Physician Assistant

Brown Medicine; United States; On-site; USD 105,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Brown Medicine is seeking a Physician Assistant to provide high-quality, cost-effective care for patients under the Medical Director and Supervising Physician. The PA will oversee a caseload across the care continuum, acting as educator, consultant, and liaison as needed to healthcare providers.

The role includes leadership in standards development and care coordination across acute, home, and ambulatory settings, with direct patient care and mentoring responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited PA program.
• PA certification required.
• Maintain BLS and ACLS certifications.

Responsibilities

• Manages a caseload of patients in partnership with the healthcare team to optimize health status and coordinate care.
• Provides leadership in development and evaluation of standards, policies, procedures, and critical paths to support patient care.
• Oversees care coordination across acute, home, and ambulatory care settings where feasible.
• Assists the healthcare team to achieve healthcare goals with support, education, and encouragement.
• Performs advanced practice skills under supervision of the Medical Director.
• Participates in education, clinical research and mentoring of healthcare providers.

Education

Graduate of accredited PA program

PA certification

Tools

BLS

ACLS

Job description

The Physician Assistant is responsible for providing high-quality, cost-effective care for their patients. The Physician Assistant will be responsible to the Medical Director and/or Supervising Physician and responsible for overseeing the progress of a specific caseload of patients across the care continuum. May act as an educator, consultant, and liaison to healthcare providers as necessary caring for the patients across the care continuum.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization’s values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

• Demonstrates a fundamental grounding in medical theory and practice with mastery of knowledge within a defined content area.
• Manages a caseload of patients in partnership with the healthcare team to optimize health status and coordinate care over time and across healthcare settings.
• Provides leadership in the development, validation, implementation, and evaluation of standards, policies, procedures, and critical paths to support the patient care delivery model.
• Oversees care coordination in acute, home care, and ambulatory care settings as feasible where pertinent.
• Assists the healthcare team to achieve mutually agreed upon healthcare goals by providing necessary support, education and encouragement.
• Demonstrates advanced physical and psychosocial assessment skills and knowledge of family dynamics.
• Provides direct care to patients in acute care, ambulatory care and home care settings where applicable.
• Performs advanced practice skills under the supervision of the Medical Director.
• Provides expert consultation for clinical issues promoting increased knowledge and skills for the consultee.
• Participates in the education, clinical research and mentoring of healthcare providers.
• Facilitates patient/family education in area of expertise.
• Annually completes mandatory safety and infection control training.

Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION:

• Graduate of an accredited school for physician assistant training. PA certification required.
• Certified and maintains Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).

EXPERIENCE:

• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients with consideration of aging processes, human development stages and cultural patterns in each step of the care process
• Prefer one-two years related experience in an outpatient Dermatology setting.

Pay Range:

EEO Statement:

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

Location:

Brown Dermatology - Westerly - 17 Wells Street, Unit 203 Westerly, Rhode Island 02891

Work Type:

M-F 8 - 5

Work Shift:

Day

Daily Hours:

8 hours

Driving Required:

No

Brown Medicine

One of the largest nonprofit, academic, multi-specialty medical groups in RI.

Brown Medicine is a nonprofit medical group practice in Rhode Island, featuring over 200 physicians providing primary and specialty care within a coordinated healthcare network.

Medical Practices Hospitals and Health Care

Company size 201-500 employees

Company type Nonprofit Founded 1995

Total funding 0

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