Physician Assistant (PA-C) or Nurse Practitioner at Precision Healthcare Specialists – Fort Myers, Florida

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 Lee County with The Colorectal Institute Experts. General responsibilities will include seeing patients for routine status checks, hospital consults and rounding, office consults, re-evaluations and discharge summaries, while working under the supervision of a physician.

Key Responsibilities:

· Evaluate patients: take history and perform pertinent physical examination in hospital and office setting.

· Provide post-surgical wound care and follow-up.

· 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.

· Prepare 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.

Qualifications:

· 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:

· Fully certified Physician Assistant or licensed Nurse Practitioner.