Spanish Speaking PA Needed for House Calls in NYC - Bronx, United States - Clear Staffing Solutions, LLC

Description

Job Summary: The Physician Assistant will support the doctors work and actively facilitate patients recovery. You will apply medical techniques and principles under the direction of a physician and you will deal with a diverse set of patients offering them care and encouragement.

Responsibilities include:

• 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.

Job Requirements:

• 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 or at least one-year equivalent work experience
• 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