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Job Description: Physician Assistant
Department: Primary Care | Status: Full-Time Hours may vary including evening and weekends. On-call shared with other providers (1:4) | Location: 6374 Lincoln Ave Chicago IL 60659
Reports To: Manager of Clinical Operations / Chief Medical Officer (CMO) | Compensation: 98k-115k
Duties and Responsibilities:
· Understanding and willingness to deliver care in a primary care setting.
· Guide and assist in all aspect of primary care medicine including:
o Preventative medical care
o Psychosocial needs
o Acute medical care
o Diagnostics
o Treatment
o Consultation
o Patient education
· Function independently to perform:
o Age-appropriate history and physical patient exams
o Engage in the above for acute and chronic illnesses.
o Recognize critical illness and notify the appropriate entities.
· Collaborate with supervising physician as needed.
· Prescribe appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments.
· Implement interventions in attempts at restoring patient’s desired physiologic status.
· Monitor effectiveness of interventions
· Make efforts to correctly diagnose common and less common ailments.
· Investigates clinical problems and offers sound medical solutions.
· Communication: Communicates effectively with other healthcare team members, patient, family members and healthcare designees
· Procedures: Performs procedures utilizing medically approved approaches and equipment appropriate to the patient’s age and size
· Patient Education: Provides information and instructions at a level of understanding appropriate to the comprehension level of the patient and/or significant others.
· Actively participates in Quality Improvement activities.
Qualifications:
· Minimum 2 years’ experience in field, ideally in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) or community health center
· Proven experience in both adult and pediatric medicine
· Master’s degree in Nursing or Physician Assistant Studies from an accredited institution.
· Current state licensure as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.
· Certification in Family Medicine (preferred) to encompass both adult and pediatric patient populations.
· Graduate of accredited school (PA, NP)
· Current license
· Current provider card in CPR
· Basic computer skills
· Familiarity with or capable of learning electronic health records.
· Current DEA and Controlled Substance License when applicable
· Ability to respond to healthcare emergencies.
· Communication skills and ability to work in both superior and subordinate role.
Midwest Refuah Health Center is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, national origin, pregnancy or related conditions, or disability. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear, sit, use hands, reach with hands and arms, stand, walk, walk up and down stairs, lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Pay: $100,000.00 – $130,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
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