Physician Assistant with a $2,000 sign-on Victorville, CA

Nitelines Usa • Victorville, CA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

NiteLines USA is seeking a Physician Assistant to provide care at a federal corrections facility in Victorville, California. The role pays $69.09 per hour for W-2 employment or $85 per hour for 1099 employment, with a $2,000 sign-on bonus. W-2 benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k), paid vacation, paid sick leave, and 11 paid federal holidays.

The schedule is 40 hours per week, eight hours per day, Monday through Friday, as needed between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., for 120 workdays annually (960 annual hours). The Physician Assistant provides direct patient care and performs advanced practice duties within the scope of current licensure, in accordance with applicable legal, ethical, institutional, Bureau of Prisons, and JCAHO standards.

Requirements

• Licensed as a Physician Assistant in the State of California.
• NCCPA certified.
• At least one year of experience as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.
• Current CPR certification in accordance with American Heart Association Basic Life Support.
• Graduation from an accredited school, with evidentiary documentation submitted.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care through patient evaluation and therapeutic treatment as ordered by Health Services clinical staff.
• Perform advanced practice practitioner duties within the scope of current licensure.
• Administer prescribed medications by oral, intravenous, intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular routes and assist with medication distribution at pill line.
• Monitor and evaluate patient response to therapy.
• Perform histories and physical examinations; take medical histories, examine patients, and order and interpret laboratory tests and X-rays.
• Provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services to inmates.
• Maintain accurate logs and reports in accordance with Bureau of Prisons and JCAHO policy.
• Screen laboratory results for normal and abnormal values and notify the physician or physicians as appropriate.
• Ensure sharps are secured, accounted for, stored, and disposed of according to institutional and national policy.
• Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality and adhere to infection control policies and procedures.
• Operate an EKG.
• Make diagnoses, develop treatment plans, and prescribe medications.
• Clinically manage injuries through suturing, splinting, and immobilization; attend to medical emergencies.
• Record progress notes, recommend clinically necessary outside consultations, instruct and counsel patients, and order or carry out therapy.
• Perform emergency consultation when deemed necessary.
• Perform minor surgery using local anesthesia during consultation visits.
• Collaborate with staff and consulting physicians to plan, institute, evaluate, and revise program plans.
• Assist in determining the conditions, resources, and policies needed to deliver health care services.
• Distinguish normal from abnormal findings to recognize early stages of serious physical, emotional, or mental problems.
• Manage daily clinic operations and conduct daily sick call, including obtaining health histories, recording findings, and providing clinical evaluations.
• Provide a wide range of emergency services in the absence of the physician.
• Accept only nursing assignments commensurate with educational preparation, training, experience, and licensure laws.

Benefits

• $2,000 sign-on bonus.
• Health insurance (W-2 only).
• Dental insurance (W-2 only).
• Vision insurance (W-2 only).
• 401(k) (W-2 only).
• Paid vacation (W-2 only).
• Paid sick leave (W-2 only).
• 11 paid federal holidays (W-2 only).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed