Family Practice/Primary Care Physician Assistant

Job description
Essential responsibilities

• Functions independently to perform age-appropriate history and physical for complex acute, critical, and chronically ill perioperative patients. Treat on avg. 15 patients per day.
• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient s age-specific needs.
• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities
• Implements interventions to support the patient to regain or maintain physiologic stability, including but not limited to serving in the first assisting role.
• Assists with the provision of surgical care in accordance with facility, state, and federal regulations.
• Monitors the effectiveness of interventions.
• Facilitates the patient s transition within and between health care settings, e.g. admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals.
• Facilitates staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools

Minimum qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program
• Current Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Licensure
• Current Nurse Practitioner certification in specialty area
• Current CNOR/CRNFA (if applicable) certification
• Current provider card in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS); PALS provider card as required by department and facility
• Strong computer skills, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Work every other Saturday or possibly 1 Sat a month
• Possibly be able to travel to the different office locations: Smyrna, Mableton

Experience: Minimum of 5 years OR clinical perioperative experience. 2 years experience in the Nurse Practitioner role preferred. Spanish speaking is highly recommended. Will consider new grads if bi-lingual/Spanish speaking.

Compensation: DOE, plus full benefit package