Physician Assistant - Urgent Care

Our client is looking for a Physician Assistant to join our team Urgent Care Team!

Type:

Direct-Hire/ Full-Time
Schedule:

3 days/ 8am-8pm or 9-5 Mon-Fri/ 28 hour weekends per month for FT / and at least 20 hours week for part-time
Location:

Bronx (Remote)

Responsibilities:
Provide healthcare services under supervision of a physician.
Examine patients and record their medical histories.
Conduct physicals and treat minor injuries (sutures, splints, etc)
Order diagnostic tests, interpret results and diagnose medical conditions.
Prescribe therapy or medication with physician approval.
Monitor responses to treatments and counsel patients.
Assess patients' health and their demands and aim to fulfill them as well as possible.
Issue appropriate prescriptions and administer medicine.
Inform physicians about any problems or discrepancies that might arise.
Acquire and review patient histories identifying abnormal conditions.
Monitor patients' progress and keep records of treatments, surgeries or other medical events.
Prepare patients for examinations and conduct routine procedures (measure blood pressure and temperature, administer injections etc)
Provide therapeutic treatments (disinfecting wounds, stitching etc.)
Collaborate effectively with team members of various specializations.
Attend to emergencies.

Qualifications:
Master's Degree required
Active New York license as a Physician Assistant
Currently New York Controlled Substance and Drug Enforcement Registration
Master's degree
Graduate of an approved PA Program and a post-graduate training program in surgery
Need at least 3 years of experience working in the ER, UC or Acute setting as an PA
Current Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
Emergency Medicine / Family Practice/Acute Care
DOT, BLS, ACLS Preferred
Bilingual a plus - Spanish
Proven work experience as a physician assistant or nurse
Knowledge of EMR Systems preferred

Please email:

[email protected]