Physician Assistant Family Practice

St Elizabeth Community Hospital; Red Bluff (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff, CA, is seeking a Physician Assistant to provide outpatient primary care with a patient‑centered approach.

You will perform assessments, develop care plans, and participate in a collaborative interdisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes. The role emphasizes clinical decision making, patient advocacy, and education, with opportunities to work in a fast-paced environment and to contribute to credentialing and quality initiatives in partnership

Qualifications

• Proven ability to perform comprehensive outpatient assessments and develop care plans.
• Ability to make independent clinical decisions based on training and experience.
• Strong advocacy for patient rights and education of patients and families.

Responsibilities

• Performs routine physical/psychosocial assessments and follows care plans.
• Formulates and participates in plans of care and care transitions.
• Adapts education to patient and family needs during care delivery.
• Ensures efficient care delivery and prioritization of patient needs.
• Makes independent clinical decisions based on knowledge and experience.
• Advocates for patient rights and seeks resolutions to conflicts.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Independent decisions

Patient advocacy

Team collaboration

Education

Physician Assistant degree

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a Physician Assistant (PA), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.

Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You’ll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

• Performs routine physical/psychosocial assessment to collect basic data: follows the written plan of care, standards, practice guidelines, utilizes pathways, which includes notifying physicians as appropriate
• Formulates a plan of care for individual needs, including patient population needs. Participates in the planning of routine transitional health care needs (i.e. treatment options, patient placement options)
• Adapts planned educational programs and information to individual patients and family by modifying teaching strategies or content. Integrates education during the delivery of patient care
• Ensures efficiency in the delivery of care to determine immediate priorities and to offer solutions for problems
• Makes independent clinical decisions based on knowledge drawn from education and experience
• Actively advocates for patient rights and identifies potential conflict. Seeks counsel for resolution of conflict

Job Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of one (1) year of experience as a Physician Assistant in an outpatient primary care clinic, community health center, etc.
• Must hold an academic degree and completion of a specialized Physician Assistant Training Program
• Successful completion of a national physician assistant examination prior to being licensed by the Physician Assistant Board in California.
• Licensed as a Physician Assistant in good standing from the California State Physician Assistant Board.N
• National Provider Identifier (NPI) number
• satisfactory report from the National Practitioner Data Bank
• Ability to successfully meet Dignity Health's credentialing and privileging processes upon hire and biannually thereafter
• BLS certification
• PA license

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to verbally communicate in Spanish is highly desirable.
• ACLS

Where You’ll Work

Founded in 1906, Dignity Health - St. Elizabeth Community Hospital is a 76-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Red Bluff, California. Serving over 90,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level III Trauma Center, heart care, cancer care, and a family birth center. Additionally, St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center. It has been named a Top Rural Hospital by The Leapfrog Group for two consecutive years, one of only 16 rural hospitals in the US to achieve this award.

One Community. One Mission. One California