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Job Summary
Provide compassionate and excellent patient care by performing courteous, efficient, and accurate service. Assess, plan, and provide care under the supervision of a physician. Prescribe and administer medication, perform routine vaccinations, and provide advice regarding personal health. Request necessary tests and follow-up visits and refers patients to specialists as necessary. Familiar with standard concepts, practices and procedures set forth by West Sacramento Urgent Care/ West Sacramento Primary Care, government agencies as well as occupational health clients.
Responsibilities and Duties
1. Assess, plan and treat patient needs within a primary care setting.
2. Assess, plan, and treat patients under the supervision of a physician ( when necessary ).
3. Effectively manage private, pre-employment and workers comp patients (when necessary).
4. Ensure proper diagnosis, handling and recovery.
5. Order labs, tests, injections, referrals and prescribe medications.
6. Perform digital blocks, and regional anesthesia. Perform minor outpatient surgical procedures such as tendon repair, wound closure and management, incision and drainage, and needle biopsy (when needed).
7. Perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures such as aspirations and injection of joints, bursas, and cysts. Perform closed reductions of fractures and dislocations. Apply and modify braces, casts, splints, and other orthopedic appliances (when needed).
8. Order, collect and perform appropriate laboratory and diagnostic studies, such as routine laboratory tests, EMG, electrocardiograms, and radiological examinations including arthrogram practices, and procedures set forth by the government, Board of Directors, as well as clients.
9. Participate in required Sullivan Courses and perform CME credits to maintain license.
10. Consult with other physicians on medical care of patients.
11. Take patient histories and vital signs as necessary.
12. Communicate patient needs, diagnosis, and course of treatment to the patient, company, as well as other clinical staff and instruct and educate patients about discharge instructions if applicable.
13. Create an individualized plan of care based on physical, psychosocial and age specific assessments of the patient, as well as patient’s input and history.
14. Delegate work appropriately to other caregivers and insures accuracy of delegated work.
15. Maintain an adequate patient flow on-site by directing assisting clinical staff.
16. Maintain quality assurance of charts and testing.
17. Handle telephone calls about services rendered from company accounts, patients, physicians, as well as other staff.
18. Provide accurate and timely documentation to West Sacramento Urgent Care/ West Sacramento Primary Care staff, insurance carriers and companies.
19. Maintain patient records for clinical use, medical records use, billing use, physicians review, etc.
20. Serve as a resource person for other clinical staff.
21. Help produce and maintain patient education instruction hand-outs.
22. Attend client site visits.
23. Attend required provider staff meetings.
24. Accept and assume responsibility for special projects as they arise and all other duties assigned.
Qualifications and Skills
1. Successfully graduated from an accredited Physician Assistant Training Program and received and maintained certification.
2. Successful completion of clinical affiliations.
3. Must possess a current license to practice medicine in the state of CA and CA DEA license.
4. Knowledge of advanced medical terminology.
5. Knowledge of basic ER, internal medicine, generalist, occupational medicine, and family practice procedures.
6. Ability to use the necessary equipment such as the nebulizer, EKG machine, etc.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $90,000.00 – $110,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Health insurance
Medical Specialty:
- Primary Care
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- EMR systems: 1 year (Preferred)
- Primary Care: 1 year (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- Certified Nurse Practitioner License (Preferred)
- Certified Physician Assistant License (Preferred)
Shift availability:
- Day Shift (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- West Sacramento, CA 95691: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
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