Role OverviewThe Physician Assistant (PA) will provide health care services to patients under the direction of a physician. PA's are academically and clinically trained to perform many of the routine but time-consuming tasks that physicians usually do and are accountable for their own actions and accountable to their supervising physicians.
What You Will Do
The Physician Assistant (PA) promotes and maintains patient health by providing medical services that begin with an initial patient consultation and continue with ongoing care and assessment throughout the clinical relationship. This includes examining patients, taking medical history, recording results, making preliminary diagnoses, and deciding on follow-up procedures.
Why It Might Be a Fit
The Physician Assistant (PA) assists physician with emergency treatments and more complex procedures, and communicates clearly and compassionately with patients and their colleagues within often stressful medical treatment settings.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in a Physician Assistant Program
- Two years of experience in a clinical setting
- State accreditation based on certifying exam
- Continued employment requires 100 hours of continuing medical education every two years and passing a recertification examination every six years
Benefits
- equal employment opportunities
- reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities
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