Company Overview: Cooperative Health, is a leading community health center serving the Midlands of South Carolina since 1981. It is deeply rooted in its mission of providing accessible, high quality, compassion health care in the spirit of the Good Samaritan. The organization’s values of: treating each other with respect, putting people first, being excellent at what we do, promoting a collaborative work environment, improving community/population health, fostering innovative thinkers, and getting results, are core attributes of every employee at Cooperative Health.

Job Summary

In the spirit of the Good Samaritan, Cooperative Health serves as a safety net provider, delivering care with dignity and compassion to patients from all walks of life. We are returning the HEART to medicine — Bringing Humanity Back to Healthcare — by empowering WHPA’s to serve as true partners in the well-being of their patients.

Essential job functions

• See patients; document the visit; complete a superbill commensurate to the care provided

• Assist patients in the completion of paperwork related to their clinical and patient care

• Perform office-based procedures

• Be knowledgeable of and engage patients on population health clinical quality measures

• Engage, educate, and empower patients to take control of their personal health

• Coordinate care of the patient with members of the clinical team

• Responds to patient messages from support staff and other members of the office team

• Periodically serves as a preceptor for professional clinical students

• Attends Cooperative Health meetings and participate in all trainings

• Must have successfully completed a Physician Assistant program

• Must have an active (or plan to have an active) South Carolina PA license that is in good standing
• Must have (or plan to have) a current DEA and South Carolina controlled substance registration
• Current BLS certification (if ACLS certified, the BLS certification is waved)

• Monday through Friday 8:00a.m. to 5:00p.m

• Periodic early evening hours

• Ability to embody the mission and vision of Cooperative Health
• Excellent written and verbal communication and problem solving skills
• Ability to communicate with people from a variety of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds
• Ability to prioritize, organize and carry out work assignments independently and efficiently
• Ability to maintain appropriate degree of confidentiality

• Compassionate and personable with an exemplary bedside manner

• Sound judgment and expert decision-making abilities

• Proficient in use of electronic medical records – Athena – company EMR
• Excellent keyboarding ability

Physical Demands

• Prolonged periods sitting or standing

• Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds.

• Be able to sit, stand, stoop, squat for extended periods of time throughout the day.

• Standing or walking for extended periods throughout the day.

Company Conformance Statement

In the performance of respective job assignments, all employees are required to conform with Cooperative Health’s:

• Board approved policies and procedures;

• Confidentiality and professional provisions;

• Compliance program; and

• Standards of conduct.

**Cooperative Health provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Cooperative Health complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leaves of absence, compensation and training.