes, where appropriate, for each p!3tient seen. • Utilize knowledge of human anatomy and physiology to close wounds and appropriate structures in the operating room (OR). • Effectively close wounds and place instrumentation in the OR. • Perform other tasks for the department and practice as needed. • Adhere to the hospital and medical group policies and procedures. • Model the WE CARE values of the institution. See attached. Required Qualifications • Bachelor's Degree from accredited Physician Assistant Program. • New York State Physician Assistant License. • 3+ years of Orthopaedic experience in primary medical care setting or 2-years in an Orthopaedic clinic.