Physician Assistant

Alliance Health System • Bloomfield, NJ

4d • $140,000 - $180,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Alliance Orthopedics is seeking a Physician Assistant to join its multidisciplinary medical practice in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Physician Assistants work alongside medical and conservative-care teams and serve as medical liaisons to clinicians including chiropractors, physical therapists, athletic trainers, occupational therapists, and exercise physiologists. The role contributes a licensed Physician Assistant’s perspective to the medical team and focuses on helping patients achieve their goals and recover effectively.

The Physician Assistant assesses patients, develops and implements plans of care, performs procedures, coordinates care across disciplines, and documents and evaluates patient outcomes. The position also contributes to quality improvement, practice standards and protocols, patient and staff education, effective teamwork, and professional development.

Requirements

• Valid New Jersey Physician Assistant license (required).
• Physician Assistant-Certified (PA-C) credential through the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
• Degree from an accredited academic program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).
• 1–3 years of experience as a Certified Physician Assistant.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and customer service skills, including compassion for patients from all walks of life.
• Prescriptive authorization, required within 30 days of hire.
• Willingness to challenge patients, other team members, and oneself.

Responsibilities

• Build rapport and relationships with patients and understand their goals.
• Perform physical assessments to identify priority care needs and consult the interdisciplinary team about findings.
• Perform procedures needed to implement plans of care based on care standards and protocols.
• Develop plans of care across the continuum, revise them based on findings, and review them with the interdisciplinary team.
• Provide safe, holistic, systematic therapeutic care to help patients achieve desired outcomes.
• Document patient care according to documentation standards and contribute to performance improvement through medical record review.
• Communicate effectively and help resolve conflicts among healthcare team members, patients, and families.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team and incorporate its expertise to achieve patient outcomes.
• Implement practice initiatives and coordinate patient care activities to maximize outcomes.
• Assess patients’ learning needs and access resources across disciplines to support patient outcomes.
• Lead quality improvement processes, recognize population trends, explore alternatives to care, and assist with revising standards, guidelines, and protocols.
• Assist in developing and revising patient-population standards using an interdisciplinary approach and best practices and research findings.
• Recognize behaviors affecting team function, implement strategies to improve teamwork, and mentor team members.
• Review professional development plans and goals, pursue knowledge and educational programs, and provide educational programs to advance staff performance.
• Collaborate with other healthcare disciplines to help patients get better faster.

Benefits

• Collaborative environment fostering continued growth in a multidisciplinary approach to medicine.
• Competitive salary and runway for professional growth.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Accrued paid time off and sick time.
• Six paid company holidays.
• Annual CEU reimbursement budget for licensed clinicians.
• Retirement savings account with a percentage-based company match.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level