PHYSICIAN ASSIST at Orthopedic Practice – Lake Jackson, Texas

Fast-paced Orthopedic group seeking Physician Assistant for Lake Jackson location. This position is a Part Time/ Contracted opportunity with potential to transition into Full Time Employee. The ideal candidate will cover approximately 3 days per week in clinic (No Fridays)

Qualifications

• Graduate from accredited Physician Assistant program by National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
• Orthopedics A++
• Bilingual A+

Responsibilities

• PA functions as an advanced practice practitioner, responsible for maintaining and promoting the health of the patient requiring care, practicing medicine under the supervision of a licensed physician
• Provide diagnostic, therapeutic, surgical and preventative care, under the supervision of a physician
• Exams, diagnoses and decides treatment for patients, including analyzing and interpreting x-rays and lab results, writes prescriptions, takes patients' histories, provides surgical assistance, and orders various forms of therapy
• This position may work in both inpatient and outpatient situations and can perform independently under the license of a physician or as part of a treatment team
• The PA position affects direct patient care according to the Board of Physician Assistant Examiners in the State of Texas and company policies and procedures
• Must demonstrate leadership as a clinical resource, inter-professional consultant, and patient advocate
• Participates in rounding independently or with physicians/surgeons and attends interdisciplinary rounds, as appropriate, by specialty
• Collaborates to foster healthy relationships in the work environment
• Acts as a role model and coaches staff in effective verbal, non-verbal and written communication
• Communicates organizational information and aspects of administrative and clinical practice in a respectful and positive manner when interacting with staff
• Advocates for a balanced workload, promotes positive behaviors, and peer-to-peer accountability
• Uses peer-to-peer accountability towards improvement of department score for employee engagement
• Collaborates with inter-professional health care team members to manage/coordinate patient care
• Advocates on patient/family's behalf to identify and resolve clinical and ethical concerns
• Coordinates appropriate, timely patient care between health care providers and other ancillary clinicians, as appropriate, under a physician license, for a defined patient population(s), focusing on identified expected unit/optimal outcomes, individualized to the patient
• Collaborates quality health care with inter-professional team members to manage/coordinate patient care
• Responds and is available timely to patient questions/issues that arise as triaged by clinical staff and provides assistance for emergencies, as needed
• Performs independent or delegated functions under physician license, such as diagnosis, use of prescriptive authority, and treatment according to practice guidelines, protocols, and/or standing orders
• Reviews medications and test reports on patients, responds to critical test results, and advises on any corrective action based on the results
• Conducts comprehensive health assessments (initial, ongoing, discharge), identifies normal/abnormal health characteristics, develops plan of care, initiates appropriate interventions, and evaluates care outcomes on defined patient populations
• Performs quality and safe diagnostic, surgical and/or therapeutic procedures necessary for defined patient populations
• Integrates and contributes to professional practice standards, policies, procedures, protocols and leads improvements in patient safety-related processes
• Performs accurate and timely documentation in medical records, including diagnosis and CPT coding
• Implements department strategies to achieve financial target and mentors others to do the same through timely documentation of care, decreasing length of stay, optimizing efficiency, and other areas according to department specifications
• Projects awareness and understanding of resource allocation based on patient needs and staff experience, knowledge, and skills
• Fosters identification and implementation of innovative solutions to improve patient care or department operations such as the organization's quality metrics or other department-specific measures by leading and/or participating in department and/or hospital projects/activities or a hospital committee
• Provides education of information/knowledge in professional activities such as research, presentations, and publications
• Expands individual knowledge and coaches staff to grow in knowledge, abilities, skills, and attitudes

This description is not intended to be all-inclusive; the candidate will also perform other reasonably related business/ duties as assigned. Company reserves the right to revise duties and responsibilities as the need arises.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $60.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Schedule:

• Day shift
• No weekends

Work Location: In person