Physician Assistant PA C

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for a Physician Assistant (PA) to join our private practice.

Physician Assistant (PA) Job Responsibilities:

• Promotes and maintains patient health by providing medical services under the supervision of a physician.
• Contributes to a physician’s efficiency by identifying short-term and long-range patient care issues.
• Recommends options and courses of action for patient care.
• Implements physician directives.
• Assesses patient health by interviewing patients and performing physical examination including obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories.
• Determines abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests, such as X-rays and laboratory studies and interpreting test results.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Performs therapeutic procedures by administering injections and immunizations, suturing, and managing wounds and infections.
• Instructs and counsels patients by providing normal growth and development information and providing counseling on emotional problems of daily living.
• Provides community of care by developing and implementing patient-management plans.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols. Complies 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.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
• Develops health care team staff by providing information, educational opportunities, and experimental growth opportunities.

Physician Assistant (PA) Qualifications/Skills:

• Excellent communication skills
• Health promotion and maintenance
• Thoroughness
• Clinical skills
• Informing others
• Medical teamwork
• Physiological knowledge
• Bedside manner
• Infection control
• Self-development
• Clinical skills

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Graduate from an ARC-PA accredited physician assistant program
• State license
• BLS certification
• National Provider Identifier (NPI)

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Health insurance reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Relocation assistance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Holidays
• On call
• Overtime
• Weekends as needed

License/Certification:

• PA-C (Required)

Work Location: Multiple locations