Physician Assistant Job at Frederiksted Health Care, Inc
Description Summary: Provide clinical care and services to patients in specialty areas as assigned and as qualified to perform. Function as a fully accountable colleague with physicians and clinics through collaborative care agreements.
Essential Functions:
- Provide direct and indirect patient care services, under the supervision of a physician, within the written and approved standardized procedures.
- Perform complete physical examinations, compile thorough medical history, and initiate appropriate diagnostic and screening tests.
- Accurately diagnose common medical problems and initiate treatment or make referral to physician as indicated.
- Facilitate physician's referrals of patients to the appropriate health facilities, agencies, and resources in the community.
- Explain diagnoses and treatments to clients from a culturally diverse population.
- Assess clients in a variety of settings and provide treatment for common medical problems.
- Comprehensive physical assessment; evaluating, diagnosing, and treating new and existing patient's medical conditions.
- Initiating and interpreting labs and x-ray studies including CTs & MRIs.
- Performs medical procedures.
- Prescribes and refers patients for specialized consultation.
- Uses prescriptive authority to write prescription medicines for patients.
- Recognize and evaluate situations that call for a physician's immediate attention and, when necessary, initiate treatment procedures
- Accurately documents findings, notes and results in an Electronic Health Records system.
- Write/Dictate progress notes on patients' charts indicating patient status and treatment procedures performed.
- Conducting follow-up patient care.
- Providing health education to patients and families.
- Supervising and/or coordinating the activities of patient care and support staff within the health care center.
- Teaching and training illness prevention.
- Actively participates in community health education.
- Is among front line medical providers in emergency disaster services.
PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILTIES
Achieve Results
- Effect improvements in patient well-being through accurate and timely diagnosis and delivery of relevant, high quality medical care. Ensure the delivery of competent, accurate, medical care and treatment to all patients as assigned.
- Meet or exceed all measurable standards of care, including overall clinical, quality, and productivity goals.
- Ensure accuracy, efficiency, and appropriate confidentiality with patient charting and related record keeping and administrative functions as assigned.
- Operational Excellence.
- Ensure the delivery of all medical treatment and care is consistent with all regulatory, accreditation, and professional standards, including clinical policies and quality initiatives.
- Understand and ensure all practices and procedures related to the delivery of medical services are consistent with contracted protocols and procedures.
Relationship Management
- Develop and ensure favorable relationships with all patients and their families. Achieve commitments from patients to adhere to an effective plan of care, and ensure all patient services are delivered in a caring and professional manner.
- Develop and ensure ongoing, positive relationships and collaboration with other physicians, nurses, administrative and clinic operations staff. Ensure the success of each clinic operation through collaborative support and working relationships with all clinic operations staff.
Professionalism & Stewardship
- Ensure all actions, job performance, personal conduct and communications represent the organization in a highly professional manner at all times.
- Uphold and ensure compliance and attention to all corporate policies and procedures as well as the overall mission and values of the organization.
- Supports the organization as needed.
Position requirements / Job qualifications
A. Education and Training: Graduation from an accredited college or university Physician Assistant program. Possession of an active Certificate or Letter of Approval to practice as a Physician Assistant issued by the NCCPA.
B. Licensure and Credentials: Valid license to practice medicine as Physician Assistant in the US Virgin Islands. Current CPR (BLS) certification. Current DEA Certificate.
Key Competencies, Skills and Abilities:
- Demonstrate a high level of skill at building relationships and customer service.
- Demonstrate interpersonal savvy and influence skills in managing difficult clients and patients.
- Demonstrate high degree of knowledge and competency in the practice of medicine and associated charting requirements.
- Requisite skills and ability to perform certain medical tasks as assigned
- Demonstrate a high level of problem solving skill to better serve patients and staff.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to utilize computers for data entry and information retrieval.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to implement, and evaluate operational and administrative processes.
Physical/mental demands:
- Occasional lifting of 40 – 50 lbs and pushing of 5-20 lbs
- Sitting, standing and walking approximately 80% of the time
- A medium to high level of manual dexterity required
- Bending and reaching approximately 20% of the time
- Normal accessibility and mobility throughout the region required
- Normal overtime/extended work hours
Work environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
OSHA Blood Borne Pathogen Exposure Classification:
- Category I: Job classification includes ALL employees who have occupational exposure* to blood borne pathogens* (blood or body fluids) while performing their job duties.
- Category II: Job classification includes employees who are likely to have SOME occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens because Category I tasks may occasionally be required.
- Category III: Job Classification includes those employees who perform jobs and tasks where NO CONTACT with blood borne pathogens occurs and Category I and Category II tasks ARE NOT a condition of employment.
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