Physician Assistant - Allergy, Immunology, Rheumatology

Rochester Regional Health

84d • $100,000 - $150,000

About The Position

The APP will perform medical examinations, selected diagnostic and therapeutic tasks, and other special procedures to assist in the delivery of medical services to patients. Job duties include seeing acute and follow up visits for both allergy and rheumatology, managing labs/medication refills, covering for allergy injections and in office infusions, as well as providing patient education.

Requirements

• BS: Physician Assistant (Required)
• PA-C - Certified Physician Assistant - National Committee on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
• RPA - Registered Physician Assistant - New York State Education Department (NYSED)

Nice To Haves

• Compassionate, warm and patient focused
• Strong customer service and communication skills
• Ability to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action
• Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision
• Exceptional documentation skills and professional behavior

Responsibilities

• Take complex medical histories on patients referred for consultation by academic and community physicians.
• Perform physical examinations.
• Order laboratory tests, x-rays, special imaging studies and other diagnostic procedures.
• Reach tentative diagnosis of medical, surgical and other conditions.
• Develop treatment plans in conjunction with attending physician to provide optimal patient medical management.
• Order consultations and interact with members of other specialty medical teams.
• Assist in the collection of data for research projects.
• Interact on a frequent, regular and daily basis with patients, family members, medical/social/public services support, regulatory agencies and/or payor agencies.
• Prescribe medication, write orders, perform procedures and respond to emergency and/or immediate condition changes of acute patients.
• Obtain complete, detailed and accurate patient histories, review patient records, perform physical exams, record all pertinent data to develop comprehensive medical status, diagnosis and clinical treatment plan for all assigned patients.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees