Physician Assistant (APP- PA)

Hamilton Health Box, Inc.; Aztec (NM, AZ); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Hamilton Health Box, Inc. seeks a Certified Physician Assistant (PA) to join a team of supervisors and manage 3-5 primary care micro clinics.

The APP will provide both virtual and in-person care, focusing on health coaching, disease management, preventative screening, and education. The APP will work under physicians, perform examinations, order and interpret tests, and implement care plans while maintaining high patient safety and compliance with regulations.

Qualifications

• Graduate of a nationally accredited Physician Assistant program; Master of Physician Assistant Studies.
• NCCPA certification; NM PA licensure; DEA eligibility; Basic Life Support/ACLS as required.

Responsibilities

• Promotes and provides medical services under physician supervision.
• Identifies short- and long-term patient care issues to improve physician efficiency.
• Orders and interprets diagnostic tests; develops patient care plans.
• Documents care in patient records and maintains care continuity across clinics.
• Provides injections, immunizations, suturing, and wound management.
• Counsels patients on growth, development, and emotional well-being.
• Uses telemedicine to conduct virtual visits and float between facilities.
• Maintains infection-control practices and adheres to laws and policies.

Skills

Health promotion and maintenance

Thoroughness

Clinical skills

Informing others

Excellent communication skills

Medical teamwork

Physiological knowledge

Bedside manner

Infection control

Education

Graduate of a nationally accredited Physician Assistant program

Master of Physician Assistant Studies

Job description

Description

Position Summary:

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) will work closely with supervising Physicians and will manage 3-5 separate primary care micro clinics and care for the surrounding communities. It will consist of a combination of virtual and in-person medical care. The key objective is to create value through health coaching, disease management, preventative screening, and education.

Essential functions:

• Promotes and maintains patient health by providing medical services under the supervision of a physician.
• Contributes to a physician’s efficiency by identifying short-term and long-range patient care issues.
• Recommends options and courses of action for patient care.
• Implements physician directives.
• Assesses patient health by interviewing patients and performing physical examinations including obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories.
• Determines abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests, such as X-rays and laboratory studies and interpreting test results.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Performs therapeutic procedures by administering injections and immunizations, suturing, and managing wounds and infections.
• Instructs and counsels patients by providing normal growth and development information and providing counseling on emotional problems of daily living.
• Provides a community of care by developing and implementing patient-management plans.
• Maintains a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols. Complies with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipating future legislation; and enforcing adherence to requirements and advising management on needed actions
• Collaborates in the development and evaluation of patient care. Updates clinical guidelines/protocols/pathways; works autonomously and accepts accountability for outcomes; signs orders in accordance with institution and state board requirements; collaborates in research and teaching projects and applies research to practice.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
• Develops health care team staff by providing information, educational opportunities, and experimental growth opportunities.
• Utilizes telemedicine interface to complete virtual visits.
• Ability to float, round to multiple facilities and/or take call (first call) to support Urgent Care APPs.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Health promotion and maintenance
• Thoroughness
• Clinical skills
• Informing others
• Excellent communication skills
• Medical teamwork
• Physiological knowledge
• Bed side manner
• Infection control

Requirements

Physician Assistant

Education: Graduate of a nationally accredited Physician Assistant program; Master of Physician Assistant Studies.

Licenses/Certifications:

• Certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, Inc.
• Licensed by the New Mexico State Board of Physician Assistant Examiners or other identified state(s).
• Eligibility for DEA licensure.
• Basic Cardiac Life Certification.