Job Description
- Attend outpatient clinics and participates in the initial evaluation, as well as, longitudinal care of patients.
- Obtain detailed medical history and perform comprehensive physical examination of patients.
- Order and review appropriate diagnostic testing including radiographs, CT scans, MRI’s, EMG’s and DEXA scans.
- Conduct procedures (under direction and appropriate level of supervision of the attending physician), including but not limited to: management of closed fractures including casting and splinting and aspiration/injection of bursae and/or joints.
- Develop and implement plan of care with attending supervision.
- Complete appropriate documentation of all evaluations, care and services rendered to the patient in their medical record in a timely fashion.
- Make appropriate referral for consultations when indicated.
- Provide both pre and post operative patient education to patients and their families.
- Respond to telephone inquiries of patients and provide appropriate medical care, referral for consultation or counseling.
- Communicate with referring or primary care physicians, athletic training and physical therapy staff regarding patient care and treatment.
- Provide follow up and health maintenance care including the appropriate adjustment of medications in accordance with established protocols or in response to specific instructions from the attending physician.
- Prescription of medications to accomplish the plan of treatment as delineated by attending physician.
- Organization and task assignment to other healthcare team members (RN’s, MA’s and technicians) to facilitate flow of patients.
- Must have a basic understanding of current CMS guidelines for E&M coding of medical services rendered.
- Must have a basic knowledge of electronic medical record (EMR) usage and basic computer skills.
- Responsibilities of the PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT to be available after hours or on weekends will vary by physician and circumstance. A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT may be requested and/or required to attend sports physicals, sporting events or clinic coverage on nights or weekends at the discretion of their attending physician.
- A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT may also be required to remain available or called to assist their attending physician for hospital call responsibilities.
- A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT may on occasion be requested to assist the attending physician by triaging, evaluating or assist in management of an emergency department patient or after hour call from a patient of the practice. It is expected that this type of special requirement would not be a routine clinical practice.
- A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT may be requested to be an informal educator or formal clinical preceptor for a number of various students ranging from ATC students, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT students and fellow
- Graduate of an ARC-PA (Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant) accredited Physician Assistant/Associate training program or Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) or Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) for Nurse Practitioner.
- Must be certified by the NCCPA (National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants) or eligible to sit for the exam.
- Licensure or eligible for licensing as a Physician’s Assistant in the State of Ohio and other appropriate states.
- If prescriptive authority is requested as part of practice privileges, the Physician Assistant must provide evidence of prescriptive authority eligibility as approved by the State Medical Board of Ohio.
- Maintains CME hours for recertification (50 hrs CME category 1 and 50 hrs CME Category II) every two year period, and successful completion of their recertification examination every six years. Also maintains State of Ohio licensure per guidelines.
- Previous experience in interventional pain management preferred.