Physician Assistant (PA-C) / Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Precision Healthcare Specialists (PHS) is currently seeking a certified Physician Assistant (PA-C) or licensed Nurse Practitioner (APRN or CNP) for a full-time position in the Lee County area with a focus in Endocrinology specialty. General responsibilities will include seeing patients for routine status checks, assist in office procedures, office and/or telehealth consults and visits, re-evaluations and discharge summaries, while working under the supervision of a physician.

Precision Healthcare Specialists focuses on a variety of specialty healthcare areas. We are precisely focused on helping patients connect with the best surgeons and physicians in Southwest Florida.

Key Responsibilities:

• Evaluate patients: take history and perform pertinent physical examination in hospital and office setting.
• Coordinate care of patients.
• Record and ensure availability and completeness of documentation, reports, and imaging examinations.
• Provide patient education, counseling, and instruction.
• Facilitate supervising physician referral of patients to the appropriate health care facilities, agencies, other resources in the community or other physicians.
• Dictate progress notes, history and physical, and discharge summaries.
• Administer and/or order medication upon request of supervising physician.
• Initiate emergency measures on patients as required.
• Provide in-service and daily consultation to nursing staff.
• All other specific tasks delegated by supervising physician in accordance with the physician assistant’s knowledge and experience developed under the supervising physician in the field of endocrinology.
• Participate in occasional call coverage (after hours/weekend – by phone).
• Certifications in insulin pump will be provided

Requirements:

• Holds a current license and is in good standing.
• Maintains certification in accordance with Department of Regulations.
• Able to perform efficiently and effectively.
• Able to obtain and sustain clinical hospital privileges.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Good diagnostic capabilities.
• Graduate of an approved program or its equivalent.
• Meets the standards set by the Board of Medicine.

Experience:

• Preferable 1+ years in one specialty medicine as a PA or NP