Physician Assistant - Heart & Vascular Center, Surgery

Overview

Lexington Health - Heart & Vascular Center, Surgery
Full Time
AM/PM Shift
7a-7p, includes call

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bedteachinghospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.

Consistently ranked as bestin the Columbia Metroarea by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000babies each year, performs more than 34,000surgeries annually and isthe region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first Heart

CARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center.

Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

Assesses the physical and psychosocial status of patients by means of interview, health history, physical examination and diagnostic tests. Interprets the data, develops and implements a plan of treatment, follows through on a continuum of patient care across the health-illness continuum and life span within protocols set forth and approved by both the Physician Assistant and Physicians. Provides a wide spectrum of direct health care services to patients of all ages under the supervision of a licensed physician.

• Minimum Education:
  
  Master  Degree from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum Years of
  
  Experience:
  
  None.
• Substitutable
  
  Education & Experience:
  
  None.
• Required Certifications/Licensure:
  Approved South Carolina state licensing through a local medical licensing office and/or board of Medical Examiners
• Required Training:
  Successful completion of a course of study or training approved by an accredited medical body such as CAHEA, American Medical Association, or the Association of Medical Colleges; CPR, BLS.

• Responsive to all patients and office staff requests and needs.
• Documents all situations, both internally and externally, that may arise out of the ordinary or are necessary to maintain accurate patient charts/records.
• Helps maintain the work area in a neat and orderly fashion. Responsible for keeping supplies necessary to perform the job duties.
• Provides diagnosis and treatment of common acute illnesses; prevention and maintenance health care to patients with stable chronic illnesses; and performs interim physical examinations for healthy patients within prescribed guidelines:
• • Elicits appropriate present and past medical history and review of systems.
  • Performs appropriate physical examination and orders appropriate diagnostic studies.
  • Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings in history and physical.
  • Establishes appropriate differential diagnosis.
  • Assesses stability of chronic illness and compliance with present therapy; monitors for complications of disease or therapy.
  • Establishes appropriate treatment plan. Assesses need for hospitalization or physician intervention.
  • Determines timing for follow-up and orders appropriate referrals.
  • Counsels regarding health maintenance and disease prevention, and provides anticipatory guidance as appropriate.
• Provides health education to patients about ways to improve, promote, and maintain their health status, including but not limited to providing educational information on disease/disease processes, self-care practices, and positive lifestyle choices (i.e. diabetes, safe sex, weight loss, smoking cessation, etc.).
• Indicates, designs, and completes educational programs for patients, families, and targeted audiences.
• Maintains accurate records, medication lists, and documentation of care and follow-up for administrative purposes and reimbursement of services.
• Adheres to agreed-upon format/protocol for documentation or records.
• Maintains appropriate level of documentation to promote/support level of…