"I was very impressed with the personal attention given. The entire staff was extremely professional yet still caring. You made us feel that we were in the best hands possible. Thank you so much!"
The Physician Assistant will work cooperatively with the specific physician in providing optimal pre-operative, operative and non-operative spine care for patients. The Physician Assistant will also work independently as outlined below and will participate in all aspects of patient care as indicated.
- Provide appropriate assessment of patient's health, ranging from focused to comprehensive
- Obtain patient health history from patient or guardian and review pertinent health records
- Perform patient examination
- Consults with supervising physician as appropriate with patient history
- Order pertinent diagnostic tests and procedures
- Interprets health information and establishes diagnoses consistent with the accumulated data
- Formulates treatment plan
- Orders necessary medication and conservative therapies
- Provides education and support to operative and non-operative patients
- Makes health record entries into electronic medical record and dictates according to standards
- Assists physician in surgery
- Provide for continuity of care during hospitalization including hospital rounds
- Work closely with physician, nurse and secretary to provide comprehensive care
- Assist the physician as needed during clinic and provide appropriate care to patients
- Assist physician as necessary with related office work
- Coding
- Patient form completion
- Correspondence
- Maintains current knowledge in the field of practice
- Acts as a resource for nurse clinicians
- Performs related work as assigned
- Graduate of a Physician Assistant Program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission of Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc.
- Minimum 3-6+ years of professional experience with exposure to clinic and surgery services
- Certification as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) and current licensure as a Physician Assistant in the state of Minnesota.
- Certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS).
- Well-developed assessment, interviewing and counseling skills
- Knowledge of patient history and physical examination methods, health sciences (anatomy with a focus on spine, physiology, biochemistry, pathophysiology, pharmacology and microbiology), HIPAA compliant.
- Ability to develop therapeutic relationships with patients, interpret medical data, identify normal and abnormal physical radiology findings
- Detail-oriented, ability to multi-task.
- Excellent communicator, positive attitude, hard working, confident in skills
Working Conditions:
- Requires the use of office equipment, such as computer terminals, facsimile machines, telephone and copiers
- Requires sitting, standing and talking on the telephone for extended periods of time
- Requires the ability to see, hear, speak, write and key
- Applicant must be detailed oriented
- Requires being able to deal with difficult, sensitive and confidential patient issues.
- Candidate should have strong organizational, time management and prioritization abilities.
- A team player with excellent communication skills