Urgent Care Physician Assistant / Physician Associate

Full Time
Delta, CO 81416
$51 - $57 an hour
Posted
Job description

River Valley Family Health Centers is looking for visionary staff who enjoys working with a dynamic, integrated team. Our clinics offer full care to our patients; Medical, Mental Health and Dental care! Are you a team player who enjoys working with providers from other disciplines to care for your patients? Come work with River Valley!

Position Title: Urgent Care Medical Provider - Physician Assistant / Associate

Supervision Received: Chief Medical Officer or Clinical Director

Supervision Exercised: None

Department: Clinical

Status: Exempt

Locations: Delta & Montrose

  • Loan Repayment Options
  • Relocation Assistance
  • Sign-on Bonus Offered

JOB SUMMARY:

To lead the clinical staff and programs to ensure the highest quality health care is provided to Olathe Community Clinic (DBA River Valley Family Health Center) patients. This position participates in administrative decision-making with special attention paid to health care implications. This is a PRN position.

CHARACTERISTICS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Embrace the mission, vision, and values of River Valley Family Health Center
  • Provides direct patient care in the convenient care clinic.
  • Assesses patient health by interviewing patients; performing physical examinations; obtaining histories; developing and implementing patient management plans.
  • The ability to prioritize work assignments and work independently.
  • Completing patient encounters per expectations.
  • Documenting patient care services by charting in the electronic medical records using OLD CARTs for HPI.
  • Administer and order diagnostic tests, such as, but not limited to x-ray, electrocardiogram, and laboratory tests, and interprets test results for deviations from normal.
  • Performs therapeutic procedure by administering injection, suturing, , splinting, removal of foreign bodies, managing wounds and infections.
  • Performs evaluations and therapeutic procedures in response to life-threatening situations.
  • Managing and monitoring patients with elevated blood sugar, blood pressure, or body temperature.
  • Stabilizing and transferring some patients to local hospitals.
  • Collaborates with Behavioral Health Providers in cases presenting with mental health conditions.
  • Participate in Peer Review activities
  • Maintaining confidentiality
  • Meeting clinical targets set by the government for specific treatments, such as tobacco screening.
  • Keeping up to date with medical developments, new drugs, treatments, and medications.
  • Following River Valley Family Health centers policy regarding chronic pain.
  • Uses currently accepted methods and practices of medicine, adheres to applicable standards of care, medical ethics, policies and protocols.
  • Maintaining continuing medical education (CME’s) activities – Provider quarterly lunches and learns and out of office CME’s.
  • Comply with River Valley FHC Infection Control plan which includes personally utilizing universal precautions.

Miscellaneous Duties as Assigned:

  • Perform such other duties or projects as determined by this position’s supervisor
  • This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor or another member of C-Suite.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

Education or Formal Training & Experience:

  • Licensed PA-C
  • Current board certification and state license
  • Valid medical license/DEA registration in the jurisdiction of the facilities.
  • Current BLS/CPR and ACLS certification.
  • 5+ years of related experience required

Knowledge, Skill & Ability:

  • Ability to work 12-hour shifts and rotating Sundays.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective, courteous working relationships with patients, staff team members, insurance entities and others.
  • Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
  • Ability to travel to meetings outside of the service area.
  • Ability to work flexible hours to meet job requirements.
  • Complete mandatory vaccines (Tdap, Hep A, Hep B, MMR, Varicella, covid, and yearly flu vaccine).
  • Proficient in communication technologies (Outlook email, cell phone, etc.).
  • Ability to be a team player. Support and assist team members. Be available to help and learn from the team. Keep an open mind to feedback and earn trust of staff and providers.
  • Bilingual in Spanish is a plus.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $51.00 - $57.00 per hour

Benefits:

  • 401(k) matching
  • Employee assistance program
  • Flexible schedule
  • Paid time off

Medical specialties:

  • Internal Medicine
  • Primary Care

Schedule:

  • 12 hour shift
  • Monday to Friday
  • Weekend availability

Experience:

  • Internal Medicine / Family Practice: 5 years (Required)

License/Certification:

  • medical license/DEA registration for Colorado (Required)
  • Colorado license (Required)

Work Location: Multiple Locations

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