Emergency Medicine Postgraduate Physician Assistant Program at Hennepin Healthcare

Hennepin Healthcare has opportunities available for Physician Assistants to obtain additional education in our Emergency Medicine Postgraduate Training Program.  These PA’s will evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients with diseases and adverse health conditions following the written guidelines approved by the department according to the specialty. 

This is an intensive, 13-month program providing didactic and clinical training in emergency medicine to prepare the graduate to start a career with the skills they need to be a competent emergency medicine physician assistant. In the ED, Postgraduate PA's will practice alongside established APP's and physician residents under the supervision of our emergency medicine faculty physicians. They will participate in off-service rotations to gain specialty experience pertinent to emergency medicine where they will practice under the supervision of APP's, physician residents, and faculty physicians. They will participate in monthly hands-on skills sessions in the simulation center as well as simulation case scenarios. By the end of the program, they will have also obtained the following certifications: ACLS, PALS, and ATLS.

After completing the 13-month program, trainees will receive a certificate of completion and may work at Hennepin Healthcare, if an opening exists at the time.

These positions will be benefits-eligible with the same salary and benefits as a PGY-1 physician resident.

Applicants must apply for this position here - and also complete the supplemental application requirements listed on the website (https://www.hennepinhealthcare.org/medical-education-training/emergency-medicine-postgraduate-physician-assistant-program/ ). These application requirements must be received  by the program by 9/15 for an applicant to be considered. 

Schedule will include:

• Weekly didactic experiences
• Rotating shifts spanning 24 hours per day, 7 days per week in the Emergency Department
• Rotating shifts spanning 24 hours per day, 7 days per week in other departments and clinics while on off-service rotations
• On-call and back-up shifts

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide direct primary and acute care services to adult and pediatric patients as part of the care team in the Emergency Department
• Perform initial and ongoing assessment of patients' medical, physical and psychosocial status while in the Emergency Department
• Obtain and evaluate health and medical history; perform physical exams, identify medical and psychosocial health risk
• Complete accurate and timely documentation of observations, interventions, plan of care, referrals and follow-up
• Formulate appropriate differential diagnoses based on history and physical examination
• Identify needs of the individual, family or community and develop a plan of care and/or education plan
• Order, conduct, and interpret diagnostic tests to include point of care ultrasound, therapeutic treatments, and procedures; may prescribe, administer and dispense therapeutic devices, durable medical equipment, and medications
• Make appropriate referrals to other health professionals and community agencies
• Contribute to ongoing medical and nursing teaching programs

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree from an ARC-PA accredited physician assistant (PA) program 

License/Certifications

• Valid license to practice as a Physician Assistant in the State of Minnesota
• National PA certification issued by the NCCPA
• DEA certification