Physician Assistant-Certified

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Job description

About us

Hoffman Health Partners is a small business in Towanda, PA.

Our work environment includes:
Private Practice Setting

Full job description

The Physician Assistant will provide comprehensive care in a FAMILY MEDICINE/INTERNAL MEDICINE

Overview:
Provides primary care to patients across the life span (family medicine) or adult patients (internal medicine).

Assessment/Diagnosis and Management of Patients in Primary Care Setting
Provides preventive health, including well visits, screenings, and immunizations; as well as acute and complex care visits requiring diagnosis, treatment/management, and referral to specialists or higher level of care when necessary.
Possesses awareness and provides assessment of patient risk factors, including physical, socioeconomic, and psychosocial risk factors.
Obtains and documents thorough patient history.
Performs and documents comprehensive physical exams.
Orders, performs, and interprets appropriate diagnostic testing, and responds to results requiring further evaluation or investigation.
Formulates differential diagnoses by priority.
Engages/Collaborates with collaborative physicians when needed (i.e. diagnosis in question, patient not responding to treatment, etc.).
Coordinates with other specialists as needed.

Formulates Plan of Care
Identifies expected outcomes from diagnosis, and formulates and documents a plan of care to address preventive care, acute care, and chronic health care needs.
Utilizes evidenced-based practice guidelines and protocols in an individualized, dynamic plan of care that can be applied across the continuum.
Implements and modifies plan of care based on patient response, diagnostic testing, and specialist recommendations.
Prescribes diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions (as above).
May perform in-office procedures consistent with privileges and competency validation.

Documentation
Provides timely documentation in Medent; meets compliance standards; and captures patient history, presenting problem, physical exam, diagnosis(es) and treatment/plan of care.

Other Responsibilities
Reviews results of diagnostic studies in a timely manner, and communicates follow-up plan to the patient

Professional Practice
Maintains national board certification, state licensure and required continuing education, and membership in a professional organization as appropriate
Master's Degree
National Board Certification as a Primary/Family Care Physician Assistant
BLS certification

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $100,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year

Benefits:
Dental insurance
Flexible schedule
Health insurance
Paid time off
Retirement plan
Vision insurance
Medical Specialty:
Geriatrics
Internal Medicine
Primary Care
Schedule:
Day shift
Monday to Friday

License/Certification:
Physician Assistant License (Required)

Ability to Commute:
Towanda, PA 18848 (Required)

Work Location: In person

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