Physician Assistant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Master's degree in nursing
• Possession of current certificate of completion from a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program
• Current and unrestricted license to practice.
• National Certification required upon employment (Nurse Practitioners).

Nice To Haves

• Oncology experience preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Performs physical examinations and treats common complications of cancer treatment.
• Counsels patients and families and monitors patient progress.
• Works in collaboration with other health care team members, consulting and referring as appropriate, but retains responsibility for ongoing clinical management of the patient.
• Ensures patient information, visit history, refer outs, lab follow-up, phone calls, and consults are carefully and completely documented in the electronic medical record.
• Conducts in-depth interviews with patients and/or family, constructs comprehensive medical histories, performs initial and periodic physical examinations and explores patient's interpretation of health needs.
• Identifies and treats patients' diseases.
• Directly performs or orders appropriate diagnostic studies and interprets finished results.
• Develops and implements long and short-range treatment plans.
• Performs procedures such as bone marrow biopsy.
• Instructs and counsels patients and families regarding preventive care, medical problems, psychological problems, and use of prescribed treatments and drugs.
• Writes orders to increase, decrease or change medication, subject to checking and countersigning by physician.
• Identifies and records pertinent progress of patients, updating and summarizing charts, changing orders when appropriate and notifying the responsible physician of changes in the patient's condition.
• Will need hospital privileges to assist with call.

Benefits

• Attractive base compensation
• bonus incentive
• benefits package
• Professional growth and continued education opportunities.