Under clinical supervision ofa physician and direct supervision of the Manager/Director, the PhysicianAssistant provides general medical care, treatment and health care services topatients within the scope of their licensure and expertise level of thesupervising physician.

Essential Job Functions

• Supports and models behaviors consistent with themission and philosophy of Billings Clinic and department/service.
• Examines patients and performs comprehensive physicalexamination, compiles patient medical data including health history and resultsof physical examination.
• Administers or orders diagnostic tests, such as x-ray,laboratory, and other ancillary services as appropriate and differentiatesbetween normal and abnormal information contained in the test results. (PatientCare, Testing Diagnostic Tests)
• Performs therapeutic procedures, such as injections, immunizations,suturing, wound care and managing infections within the scope of theirlicensure and the expertise level of the supervising physician. (Patient Care,Procedures, Midlevel Scope of Practice)
• Formulates diagnosis of medical problem, develops, implementsand monitors patient care plans, records progress notes and assists in theprovision of continuity of care; conferring with the supervising physician asnecessary and/or appropriate. (Patient Care, Treatment plan, Patient Care Plan)
• Instructs and counsels patients and families regardingcompliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens. (Education, Patient, EducatesPatient)
• Refers patients to other health care providers andappropriate sources of care as necessary.
• Participates in on-call rotations and off hour roundingas it pertains to the specific department. (working condition)
• Identifies needs and sets goals for own growth anddevelopment; meets all mandatory organizational and departmental requirements;acquires knowledge and skills essential to incorporating into practice provennew evaluation/treatment modalities.
• Utilizes performance improvement principles to assessand improve quality; participates in the continued program development andmarketing of service line.
• Maintains competency in all organizational,departmental and outside agency environmental, employee or patient safetystandards relevant to job performance.
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed tomeet the needs of the department/organization.