Pa Jobs in Orange County

About The Position

Requirements

• Graduate of an AMA-accredited physician assistant program.
• Current North Carolina PA license.
• PA experience required.

Nice To Haves

• Orthopedic experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Examine patients, conduct comprehensive physical examinations, and compile medical data, including health history and examination results.
• Administer or order diagnostic tests, such as X-rays, electrocardiograms, and laboratory tests, and interpret results in collaboration with orthopedic surgeons and staff.
• Perform therapeutic procedures such as injections, immunizations, suturing, wound care, and infection management.
• Assess, apply, and/or remove orthopedic casts, splints, and immobilization devices.
• Serve as an assist-at-surgery for orthopedic procedures.
• Develop and implement patient management plans, record progress notes, apply appropriate service codes and charges, and help provide continuity of care.
• Dictate and document patient records, including discharge summaries, history and physical evaluations, operative procedure notes, consultations, and office visit notes; use a computer to access and enter data.
• Round on hospital inpatients at assigned hospitals as directed by supervising physicians and perform emergency-room and floor consultations as assigned.
• Evaluate patient problems in person or by phone and provide appropriate advice, intervention, or referral.
• Evaluate and revise care plans based on changes in patients’ conditions.

Benefits

• Paid company holidays
• Wellness programs
• Tuition reimbursement
• A full spectrum of employee benefits