Walk-in | Physician Assistant

Mehta Hospital; Chennai District; On-site; INR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Mehta Hospital in Chennai invites fresh B.Sc. Physician Assistant graduates to join as a PA, supporting consultants in OPD, handling EMR documentation, prescription typing, vitals, and patient navigation to improve efficiency and patient experience.

You will coordinate with departments for investigations, labs, radiology, and admissions, prepare discharge summaries where needed, and maintain accurate records with minimal errors.

Qualifications

• Fresh PA graduates with degree in Physician Assistant.
• Strong attention to detail in EMR documentation and prescriptions.
• Excellent communication and patient-focused approach.
• Ability to coordinate with consultants, nursing staff and labs.
• Willingness to participate in Walk-in interviews as required.

Responsibilities

• Assist consultants during OPD consultations.
• Check and record patient vitals accurately.
• Prepare and update EMR and prescriptions as per doctor's instructions.
• Ensure accurate and complete documentation with minimum errors.
• Retrieve reports/records required by the consultant.
• Ensure smooth patient flow within the consultation room.
• Explain doctor's advice to patients clearly and politely.
• Coordinate with departments for investigations, labs, radiology and admissions as advised.
• Capture and track doctor-advised services and monitor conversion.
• Provide personalised assistance to elderly or special-needs patients and reduce waiting times.

Skills

Patient interaction

Clinical support

Documentation accuracy

Vitals measurement

Coordination with departments

Education

B.Sc. Physician Assistant (PA)

Tools

EMR software

Prescription typing

Job description

B.Sc.. Physician Assistant - freshers

Walkin Interview : Mon - Fri - 10am - 3pm

Mehta Hospital, Chetpet

Contact HR : 7305089656

To support consultants in delivering efficient patient care by managing EMR documentation, prescription typing, vitals, patient navigation, doctor-advised service coordination and conversion tracking, thereby improving doctor productivity, patient experience and hospital revenue.

Key Responsibilities

1. Consultant & Clinical Support

• Assist consultants during OPD consultations.
• Check and record patient vitals accurately.
• Prepare and update EMR and prescriptions as per the doctor's instructions.
• Ensure accurate and complete documentation with minimum errors.
• Retrieve reports/records required by the consultant.
• Ensure smooth patient flow within the consultation room.

2. Patient Navigation & Advice Implementation

• Explain the doctor's advice to patients in a clear, polite and reassuring manner.
• Guide patients for:
• Pharmacy
• Laboratory investigations
• Radiology
• Procedures
• IP admission
• Medical management/follow-up
• Coordinate with relevant departments to ensure the advised service is completed.
• Escalate clinical queries to the consultant and operational issues to the concerned team.

3. Conversion & Follow-up

• Capture and track all doctor-advised services.
• Monitor Advice Billing/Completion conversion.
• Follow up on pending/unconverted investigations, procedures, admissions and pharmacy services.
• Record reasons for non-conversion.
• Maintain daily/weekly conversion reports.

4. Patient Experience

• Ensure patients understand their next steps before leaving the OPD.
• Provide personalised assistance to elderly, anxious or special-needs patients.
• Minimise patient waiting and effort through proactive coordination.

5. Future Responsibility Discharge Summaries

• Each PA may be assigned to a particular OPD room.
• The room may have consultants from multiple specialties.
• The PA should therefore be capable of supporting different specialties.
• Prepare and coordinate discharge summaries for patients admitted by the consultants assigned to the room, ensuring accuracy and defined TAT.