Physician Assistant – Urgent Care (Per Diem)

Main Function:

• Provides clinical medicine services and applicable administrative services to F.F. Thompson

Hospital Urgent Care patients.

• Provides consistent, high quality care consistent with accepted national and/or community

standards.

• Collaborates with office staff in development and performance of efficient office practices.
• Fosters a cohesive Thompson identity.
• Assures regulatory compliance.
• Provides patient management and role modeling that unifies practice goals with health

system goals.

• Acts in the best interest of the patient.
• Assists the health system in meeting strategic goals.

Required Job Specific Competencies:

• Recognized competence in outpatient clinical medicine. S/he must have the ability to assess

data reflective of the patient’s status, interpret the appropriate information needed to identify

each patient’s requirements relative to her/his age-specific needs and provide the necessary

care.

• Demonstrates knowledge necessary to ensure care appropriate to the age of the patient. This

includes demonstration of knowledge and principles of growth and development over a life

span.

• Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with all office staff and providers.
• Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with hospital leaders.
• Knowledge of recognized best patient care practices in his/her department.
• Maintains current knowledge of and ability to institute programs necessary to comply with

evolving regulatory requirements.

• Consistent excellence in provider-patient and provider-staff communications.
• Exhibits leadership skills and professional behavior consistently.
• Actively guards confidential and protected information.
• Willing to receive feedback from associates and patients/families.
• Lives the CARES values at all times.
• Generates legible, meaningful, comprehensive and timely (within 1 business day of the date

of service) patient care records sufficient for all patient care, regulatory, billing and other uses

of the medical record.

• Responsible for ensuring all professional licenses, registrations, liability insurance education

and renewal requirements and applicable physician certifications are up to date and current as

required for employment.

Qualifications:

• Active NYS certification/registration as a Physician Assistant
• BLS, ACLS required. PALS recommended
• DEA license required
• Able to gain appropriate FFTH privileges

Education:

• Graduation from an ARC-PA approved school as a Physician Assistant
• Meets continuing education requirements of the applicable discipline board

Experience:

• Previous experience as a Physician Assistant preferred particularly in urgent care or emergency medicine
• Previous experience in primary care medicine preferred

Pay Range: $85.00/hr.

Starting Pay: Based on Experience

Thompson Health is an EOE encouraging individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply

Experience

Preferred

• Previous experience as a physician assistant/nurse practitioner preferred.

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