Job Type
Full-time
Description
Physician Assistant (PA) - Advanced Practice Provider
Position Summary: The Physician Assistant will work closely with supervising Physician to manage several separate onsite employer clinics and rural health clinics and care for patients. It will consist of a combination of virtual and in-person medical care. The key objective is to develop positive relationships with key stakeholders and patients by creating value through onsite protocol driven care, health coaching, disease management, preventative screening and education. The PA will also help with urgent and emergent matters. The Physician Assistant will work closely with supervising physician and help provide care. The Physician Assistant must also communicate with the management and design protocols to ensure the health and safety of its employees. The Physician Assistant will also help acquire data to determine population health management and identify areas for improvement in care and prevention. The PA will also help coordinate care, develop and implement screening protocols
Duties & Responsibilities - Primary Care Advanced Practice Provider: - Promote and maintain patient health by providing medical services under the supervision of a physician.
- Contribute to a physician's efficiency by identifying short-term and long-range patient care issues.
- Recommend options and courses of action for patient care.
- Implement physician directives.
- Assess patient health by interviewing patients and performing physical examinations including obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories.
- Determine abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests, such as X-rays and laboratory studies and interpreting test results.
- Document patient care services by charting patient and department records.
- Perform therapeutic procedures by administering injections and immunizations, suturing, and managing wounds and infections.
- Instruct and counsel patients by providing normal growth and development information and providing counseling on emotional problems of daily living.
- Provide a community of care by developing and implementing patient-management plans.
- Maintain a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols. Comply with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipating future legislation; and enforcing adherence to requirements and advising management on needed actions.
- Collaborate in the development and evaluation of patient care. Update clinical guidelines/protocols/pathways; work autonomously and accept accountability for outcomes; sign orders in accordance with institution and state board requirements; collaborate in research and teaching projects and apply research to practice.
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
- Develop health care team staff by providing information, educational opportunities, and experimental growth opportunities.
- Utilize telemedicine interface to complete virtual visits.
- Ability to float and round to multiple facilities.
- Take call by phone, rotating schedule, one week on, every 3-4 weeks. No after hours onsite requirements while on call.
Requirements
Education/Experience: - Current licensure as a Physician Assistant (PA)
- Maintenance of licensure and certification required
- Active Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Minimum 2 years of primary care, family medicine, internal medicine, urgent care, or comparable outpatient experience preferred/required.
- Current DEA registration or ability to obtain it, if required for the position.
- Bilingual Spanish/English preferred
- Willingness to get licensure to practice in other states
Schedule/Shift/Location: Medical Specialties: Skills and Qualifications: - Health promotion and maintenance
- Thoroughness
- Clinical skills
- Informing others
- Excellent communication skills
- Medical teamwork
- Physiological knowledge
- Bedside manner
- Infection control
Benefits & Perks: - Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- 2 weeks of paid time off (PTO)
- Paid company holidays
- Up to $1,000 annually for Continuing Medical Education (CME)
- 3 paid CME days annually
- On-Demand Pay - access to earned wages before payday
Salary Description
$120,000 to $140,000/year
