Full Job Description
Clinical Duties:
- Conduct comprehensive patient histories and physical examinations for new and follow-up GI patients
- Evaluate and manage common GI conditions including:
- GERD
- IBS
- Crohn’s disease
- Ulcerative colitis
- Hepatitis
- Constipation
- Liver disease
- Hemorrhoids
- Abdominal pain
- GI bleeding
- Order, interpret, and review diagnostic tests including labs, imaging, stool studies, and pathology reports
- Develop and implement treatment plans in collaboration with supervising physician
- Prescribe medications and therapies in accordance with state laws and practice protocols
- Provide patient education regarding diagnoses, medications, dietary modifications, colonoscopy prep, and treatment plans
- Monitor chronic GI conditions and adjust treatment plans as needed
Procedural Support:
- Assist with or perform procedures as permitted by state law and practice scope, including:
- Pre-procedure evaluations
- Colonoscopy and endoscopy preparation and follow-up
- Hemorrhoid banding assistance
- Hospital GI consult rounds
- Manage post-procedure follow-up and patient care coordination
Administrative Duties:
- Complete accurate and timely chart documentation in EMR
- Coordinate referrals, prior authorizations, and specialty testing
- Review pathology and lab results with patients
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including colorectal surgery, hepatology, nutrition, and primary care
- Participate in quality improvement initiatives and compliance standards
- Master’s degree from an accredited Physician Assistant program
- Current California PA license (or applicable state license)
- NCCPA certification required
- DEA license and prescriptive authority
- BLS/ACLS certification preferred
- Minimum 1–2 years of GI, internal medicine, family medicine, or related experience preferred
- Strong knowledge of gastroenterology diseases, treatments, and medications
- EMR proficiency