Sleep Medicine Physician Assistant

Piedmont Pulmonary and Sleep - Sleep Medicine Advanced Practice Provider - Outpatient - Newnan

Piedmont Healthcare is currently recruiting for a Physician Assistant to join the Piedmont Pulmonary and Sleep office in Newnan. This is a full-time outpatient position focusing on sleep medicine patients with the occasional pulmonary patient.

Key Responsibilities :
Ambulatory care responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Functions as an independent provider in a busy outpatient pulmonary and sleep medicine office with MDs available to assist in evaluating complex patients as needed.
• Takes patient histories, conducts physical examinations, writes progress notes, and develops appropriate treatment plans.
• Orders and interprets laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures including Home Sleep Tests, In-lab Polysomnography, Chest X-rays, Chest CTs, and Pulmonary Function testing. Explain the necessity, nature, and results of the scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedure(s) to the patient.
• Reviews recent PAP usage with the patient via compliance reports and troubleshoots any barriers to nightly PAP use.

Piedmont Benefits include:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• CME allowance
• Quality, Service, and Reputation

Minimum Requirements:

• PA:
  Graduate of a Physician Assistants program with current license for the Georgia State Composite Board