Physician Assistant - SSLC

Texas Health & Human Services Commission•Harlingen, TX

1d•$11,800 - $14,356•Onsite

About The Position

Join the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and be part of a team committed to creating a positive impact in the lives of fellow Texans. At HHSC, your contributions matter, and we support you at each stage of your life and work journey. The state supported living centers serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who are medically fragile or who have behavioral problems. The centers provide campus-based direct services and supports at 13 centers located throughout the state. If you are looking for a place to work where you can establish a career that is filled with purpose, this is the job for you! The Physician Assistant is responsible for the health care for a group of persons living at the State Supported Living Center. The Physician Assistant will conduct complete physicals, provide treatment, write summaries, and counsel individuals. Prescribe medication on a case-by-case basis. Responsibilities include the provision of preventive care, ordering laboratory tests, analyzing the results and referral to specialists as required. The Physician Assistant will complete documentation related to health care and communicate with interdisciplinary team members including the individual and his/her family. Provides treatment to HHS employees injured in course and scope of employment. Works under the supervision of the Medical Director and/or other supervising physicians. The Physician Assistant works under general supervision, with moderate latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

Requirements

Must be licensed as a Physician Assistant by the State of Texas.
Must practice under the supervision of one or more supervising physicians, and if prescribing drugs, must have a prescriptive delegation agreement with their supervising physician(s).
Must have current registration certificates from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
Must possess a National Provider Identifier (NPI#) as defined by Medicare Part B and enroll as a Medicaid and Medicare Part B provider.
Graduation from an accredited Physician Assistant program with a degree as a Physician Assistant.
Experience in working with a treatment team.
Experience with polypharmacy
Must pass a fingerprint criminal background check, pre-employment drug screen, and registry checks including the Client Abuse/Neglect Reporting System (CANRS), Nurse Aide, Medication Aide and Employee Misconduct and HHS List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE).
Males between the ages of 18 – 25 must be registered with the Selective Service.
All State Supported Living Center Employees are subject to Random Drug Testing.
All applicants must be at least 18 years of age to be considered for employment at a state-operated facility.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of or ability to learn ICF/IID standards, certification requirements for the Council on Quality and Leadership, and HHSC policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

Provides medical services, diagnosis and treatment to assigned caseload following accepted medical practice under the supervision of a physician.
Services include provision of daily assessments to individuals, completion of physicals, medical examinations, including diagnosis, treatment and a plan of care with documentation of the acute issue, assessing injuries, performing therapeutic procedures such as injections, immunizations, suturing, wound care, ordering laboratory tests, analyzing test results and/or referrals to hospital or specialist as required.
Provides comprehensive medical diagnosis, care and treatment, to include conducting rounds, review of infirmary and hospitalized patient and on-call cases for status of condition under treatment.
Provides medical diagnosis and review of the treatment plan for the Individual Service Plan, to include a review of identified medical risks of the individual, as well as their health status, and ensures necessary supports (OT/PT/Nursing/etc.) have been identified and appropriate areas of need are being addressed.
Develops accurate and timely documentation, which includes dictation of annual summaries and pre- and post-procedural histories and physicals, documentation of specialty medical consultation, physical and chemical restraints, and all acute and chronic patient care.
Provides treatment to HHS employees injured in course and scope of employment.
Actively participating and/or serving in a supporting role to meet the agency’s obligations for disaster response and/or recovery or Continuity of Operations (COOP) activation. Such participation may require an alternate shift pattern assignment and/or location.