Job Description

Job Location: WCP Grand Junction - GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81506

Position Type: Full Time

Salary Range: $94,000.00 - $94,000.00 Salary

Job Shift: Day

Physician Assistant

✨ Why Join Primary Care Partners? We Take Care of You While You Care for Others! ✨

At Primary Care Partners, we believe that taking care of our team is just as important as taking care of our patients. That’s why we offer:

Base pay $94.000

Benefits $7-8

Combined with base pay our Robust Benefit coverage includes outstanding retirement including annual 401k contribution and profit sharing, 100% coverage for Health insurance, life, disability and multiple other benefits incl. Dental, vision, critical illness and injury coverage, long term care, pet insurance etc.

Job Summary

To provide medical care that is personal, continuous, cost-effective, and of high quality under the supervision of a physician. A licensed medical professional who works with a medical doctor to provide patient care in various setting and specialties. A PA can examine, diagnose, treat, and prescribe medications for common illnesses and injuries, as well as assist in minor procedures. A PA may also order diagnostic tests, read charts, and interact with patients and their families.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Examining, diagnosing and treating patients with the guidance of a medical doctor in the outpatient setting.
• Contributes to physician's effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range patient care issues that must be addressed; providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommending options and courses of action; implementing physician directives.
• Assesses patient health by interviewing patients; performing physical examinations; obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories in the outpatient setting as well as the inpatient, and other facilities
• Determines abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests, such as x-rays, electrocardiograms, and laboratory studies as well as interpreting these test results. Notifies patients of these results.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Performs therapeutic procedures by administering therapeutic injections, suturing; managing wounds, infections and fracture care.
• Instructs and counsels patients by describing therapeutic regimens; giving normal growth and development information; discussing family planning; providing counseling on emotional problems of daily living; promoting wellness and health maintenance.
• Provides continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans.
• Works directly with back office for triage, patient management and refill requests.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
• Complies with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipating future legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Develops health care team staff by providing information, educational opportunities, and experiential growth opportunities.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Experience

Health Promotion and Maintenance, Thoroughness, Clinical Skills, Informing Others, Medical Teamwork, Physiological Knowledge, Bedside Manner, Infection Control, Administering Medication, Pain Management, Self-Development

Education Requirements

Graduate of appropriate academic program. Have appropriate licensure. Attend Continuing Education programs as requested or as required by the position. DEA licensure.

Working Environment

This job operates in a professional outpatient medical environment. This role routinely interacts with direct patient care.

Physical Demands

The physical demands descripted here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This is both a sedentary and walking/standing role; however, some lifting is required; it would require the ability to lift and navigate patients. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Risk Level

High

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications