Physician Assistant or Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner

Family Practice Center•Newport, PA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Family Practice Center, P.C. is seeking a full-time Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner for its Newport office. Experienced providers and new graduates are encouraged to apply. Family Practice Center is a large primary care physician group operating 40 offices in 14 Central Pennsylvania counties and offering services including family medicine, pediatrics, counseling, onsite laboratory services, and x-ray. The provider performs diagnostic and therapeutic tasks under the responsibility and supervision of a physician, helping extend the physician’s services and support treatment planning. The provider may gather information needed to implement the physician’s therapeutic plan. Clinical supervision is provided directly or by telephone by an MD or DO; there are no formal supervisory duties, although the provider may help direct staff when needed. The position reports clinically to a supervising physician and administratively to the CEO or COO. The supervising physician provides onsite supervision or is available 24/7 by telephone and pager as needed. Duties include evaluating patients, documenting histories and examinations, ordering laboratory and imaging studies under physician supervision, monitoring and communicating changes in patient condition, performing procedures within training and experience, and providing patient education and counseling. The role also includes facility rounds, employee and patient education, compliance with HIPAA, OSHA, and Family Practice Center procedures, and meeting continuing medical education requirements. Arthrocentesis of the knee and hip joint injections or aspirations are excluded from the role.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science or master’s degree.
NCCPA board certification.
Ability to sit and stand for extended periods.
Ability to adapt to a fast-paced office environment.
Ability to assist with lifting or positioning patients of all sizes as needed.
Vision correctable to 20/20 and hearing within the normal range.

Responsibilities

Perform and record patient histories and physical examinations, including pediatric histories and examinations.
Order appropriate laboratory and imaging studies under physician supervision.
Inform the physician of changes in a patient’s condition and communicate additional needs or problem areas.
Request support services from local hospitals through triage when necessary.
Perform therapeutic and diagnostic procedures as directed by physicians and within the provider’s training and experience, including wound care, venipuncture, catheterization, suturing, CPR, electrocardiogram recording and interpretation, specimen collection, point-of-care testing, abscess drainage, IV line placement, audiometry, vision and pulmonary testing, tonometry, tympanometry, ear lavage, foreign body removal, injections, intradermal tests, hemorrhage control, biopsies or excisions, behavioral health assessment, toenail removal, anoscopy, application of braces and splints, burn treatment, fluorescein examination, and assistance with ACLS or defibrillation.
Provide patient education and counseling on hypertension, diet, smoking cessation, diabetes, birth control, immunizations, and growth and development.
Explain pertinent medical findings, laboratory results, and continuing-care advice to patients in understandable language.
Participate in employee and patient education and round on patients at indicated facilities.
Meet continuing medical education requirements.
Follow HIPAA, OSHA, and Family Practice Center procedures and protocols.