Physician Assistant - Full Time

Description

Hamilton Health Box (HHB) is a rapidly growing healthcare startup operating hybrid telemedicine-enabled primary care clinics for small and medium businesses across the country. Our goal is to find high potential individuals to drive a high-touch, low-cost healthcare experience for all of our patients and clients.

Position Summary:

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) will work closely with supervising Physicians and will manage 3-5 separate primary care microclinics and care for the surrounding communities. It will consist of a combination of virtual and in person medical care. The key objective is to create value through health coaching, disease management, preventative screening and education.

Essential functions:

• Promotes and maintains patient health by providing medical services under the supervision of a physician.
• Contributes to a physician’s efficiency by identifying short-term and long-range patient care issues.
• Recommends options and courses of action for patient care.
• Implements physician directives.
• Assesses patient health by interviewing patients and performing physical examination including obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories.
• Determines abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests, such as X-rays and laboratory studies and interpreting test results.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Performs therapeutic procedures by administering injections and immunizations, suturing, and managing wounds and infections.
• Instructs and counsels patients by providing normal growth and development information and providing counseling on emotional problems of daily living.
• Provides a community of care by developing and implementing patient-management plans.
• Maintains a 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; and enforcing adherence to requirements and advising management on needed actions.
• Collaborates in the development and evaluation of patient care. Updates clinical guidelines/protocols/pathways; works autonomously and accepts accountability for outcomes; signs orders in accordance with institution and state board requirements; collaborates in research and teaching projects and applies research to practice.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
• Develops health care team staff by providing information, educational opportunities, and experimental growth opportunities.
• Utilizes telemedicine interface to complete virtual visits.
• Ability to float, round to multiple facilities and/or take call (first call) to support Urgent Care APPs.

Requirements

Work Environment:

• Clean, well-lit and comfortable environment
• Low noise environment
• Subject to high client flow, varied needs for programs/offerings

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Graduate of a State approved Physician Assistant program
• Active Physician Assistant state license required
• Maintenance of Licensure and certification required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required
• Eligibility for DEA licensure required

Medical Specialties:

• Primary Care

Benefits:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance - $10,000 policy paid by employer
• Additional Life/AD&D insurance
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability - paid by employer
• Paid Sick Leave
• Paid Vacation

Position:

• Full Time