What are the responsibilities and job description for the Physician Assistant position at NITELINES USA, INC?
NEEDED: Physician Assistant
LOCATION: 741-925 Herlong Access Rd. A-25, Herlong, CA 96113
SCHEDULE: 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must hold licensure to practice medicine in the State of California or Nevada.
- Must have 1-2 years family medicine experience or 1-2 years of urgent care experience.
- Must hold, at minimum, Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA) and stay current with certification.
- Providing proof of credentials (education, current licensor/status competency, continuing medical education).
JOB DESCRIPTION: Shall be responsible for, but is not limited to:
- Provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services for the inmate population.
- Conduct medical histories, examine patients, order and interpret laboratory tests, x-ray and other diagnostic testing.
- Diagnosis and treat patients in an efficient, timely, and professional manner, provide treatment plans and prescribe medications utilizing the Bureau of Prisons formulary.
- Clinically manage injuries by suturing, splinting, and immobilizing
- Attend to medical emergencies
- Record progress notes, recommend clinically necessary outside consultation, instruct and counsel, and order or carry out therapy
- Emergency consultation to be performed by the contractor in instances where deemed necessary. Perform minor surgery utilizing local anesthesia during consultation visits
- Work collaboratively with the staff physician(s) and consulting physician(s) in planning, instituting, evaluating and revising program plans
- Assist in determining conditions, resources and policies essential to delivery of health care services
- Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings to recognize early stages of serious physical, emotional, or mental problems
- Manages the daily operation of the clinic and conducts daily sick calls, which may include securing health histories from the patient, recording findings and providing clinical evaluations
- Provides a wide range of emergency services, in the absence of the physician
Salary : $66 - $84