Lead Physician Assistant (PA) - Urgent Care (Per Diem)

About the role

We're seeking a compassionate and experienced Physician Assistant (PA) to join our team as a Lead Provider. Lead Providers act as clinical leaders for all clinical staff, mentoring and supporting new-grad providers as well as allied healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-centered care: Conduct health assessments, physical exams, and review medical histories to address short- and long-term patient needs while maintaining high-quality, efficient patient care.
• Assess patient health: Interview patients, perform physical examinations, obtain, update, and study medical histories.
• Determine abnormal conditions: Administer or order diagnostic tests and interpret test results. Perform therapeutic procedures such as administering injections and immunizations, suturing, managing wounds and infections.
• Educate and counsel: Empower patients with knowledge about their health, describe therapeutic regimens, give information on normal growth and development, discuss family planning, and promote wellness through counseling and guidance.
• Document and comply: Prepare clear, complete, accurate, and legible medical records for each patient under your care. Type, edit, and electronically sign 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: Work collaboratively and pro-actively 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 & mentorship: Act as a clinic leader, especially when the Practice Manager is not in-clinic. Provide support and mentorship to new-graduate providers as well as other clinic staff. Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies. Act as a preceptor to new provider staff, providing information, educational opportunities, and experiential growth opportunities.

Requirements

• Education, Licensure, & Certifications: 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): Foreshadow and elevate 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 creation of 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. Relevant drugs and their chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. Non-pharmaceutical patient care aids, their applicable uses, and relevance to patient care. Current principles, methods, and procedures for the delivery of medical evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment.

Qualifications

• Must have a Master's degree and certification by a Physician Assistant 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 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): Foreshadow and elevate 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 creation of 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. Relevant drugs and their chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. Non-pharmaceutical patient care aids, their applicable uses, and relevance to patient care. Current principles, methods, and procedures for the delivery of medical evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment.

Skills

• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Leadership and mentoring skills
• Collaborative teamwork
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Knowledge of relevant laws and regulations

Benefits

• Access to our primary care (depending on location)
• 401(k) match after one year of service
• Employer rewards and access to discounts offered on services and products
• Health, dental, and vision coverage
• Company-paid short-term disability
• Optional pet insurance

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Hours are flexible to accommodate patient needs and clinic operations.