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18 Oct
Full-Time Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner
Job Description
Date completed: 10/18/18 Work Location: Wilkes Barre, PA
Title: Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner Department: Physician’s Administration
Position Status: Full Time Exempt Status: Exempt
Position purpose
Aiding the physician with care and treatment of new, established and surgical patients both in the office and the O.R. including, but not limited to:
Office Hour Responsibilities:
- Perform initial evaluations of new patients, post-op patients, and follow up patients along with the supervising physician
- Evaluate and treatment post-op patients independently when supervising physician is away
- Dictate patient office note in Company HER system
- Perform suture remove & provide dressings
- Order appropriate x-rays & review images with supervising physician
- Order other appropriate diagnostic studies
- Review diagnostic reports to determine if patient needs to be seen sooner than already scheduled
- Alert patients of any urgent results
- Order medications (Must have DEA license)
- Search Pennsylvania Drug Monitoring program prior to prescribing any narcotics
- Educate patients about condition and post-op course/treatment
- Answer patient phone calls pertaining to medical questions/concerns
- Coordinate patient care needs with administrative members of team and assist as needed with administrative tasks
- Communicate with other medical specialists involved with patient’s care including occupational therapists, trainers and physicians
Operating Room Responsibilities:
- Communicate with OR staff prior to the start of case to confirm all necessary instrumentation is present & working properly
- Communicate with nursing staff any special concerns
- First-assist in surgery
- Operate fluoroscopy machine
- Suture deep and superficial wounds
- Apply splint
- Perform surgical history and physical
- Confirm consent with patient
- Pre-operative orders
- Write brief note
- Post-operative orders
- Write discharge summary/post-op instructions for patients
- Confirm with patients that they are set up for therapy if they are expected to begin prior to their first post-op visit
- Prescribe post-op antibiotics and pain medication
Qualifications
- Unrestricted Pennsylvania Physician Assistant License or Nurse Practitioner License
Special Position Requirements
- Must have DEA license to order medications
Work Requirements
- Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner will be required to work in the office with the physician 2 ½ days per week and in the O.R. 2 days per week
*Competitive Salary and Benefits Offered!
