Urgent Care Physician Assistant

Physician Assistant

Under the direction of a supervising physician, the Physician Assistant provides high quality, efficient, team-based patient-focused care. The Physician Assistant's responsibilities may include managing patients in the office, hospital, emergency department, and/or perioperative setting. The Physician Assistant may be required to first assist in the operating room or perform other department-specific procedures. The Physician Assistant may also facilitate on-call responsibilities for their supervising physician.

The Physician Assistant's daily responsibilities may vary based upon the department and supervising physician needs and may require evening or weekend work hours.

Job Description

• The Physician Assistant will practice as part of a team under the direction of their supervising physician.
• Primary duties will be inclusive of the following but not limited to:
• Examines patients, performs comprehensive physical examinations, and compiles patient medical data, including health history and results of physical examinations.
• Administers or orders diagnostic tests, such as imaging studies, electrocardiograms, and laboratory tests, and interprets test results for deviations from normal.
• Performs therapeutic procedures such as injections, immunizations, suturing, wound care, and managing infection.
• Performs other department-specific diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.
• Develops and implements patient management plans, records progress notes, and assists in the provision of continuity of care.
• Instructs and counsels patients regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens, normal growth and development, family planning, emotional problems of daily living, health maintenance, and other relevant patient education.
• Based upon specific specialty, additional duties may include the following:
• Facilitate admissions, transfers, discharges.
• First assist in surgeries or perform procedures as applicable.
• Round on inpatients.
• Performs admission evaluations on patients to include obtaining basic medical information and history, reviewing patients' medical records, performing physical exams, documenting findings into patient medical records, and reporting deviations from normal findings to attending physician.
• Provides patients and families with pre-operative/pre-procedure and other pertinent education.
• Answers questions regarding surgery or procedures, recovery, and risk factor modification; provides blood transfusion information as applicable; performs peri-operative procedures; locates and utilizes diagnostic images, instruments, and pertinent patient information.
• Reviews patient charts noting allergies, pertinent medical history, and abnormal physical findings.
• Assists in performing surgical procedures and other procedures consistent with the standards of care and practice guidelines.
• Depending on the specialty, may work as the first assist during surgical procedures, start IVs, and/or perform suturing.
• Performs post-operative procedures to include entering standard post-operative orders into patient medical records; assists physicians with evaluation and management of patients' status during recovery; reviews vital signs, laboratory and diagnostic studies; assists with management of patients.
• Facilitates patient discharge; dictates discharge and transfer summaries in a timely manner.