Physician Assistant Fellow

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is enriching the lives of others by educating students, providing excellent patient care, and advancing knowledge through innovative research. TTUHSC graduates more health care professionals than any other health care institution in the state, conferring 24.2% of all degrees and certificates awarded from health-related institutions in Texas. By providing comprehensive clinical services to more than 10 million individuals across 121 counties, TTUHSC is dedicated to advancing the health of people throughout Texas and beyond.

This is where world-class education meets compassionate patient care – and we believe that our people are the reason for our institution’s lasting success and bright future.

Being part of the TTUHSC team means being part of an innovative and supportive community that empowers each individual to do their best work. Through our values-based culture, TTUHSC is committed to cultivating an exceptional workplace community with a positive culture that puts people first.

TTUHSC, at its sole discretion, may initiate new H-1B I-129 visa petitions in accordance with the directive issued by Governor Abbott. Approval from the Texas Workforce Commission is required. On a limited, case-by-case basis, the institution may also sponsor eligible individuals for change-of-status or change-of-employer petitions for qualifying positions. TTUHSC will not pay the $100,000 fee, if applicable.

The TTUHSC Rural Medicine Physician Assistant (PA) Fellow participates in a structured, 12-month postgraduate fellowship focused on advanced clinical practice in rural and underserved communities. The Fellow is based at the Preventative Care Health Services (PCHS) federally qualified health center in Alpine, Texas, with clinical experiences throughout the Trans-Pecos region and potential rotations at a critical access hospital. The fellowship combines supervised patient care, procedural training, structured didactics, scholarly activity, and community-based rural medicine experiences.

• Provide evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, preventive care, and patient education within the physician assistant's scope of practice and assigned clinical privileges.
• Provide care at the Alpine clinical site and affiliated rural and telehealth sites throughout the Trans-Pecos region.
• Participate in ambulatory and hospital-based rural medicine experiences, including exposure to acute care, emergency care, inpatient care, women's health, and procedural medicine.
• Develop competence in common rural ambulatory and hospital procedures appropriate to the Fellow's training, supervision, and clinical privileges.
• Participate in rural house calls and community-based clinical experiences.
• Participate in sports medicine activities involving local high school and university athletic programs.
• Participate in structured didactics, mentoring, clinical supervision, and professional development activities.
• Complete an approved scholarly product, which may include a quality-improvement project, grant application, research paper, or scholarly manuscript.
• Collaborate effectively with physicians, physician assistants, resident physicians, students, and other members of the health care team.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation and comply…