Physician Assistant Fellow

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PN Clinical Support Services
Full Time
AM Shift
8:00am-4:30pm

 

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.

 

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

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Job Summary

The Physician Assistant Fellow functions in a learning role receiving advanced training through practical hands-on and didactic educational experiences designed to increase confidence and clinical skills. The program includes a structured family practice continuity clinic experience along with additional specialty rotations.  The  Fellow  will  serve  as  a  provider  within  various Lexington  Medical Center Physician Practices, Community Medical Centers and partnered facilities. Under the supervision of a Physician, the Fellow will (1) assess the physical and psychosocial status of patients by means of interview, health history, physical examination and diagnostic tests and (2) interpret    data, develop and implement a plan of treatment, follow through  on a continuum  of  patient care across the health-illness continuum and lifespan within standard protocols set forth and approved by both the Fellow and practice physicians. 

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Education: Masters or higher degree in nursing from an accredited College or University (obtained within the last 18 months)
Minimum Years of Experience: 2 Years of healthcare related experience
Substitutable Education & Experience (Optional): None.
Required Certifications/Licensure: Approved South Carolina state licensing through local medical licensing office and/or board of medical examiners;

• CPR & BLS

Required Training: Successful completion of a course of study or training approved by an accredited medical body such as CAHEA, American Medical Association, or the Association of Medical Colleges

Essential Functions

• Maintains current signed written practice agreements, reviewed and revise as needed.
• Has contact by phone, correspondence, or personal meetings with persons in other departments or outside the practice; tact is required in these contacts and the employee assumes the responsibility for harmonious relationships.
• Documents all situations, both internally and externally, that may arise out of the ordinary or are necessary to maintain accurate patient charts/records.
• Helps maintain the work area in a neat and orderly fashion. Responsible for obtaining and keeping supplies necessary to perform the job duties.
• Works directly with the Mgr of Clinical Support in establishing goals and objectives and follows them through to completion.
• The Fellow will be committed to attend and complete a scheduled sequence of educational requirements. 
• Under supervision, Fellow provides diagnosis and treatment of common acute illnesses; prevention and maintenance health care to patients with stable chronic illnesses; and performs interim physical examinations for healthy patients within prescribed guidelines.
  • Elicits appropriate present and past medical history and review of systems.
  • Performs appropriate physical examination and orders appropriate diagnostic studies.
  • Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings in history and physical.
  • Establishes appropriate differential diagnosis.    
  • Assesses stability of chronic illness and compliance with present therapy; monitors for complications of disease or therapy.
  • Establishes appropriate treatment plan. Assesses need for hospitalization or physician     intervention.
  • Determines timing for follow-up and orders appropriate referrals.
  • Counsels regarding health maintenance and disease prevention, and provides anticipatory guidance as appropriate.
• Provides health education to patients about ways to improve, promote, and maintain their health status, including but not limited