Date = 5-6-08
State = OH
Job Title = Surgical Physician Assistant
Specialty = General Surgery
Years Experience = 21.8 years
States Licensed = OH, NC is pending
Certified = NCCPA
Why interested in New Job = husband retiring, daughter in NC, need increase in salary, but less long hours [currently do 48-50 in 4 days]
Geographic Areas = North Carolina - eastern best
Relocation = YES
Current Salary = $32/hour salaried -new increase- occasional bonus [ last year $66,600 with bonus]
Desired Salary = $85,000 and up
When: = July - but NC license probably won't be ready till end of July or August

Strengths = Think out-of-the-box.  Like patient contact and have good people skills and bedside manner.  Love suturing, challenges in wound care, 

skin grafting - allo, auto, full or split-thickness - have developed sutureless techniques for our split thickness grafts.  Do cryo for our office.  

Handle complicated debridements and wounds all the time.  Enjoy suturing challenges.

Special Skills = ACLS, Plastic surgery techniques for breast repairs, complicated Negative Pressure systems for wounds, Paracentesis, 

Central Lines, Chest Tubes, Laparoscopic surgery, Hydrofera Blue, Oasis, Apligraft experience. 

Phone Interview = Any evening late or weekends or Monday anytime.
In-Person Interview = depends on day of interview - out of state - 1-2 weeks or weekend if can be arranged