Physician Assistant

Full Job Description

Location: 5140 Dunstan Road Greensboro, NC 27405Department: MedicalEmployment Type: Full-Time

Schedule & Availability:

· Regular Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.

· On-Call Rotation: 1–2 weekday on-call shifts per week, during which you must be reachable by cell phone.

· Weekend Coverage: One weekend on-call shift per month, which typically requires reporting on both Saturday and Sunday.

Position Summary:

The Physician Assistant (PA) will provide high-quality healthcare services under the supervision of a licensed physician. This includes conducting comprehensive histories and physicals, providing medical and psychiatric evaluations, initiating treatment plans, and counseling patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings. The PA/NP plays a key role in coordinating patient care, ensuring clinical excellence, and maintaining high standards of professionalism.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform complete, detailed, and accurate patient histories; record data in the electronic medical record (EMR).
• Conduct comprehensive physical examinations and document pertinent findings in the EMR.
• Perform psychiatric evaluations and provide follow-up care in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Complete hospital admissions and discharges at the direction of the supervising physician.
• Interpret and evaluate patient data to determine appropriate management and treatment plans.
• Formulate medical diagnoses and initiate therapy, referrals, or coordination with other healthcare facilities, agencies, and community resources.
• Initiate emergency measures or stabilization related to alcohol or opiate withdrawal, delirium tremens, seizures, or other acute medical emergencies.
• Maintain high standards of clinical care, professionalism, and ethical conduct.

Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree from an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner program.
• Current and valid state licensure as a PA or NP.
• DEA license (or eligibility to obtain).
• Psychiatric and/or inpatient care experience preferred.
• Strong clinical assessment, diagnostic, and communication skills.
• Proficiency with EMR systems.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience working with patients with substance use disorders and psychiatric conditions.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Strong crisis management and problem-solving skills.

Employee Behaviors

• Creates and maintains a high-performance environment characterized by positive leadership and strong team orientation. Demonstrates ability to interact with guests/family members with an understanding of the impaired person’s ability to adapt to the recovery environment.
• Attitude: Consistently displays a positive and helpful attitude toward guests, co-workers, and visitors.
• Commitment: Demonstrates an understanding and commitment to the facility’s mission, and a commitment to individual job responsibilities.
• Planning and Organizing: Develops ideas, plans, assembles, and arranges resources related to achieving desired results.
• Follow -Through: Consistently follows through to ensure completion of assigned tasks and duties.
• Productivity: Consistently produces the required work as identified in the essential job functions within the required time constraints.
• Professionalism: Maintains a high degree of ethical conduct, displays a high level of personal integrity and demonstrates professionalism in all areas.
• Problem-Solving/Judgment: Demonstrates ability to solve problems, think & reason; consistently practices good judgment in decision-making.
• Communication: Demonstrates verbal and written communications that favorably reflect on the organization and the individual. Encourages communication to achieve mutual and positive understanding.

Job Specific Behaviors

• Provide healthcare services under the supervision of a physician. Conducts complete histories and physicals, provides treatment, and counsels patients. Provides psychiatric evaluations and follow-up in the inpatient and outpatient setting.
• Performs complete, detailed, and accurate histories and records data in the EMR. Reviews patient records to develop comprehensive medical status reports.
• Performs complete physical examinations and records pertinent data in the EMR.
• Performs psychiatric evaluations and follow-up in the inpatient and outpatient setting.
• Complete hospital admissions and discharges at the direction of the supervising physician.
• Interprets and evaluates patient data to determine patient management and treatment.
• Makes medical diagnoses and institutes therapy or referrals of patients to the appropriate health care facilities, agencies, and other community resources.
• Institutes emergency measures/treatment or appropriate stabilization measures related to alcohol or opiate withdrawal/DT’s, seizures, or other medical emergencies.
• Assumes responsibility for maintaining high standards of professionalism and ethical conduct.

Performance Activities

Participates in performance improvement activities and subcommittees. Participate in staff development by continued training to improve job skills.

• Attends and participates in all FH staff development functions.
• Fulfills performance improvement responsibilities, assignments, committee responsibilities and duties effectively.
• Pursues training opportunities to enhance job skills.
• Effectively supports and follows the Policies and Procedures of Fellowship Hall.
• Receives, revises and implements plans to enhance the delivery of care, treatment and services by adhering to established accreditation standards.
• Fulfills responsibilities in maintaining facility accreditation.

This is an excellent opportunity that includes a competitive salary and outstanding benefits. Our benefits include:

• Retirement Plan
• Employee Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Disability Plan
• Long-term Care
• Employee Assistance Program
• Volunteer Time Off
• Cafeteria Dining

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Education:

• Master’s (Required)

License/Certification:

• Physician Assistant License (Required)
• DEA License (Preferred)

Work Location: In person