Lead Physician Assistant (PA) - Urgent Care

About the role

We're seeking a compassionate and experienced Physician Assistant (PA) to join our team as a Lead Provider. This role involves providing exceptional care and making a real impact on the lives of our patients within our urgent care clinic.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-centered care by conducting health assessments, physical exams, and reviewing medical histories.
• Assess patient health by interviewing patients, performing physical examinations, obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories.
• Determine abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests and interpreting test results.
• Perform therapeutic procedures such as administering injections and immunizations, suturing, managing wounds and infections.
• Educate and counsel patients, empowering them with knowledge about their health, describing therapeutic regimens, giving information on normal growth and development, discussing family planning, and promoting wellness through counseling and guidance.
• Document and comply with company policies by preparing clear, complete, accurate, and legible medical records for each patient under your care, typing, editing, and electronically signing all office notes, reports, and records using EMR in accordance with company policies.
• Maintain a safe and clean working environment in compliance with company and state procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
• Comply with legal and professional requirements including studying existing and new legislation, anticipating future legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed actions.
• Collaborate with a team by working collaboratively and proactively with other providers and health care practitioners within your clinic to efficiently treat patients, and plan coordinated, efficient, and thoughtful dispositions (including transfer), all in a timely manner.
• Continuing education and mentorship by acting as a clinic leader, especially when the Practice Manager is not in-clinic, providing support and mentorship to new-graduate providers as well as other clinic staff, maintaining professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies, and acting as a preceptor to new provider staff, providing information, educational opportunities, and experiential growth opportunities.

Requirements

• Master's degree and certification by Physician Assistant (PA) certifying body.
• Must have and maintain a DEA license with no restrictions.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification: American Heart Association or American Red Cross BLS certification.
• Relevant experience: Clinical experience in emergency medicine, urgent care, or ambulatory care setting is preferred.
• Strong leadership skills: Willing and able to mentor provider as well as non-provider clinic staff.
• Excellent team player: Enjoy collaborating with others and being a part of a strong team dynamic.
• Proactive and confident communicator (written and verbal): Foreshadows and elevates concerns as they arise, unafraid of professional directness both with colleagues and patients.
• Compassionate, authentic, and patient focused: Supports patients through kindness; demonstrating understanding for others and contributing to the creating a community of belonging.
• Technically savvy: Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software and clinical management systems (EMR).
• Strong knowledge of: Principles and processes for providing customer and personal services, including customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations including the requirements of the HIPAA and OSHA and applicable state rules and regulations pertinent to medical practices.
• Current principles, methods, and procedures for the delivery of medical evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment.

Qualifications

• Education: Master's degree in Physician Assistant.
• Licensure: DEA license with no restrictions.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification: American Heart Association or American Red Cross BLS certification.
• Relevant experience: Clinical experience in emergency medicine, urgent care, or ambulatory care setting is preferred.
• Leadership skills: Strong leadership skills, willing and able to mentor provider as well as non-provider clinic staff.
• Communication skills: Excellent team player, proactive and confident communicator (written and verbal).
• Professionalism: Compassionate, authentic, and patient focused.
• Technical skills: Technically savvy, proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software and clinical management systems (EMR).
• Knowledge: Strong knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services, including customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Laws and regulations: Current principles, methods, and procedures for the delivery of medical evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment.

Skills

• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong leadership and mentorship skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite or related software and clinical management systems (EMR).
• Knowledge of relevant drugs and their chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo.
• Understanding of non-pharmaceutical patient care aids and their relevance to patient care.
• Knowledge of current principles, methods, and procedures for the delivery of medical evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Company-paid short-term disability.
• Optional pet insurance.
• Access to primary care depending on location.
• Education alliance with Purdue University Global and reduced tuition rates for team members and their families.
• Employer rewards and access to discounts offered on services and products such as hotels, travel, entertainment, restaurants, and more.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $68 USD - $85 USD. Final compensation is determined at the conclusion of the interview process. If your desired compensation falls within the listed range, we encourage you to apply and learn more. In addition to base compensation, Urgent Care providers at ConvenientMD are eligible for additional earnings through a productivity-based incentive program tied to visits per shift and aligned with quality standards. Our recruiting team will be happy to provide more detail and answer any questions throughout the interview process.

Schedule

Our schedule is flexible to accommodate the needs of our team members and patients. We offer a variety of shifts to fit different lifestyles and preferences.