Physician Assistant

Mclaren-Health-Care; Bay City (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care is hiring a Physician Assistant to provide care under supervision of attending physicians across Michigan. The role involves taking health histories, performing physical exams, ordering tests, adjusting treatment plans, making tentative diagnoses, and counseling patients.

Full-time, on-site schedule with on-call duties. Required: PA program graduate and BLS certification. McLaren is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Qualifications

• Graduate of approved Physician Assistant program.
• BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Obtains health histories and assesses the patient to determine healthcare needs.
• Performs physical examinations.
• Orders routine laboratory/diagnostic tests and adjusts treatment plan as appropriate.
• Makes tentative diagnosis about management and treatment of patients.
• Counsels patients in relation to their health needs.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Education

Graduate of Physician Assistant program

Job description

The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals across the state, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 730-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 242,000 Michigan lives, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network, and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 93,000 network providers throughout Michigan.

Provides care and treatment to patients under the supervision of the attending physician(s) in accordance with established guidelines.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Obtains health histories and assesses the patient in order to determine healthcare needs.
• Performs physical examinations.
• Orders routine laboratory/diagnostic tests and adjusts treatment plan as appropriate.
• Makes tentative diagnosis about management and treatment of patients.
• Counsels patients in relation to their health needs.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Graduate of approved or accredited Physician Assistant program
• BLS certification

Preferred:

Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Daily Work Times: varies
• On Call: Yes

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

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McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.