Physician Assistant

NEEDED: PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

LOCATION:

13777 Air Expressway Blvd., Victorville, CA 92394

40 hours per week, 8 hours per day, Monday – Friday, as needed between 6:00 AM – 10:00 PM, for 120 workdays annually. Total: 960 hours annually

• Must be certified to practice medicine in the State of California.
• Must have at least one or more years of experience as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant. Must be Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certified, in accordance with the American Heart Association Basic Life Support.
• Possess and submit evidentiary documentation of graduation from an accredited school.

• Provide direct patient care services in accordance with legal, ethical, and institutional standards through the evaluation of patients and therapeutic treatment as ordered by Health Services clinical staff.
• Perform Advance Practice Practitioner duties within the scope of the current licensure.
• Administer medications as prescribed i.e., by mouth, intravenously, intradermally, subcutaneously, or intramuscularly.
• Assist with distribution of medications at pill line.
• Monitor and evaluate the response to therapy.
• Perform history and physicals.
• Provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services for the inmate.
• Take medical histories, examine patients, order and interpret laboratory tests and x-rays.
• Maintain accurate logs of all reports in accordance with Bureau of Prisons and JACHO policy.
• Screen laboratory tests/results for normal/abnormal lab values and notify the physician or physicians.
• Ensure all sharps are secured, accounted for, stored and disposed of according to institutional and national policy.
• Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.
• Adhere to infection control policies and procedures.
• Ability and skill to operate EKG.
• Make a diagnosis, provide treatment plans and prescribe medications.
• Clinically manage injuries by suturing, splinting, and immobilizing.
• Attend to medical emergencies.
• Record progress notes, recommend clinically necessary outside consultation, instruct and counsel, and order or carry out therapy.
• Emergency consultation to be performed in instances where deemed necessary.
• Perform minor surgery utilizing local anesthesia during consultation visits.
• Work collaboratively with the staff physician(s) and consulting physician(s) in planning, instituting, evaluating and revising program plans.
• Assist in determining conditions, resources and policies essential to delivery of the health care services.
• Disseminate between normal and abnormal findings to recognize early stages of serious physical, emotional, or mental problems.
• Manage the daily operation of the clinic and conduct daily sick call; this may include securing health histories from the patient, recording findings and providing clinical evaluations.
• Provide a wide range of emergency services, in the absence of the physician.
• Perform duties as required, but accept only those nursing assignments that are commensurate with his/her educational preparation, training, experience, and licensure laws.

Competitive hourly pay rate, accrued vacation, accrued sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays, 401K opportunity and healthcare benefits contributions.