Physician Assistant in Fort Myers, FL

Millennium Physician Group•Fort Myers, FL

1d•$49 - $74

About The Position

Millennium Physician Group is hiring a Physician Assistant to deliver comprehensive, patient-centered primary care within its value-based care model. The PA evaluates, diagnoses, and manages acute and chronic conditions; provides preventive care; develops individualized treatment plans; interprets diagnostic studies; prescribes medications; and educates patients to support wellness and disease management. Working with physicians and an interdisciplinary care team, the PA provides coordinated care across the continuum with a high degree of clinical autonomy. The provider independently manages routine and moderately complex patient needs and consults collaborating physicians as appropriate. The role also contributes to population health initiatives, quality improvement, care gap closure, HCC documentation, and value-based care performance measures. The position is based in Fort Myers, Florida. Millennium Physician Group is part of Mosaic Health and describes itself as a large independent physician group committed to coordinated, patient-centered care and supporting employees’ professional growth.

Requirements

Current, unrestricted Physician Assistant license, including licensure in the applicable state.
Current Drug Enforcement Administration registration.
Current Basic Life Support certification.
Typically two or more years of advanced practice clinical experience in primary care, family medicine, internal medicine, ambulatory care, or a closely related specialty.
Knowledge of primary care medicine, preventive health guidelines, chronic disease management, population health principles, evidence-based practice, and value-based ambulatory care.
Experience with electronic health records, clinical decision support tools, population health platforms, and healthcare technology.
Strong clinical judgment, diagnostic reasoning, communication, patient education, interdisciplinary collaboration, relationship management, and cultural competence skills.
Ability to provide compassionate, comprehensive, high-quality primary care across diverse patient populations.

Nice To Haves

Primary care experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Evaluate, diagnose, and manage acute illnesses, chronic diseases, and preventive healthcare needs using comprehensive histories, physical examinations, diagnostic interpretation, and evidence-based clinical decision-making.
Develop individualized treatment plans covering medication management, preventive services, immunizations, screenings, lifestyle counseling, chronic disease management, and monitoring treatment outcomes.
Manage common primary care conditions, including hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, asthma, COPD, coronary artery disease, obesity, thyroid disorders, depression, anxiety, musculoskeletal conditions, and infectious diseases, within the applicable scope of practice.
Order, perform, and interpret laboratory studies, diagnostic imaging, electrocardiograms, point-of-care testing, and other diagnostic evaluations within scope of practice.
Perform approved office-based procedures within scope of practice, such as minor wound care, incision and drainage, skin lesion treatment, and joint and soft tissue injections.
Conduct annual wellness visits, preventive examinations, chronic care management, transitional care management, health risk assessments, and age-appropriate screenings in accordance with evidence-based guidelines.
Recognize changes in patient condition, identify cases requiring physician consultation, and coordinate referrals to specialty care, behavioral health, community resources, diagnostic services, and ancillary providers when indicated.
Collaborate with physicians, nurses, care managers, pharmacists, behavioral health providers, social workers, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate comprehensive care.
Educate patients and caregivers about diagnoses, medications, preventive health, nutrition, exercise, chronic disease self-management, and treatment plans.
Accurately document encounters, medical decision-making, procedures, treatment plans, quality measures, and clinical outcomes in the electronic health record in compliance with organizational, regulatory, payer, and value-based care requirements.
Participate in quality improvement, population health management, patient safety, clinical pathway development, and continuing professional development initiatives.