Physician Assistant

Resourcing Edge; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Resourcing Edge in San Francisco seeks an experienced Physician Assistant to join our established practice. You will assess patient health, participate in planning, perform injections and suturing, triage calls, document care, and educate patients and families.

Minimum one year as PA and NCCPA certification required; state license is expected. Join a team that values initiative and collaborative care.

Qualifications

• PA must assess patient health status and implement care plans.
• Provide acute and chronic patient care, including histories, exams, injections, suturing and therapies.
• Educate patients and families and ensure continuity of care.

Responsibilities

• Assessing patient health status and wellness.
• Ensuring compliance with care plans and determining procedures.
• Providing acute and chronic care including histories, physicals, injections, suturing.
• Triaging patient calls and evaluating problems.
• Documenting care in patient records and maintaining statistics.
• Educating patients and families and ensuring continuity of care.
• Formulating plans and evaluating outcomes.

Skills

Patient assessment

Care planning

Triaging

Patient education

Documentation

Education

NCCPA Certification

Job description

Physician Assistants are directly responsible for patient care during procedures and any medical duties delegated by the physician. PAs exercise a high degree of initiative, judgment, discretion, and decision-making skills. They are expected to work collaboratively with all members of the health care team, including medical staff and the physician. PAs should be able to make responsible decisions within the scope of a dependent medical practitioner. We are looking for seasoned professionals to join our team and become a valuable member of our well-established practice.

Responsibilities

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Assessing patient health status, including state of wellness


• Ensuring compliance with care plans and determining appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures


• Providing acute and chronic patient care, including taking histories, doing physicals, monitoring therapies, giving injections/medications, and suturing wounds


• Triaging patient calls and evaluates patient problems


• Documenting patient information and care provided in patient record and maintaining department statistics


• Educating patients and families as appropriate and providing continuity of care


• Identifying goals, formulating plans of patient care and evaluating outcomes

Experience

• Minimum of one year experience as Physician Assistant

License/Certification

• Certified by National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants