Work as part of a multidisciplinary team in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of disorders that produce temporary or permanent function impairment.
Essential Functions:
- Evaluate patients and render care, within the scope of practice outlined by state statue, in an outpatient setting.
- Perform examination of patients, obtain/document information regarding patient history and assist in procedure sin the outpatient setting.
- Teach, counsel and assist patients and families regarding current health problems, health maintenance activities and preventative behaviors.
- Evaluated and modify healthcare plans as related to patient compliance and outcomes, independently and under the supervision of a physician.
- Order, perform and interpret screening and diagnostic procedures and test, and appropriately communicate and document information.
- Maintain detailed and confidential medical records in accordance with established protocol.
- Ensure regulatory compliance.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- One (1) year of experience as a Physician Assistant in an acute care setting.
- Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant training program.
- Board Certification from NCCPA - renewed every 6 years.
- State licensure valid in jurisdiction where assigned.
- National Provider Identification (NPI) required.
- Current or pending prescription authority including DEA and CLS required if authorized to prescribe controlled substances.
- Current BLS and ACLS certification from American Heart Association.
- Enrollment in PECOS required.
- Written practice agreement with a supervising physician (on file in the Kaiser Permanente Physician Professional Quality Assurance Office (PPQA) and the appropriate State Board).
- The practitioner will be assigned to a specific location every day depending on surgical cases (i.e. at hospitals and ASC) and clinic need which will be determined by the Area Service Chief.
- Location assignments will be made monthly whenever possible, according to access needs; assignment sites may be changed on short notice.
- This is a physically and emotionally demanding job requiring significant commitment to learning new skills as well as prolonged standing (up to 6 hours at an operation table).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree preferred.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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