• Job Description

  Req#: 5268556

  Job Summary

  The Physician Assistant provides clinical care to patients through an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach that takes into consideration all aspects of health. A Physician Assistant performs a variety of advanced clinical duties involved in assessing, treating, controlling, and preventing patient illness and disease within the assigned public health nursing program; to perform physical examinations; identify patients with physical and emotional illness; and to administer medications as prescribed.

  Responsibilities & Duties

  • Contributes to physician's effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range patient care issues that must be addressed; providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommending options and courses of action; implementing physician directives.

  • Assesses patient health by interviewing patients; performing physical examinations; obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories.

  • Determines abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests, such as x-rays, electrocardiograms, and laboratory studies; interpreting test results.

  • Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.

  • Instructs and counsels patients by describing therapeutic regimens; promoting wellness and health maintenance.

  • Provides continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans.

  • Maintains 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; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions.

  • Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.

  • Develops health care team staff by providing information, educational opportunities, and experiential growth opportunities.

  • Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

  Qualifications

  • 1-2 years GI experience preferred

  • Licensed PA, state of CA

• About the company

  inSite Digestive Health Care is California's largest gastroenterology medical group. Offering state-of-the-art medical care for GI and liver conditions.

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