Physician Assistant - Heart & Vascular Center, Surgery

Lexington Medical Center-posted 2 months ago
Full-time • Entry Level
SC
5,001-10,000 employees
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Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer. Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship. The position involves assessing the physical and psychosocial status of patients, developing and implementing treatment plans, and providing a wide spectrum of direct health care services to patients of all ages under the supervision of a licensed physician.

  • Responsive to all patients and office staff requests and needs.
  • Documents all situations, both internally and externally, that may arise out of the ordinary or are necessary to maintain accurate patient charts/records.
  • Helps maintain the work area in a neat and orderly fashion.
  • Responsible for keeping supplies necessary to perform the job duties.
  • Provides diagnosis and treatment of common acute illnesses; prevention and maintenance health care to patients with stable chronic illnesses.
  • Performs interim physical examinations for healthy patients within prescribed guidelines.
  • Elicits appropriate present and past medical history and review of systems.
  • Performs appropriate physical examination and orders appropriate diagnostic studies.
  • Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings in history and physical.
  • Establishes appropriate differential diagnosis.
  • Assesses stability of chronic illness and compliance with present therapy; monitors for complications of disease or therapy.
  • Establishes appropriate treatment plan.
  • Assesses need for hospitalization or physician intervention.
  • Determines timing for follow-up and orders appropriate referrals.
  • Counsels regarding health maintenance and disease prevention, and provides anticipatory guidance as appropriate.
  • Provides health education to patients about ways to improve, promote, and maintain their health status.
  • Indicates, designs, and completes educational programs for patients, families, and targeted audiences.
  • Maintains accurate records, medication lists, and documentation of care and follow-up for administrative purposes and reimbursement of services.
  • Adheres to agreed-upon format/protocol for documentation or records.
  • Maintains appropriate level of documentation to promote/support level of complexity when compared against/to service fee charges.
  • Reviews and updates problem list at least on annual visit/episodic visit by patient and initiates problem and medication lists on new patients seen.
  • Documents telephone calls with patients and specialists.
  • Documents visit in concise, clear, logical, and legible manner.
  • Participates in a variety of educational activities in order to maintain and increase competency.
  • Maintains licensure/certification.
  • Master's Degree from an accredited college or university.
  • Approved South Carolina state licensing through a local medical licensing office and/or board of Medical Examiners.
  • Successful completion of a course of study or training approved by an accredited medical body such as CAHEA, American Medical Association, or the Association of Medical Colleges.
  • CPR, BLS certification.
  • Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits.
  • Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs).
  • Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one.
  • Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary.
  • Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary.
  • Adoption assistance.
  • Employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment.
  • Tuition reimbursement.
  • Student loan forgiveness.
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