Physician Assistant |PRN|

Description

Heritage Health is currently seeking a dedicated and flexible PRN Physician Assistant to provide coverage across our clinics in Northern Idaho. This role is perfect for a provider who thrives in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment and is available to step in during staff vacations, leaves, or other absences.

Why You Should Join our Dynamic Healthcare Team:

• Passionate Purpose: We're committed to enhancing lives, every day.
• Unmatched Support: We are committed to a fun and supportive team environment.
• Balanced Lifestyle: No weekends or holidays, ensuring a healthy work-life balance.
• Collaborative Care: Work with a dedicated team to provide the best patient outcomes in the right settings.
• Exceptional Rewards: Competitive pay, and benefits

As a PRN Physician Assistant at Heritage Health, you will work under general supervision to independently provide acute and routine medical care to a diverse patient population. In addition to delivering high-quality clinical services, you may also offer guidance and oversight to support staff within the care setting.

Requirements

• A medical license from the State of Idaho to practice medicine as a Physician Assistant under a Physician’s supervision plus a medical certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants Inc. (NCCPA) is required.
• The medical license must be free of restriction and no litigation or disciplinary actions may be pending against the incumbent.
• The incumbent must have or be eligible to obtain the Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, DEA and State of Idaho Controlled Substance Registration numbers.
• At least 3-5 years’ experience as a primary care provider is desirable.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

1. Ability to perform medical examinations using standard medical procedures.
2. Knowledge of patient care charts and patient histories.
3. Ability to react calmly and effectively in emergency situations.
4. Knowledge of primary care principles and practices.
5. Skill in preparing and maintaining patient records.
6. Knowledge of drugs and their indications, contraindications, dosing, side effects, and proper administration.
7. Knowledge of clinical operations and procedures.
8. Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.
9. Knowledge of current and emerging trends in technologies, techniques, issues, and approaches in area of expertise.
10. Knowledge of CPR and emergency medical procedures.
11. Ability to educate patients and/or families as to the nature of disease and to provide instruction on proper care and treatment.
12. Ability to clearly communicate medical information to professional practitioners and/or the general public.
13. Knowledge of related accreditation and certification requirements.
14. Ability to observe, assess, and record symptoms, reactions, and progress.
15. Ability to supervise and train employees, to include organizing, prioritizing, and scheduling work assignments.
16. Ability to make administrative and procedural decisions.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Provides primary care to patients through diagnosis, treatment and management of acute and chronic problems in accordance with standards of care as described in Principles of Practice, protocols, and scope of practice as approved by supervising physician and Board of Medicine.
2. Provides and/or obtains consultation to/from other clinic providers, specialists, or other health care professionals as appropriate.
3. Assess patient needs for specialty referrals, diagnostic testing, or hospitalization.
4. Supervises and/or coordinates the activities of patient care and/or support staff.
5. Works in col­lab­o­ra­tion and/or co­or­di­na­tion with oth­er health-care pro­vid­ers with­in the clin­ic team and com­mu­ni­ty agen­cies to pro­vide com­pre­hen­sive client care.
6. In co­or­di­na­tion with oth­er clin­ic staff, main­tains sys­tem of qual­i­ty as­sess­ment and as­su­rance in ac­cor­dance with qual­i­ty as­su­rance plan.
7. Par­tic­i­pates in pro­gram plan­ning, development, im­ple­men­ta­tion and eval­u­a­tion re­lat­ing to spe­cif­ic job, clin­ic, and pro­gram func­tions.
8. Par­tic­i­pates in staff meet­ings, con­fer­enc­es, and in-ser­vice training­ and con­tin­u­ing ed­u­ca­tion.
9. Par­tic­i­pates in re­cruit­ment, in­ter­view­ing and per­for­mance eval­u­a­tions of clin­i­cal per­son­nel.
10. May be asked to participate in a shared call system with other providers.
11. Responsible for accurate, timely, and complete documentat