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Description
Position: Physician Assistant
Location: San Diego – Metro Aera
Salary Range: $125,000 – 135,000 (Based on experience)
About Us:
Metro Family Physicians Medical Group, Inc is a Family Medicine practice that believes in strong healthy families and a commitment to individually focused wellness plans that maximize health and wellness for any lifestyle. . The Physician Assistant (PA)role will provide a high level of customer service in a manner consistent with our mission and goals. Physician Assistant will provide health care services to patients under the direction of a physician. PA’s are academically and clinically trained to perform many of the routine but time-consuming tasks that physicians usually do and are accountable for their own actions and accountable to their supervising physicians.
Duties:
- Examines patient, takes medical history, records results, and makes preliminary diagnosis or decides on follow-up procedures.
- Administers and orders diagnostic tests such as x-rays, electrocardiograms, and blood work, and interprets test results.
- Performs therapeutic procedures such as immunizations, injections, suturing and wound care, and managing infection.
- Exercises professional judgment regarding consultation with supervising physicians concerning appropriate treatment.
- Develops and implements patient care plans, instructs and counsels patients, and records progress.
- Prescribes medications to the extent allowable by state guidelines and clinic regulations.
- Incorporates the 5 Must Haves of Service Excellence (AIDET) (Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, Thank you) into all patient and customer interactions.
- Provides general health education regarding matters such as proper diet, family planning, emotional problems of daily living, and health maintenance.
- Assists physician with emergency treatments and more complex procedures.
- Inform physicians about any problems or discrepancies that might arise
- Attendance, promptness, professionalism, the ability to pay attention to detail,
- cooperativeness with co-workers and supervisors, and politeness to customers, vendors, and patients.
- Maintains the strictest confidentiality in accordance with all relevant HIPAA rules/regulations and office policy and procedures.
- Attends training, meetings, and courses as required.
- Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)/MA in Physician Assistant Studies, Health Science or Medical Science
- Completion of a four-year physician assistant baccalaureate program and a year of clinical training, or;
- Completion of a two-year accredited physician assistant program (which requires two years of undergraduate study) plus two years of clinical training following completion of PA program.
- State accreditation based on certifying exam.
- Continued employment requires 100 hours of continuing medical education every two years and passing a recertification examination every six years.
- Bilingual in Spanish and English a plus.
Metro Family is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class.