Liz Johnston

Experience

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  St. Luke's University Health Network

  Sept 2012 - Jul 2013

  Physician Assistant

  Worked evenings and nights to provide 24-hour coverage on a busy, 24-bed inpatient pediatric unit. Had phone contact with supervising physician, but was sole physician extender on unit. Provided excellent patient care to newborns to teenagers; working closely with the nursing staff and family practice residents.

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  Yale New Haven Children's Hopsital Bridgeport Campus

  Sept 2014 - Sept 2015

  Physician Assistant

  Worked as a member of a PA/NP team providing care to neonates and their families in the newborn intensive care unit under the guidance of the neonatologist. Providing resuscitation support at all caesarean sections and complicated deliveries; performing intubations, CPR, lumbar punctures and umbilical line placement.

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  Northeast Medical Group

  Sept 2015 - Jun 2016

  Physician Assistant

  Served as a PA-C providing psychiatric care to inpatient adult and geriatric psychiatry patients. Provided psychiatric consultations for patients with delirium and substance use disorders in the ED, ICU, labor and delivery, postpartum, palliative care, and medical-surgical units. Served as a Preceptor to University of Bridgeport PA students on their psychiatry rotations. Recipient of a Gold certificate of appreciation for outstanding teamwork, April 2016

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  St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center

  Jan 2017 - Dec 2017

  Physician Assistant

  Served as a PA-C providing psychiatric care to inpatient geriatric psychiatry patients, specializing in the care of patients with dementia, delirium, insomnia, mood disorders, and psychosis. Served as Chief Preceptor to Northeastern University Physician Assistant Students on their psychiatry rotations.

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  Newton-Wellesley Hospital

  Feb 2018 - Jan 2019

  Physician Assistant

  Served as a PA-C and as the clinical team lead, providing outpatient and inpatient consultation to patients with opioid use disorder, alcohol use disorder, and other substance use disorders. Prescribed medication-assisted treatment (e.g. buprenorphine/naloxone, naltrexone IM), provided patients and family members with education around addiction, and coordinated services among ambulatory providers. Recipient of a Partners in Excellence award for teamwork, January 2019

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  New England Community Medical Services

  Mar 2019 - May 2020

  Physician Assistant

  Provided geriatric psychiatry assessments to residents in assisted living facilities. Specializing in prescribing psychotropic medications for the management of behaviors associated with dementia as well as: depression, anxiety, insomnia, adjustment disorder, psychosis, bipolar disorder, OCD etc

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  Vantage Healthcare

  Aug 2020 - now

  Physician Assistant

  PA-C providing psychiatric medication management to patients in assisted living facilities and nursing homes