Physician Assistant

About the role

Provide direct, exceptional dermatological care to patients.

Responsibilities

• Carrries out a review of patients’ medical history
• Performs full body skin exams
• Orders diagnostic tests, including blood tests and x-rays, sends biopsies out to pathology and interprets the results
• Establishes diagnoses and treatment plans for patient’s skin state disease
• Diagnoses and treatment of skin cancer
• Provides treatment, including minor surgical procedures such as, biopsies, cryo-therapy, ED&C, excisions
• Provides counseling and skin safety education to patients and their families
• Prescribes needed medications to patients
• Takes record of patients’ progress
• Completes MIPS requirements and clinical notes within 48hrs of a patient visit
• Participates in community outreach programs to promote the practice and educate people in skin cancer prevention and healthy living
• Absorbs complex medical information and communicates it effectively to patients and their families, medical staff, and external customers
• Adapts to change, attends all team meetings and mandatory in-service training/education
• Communicates professionally, uses medical terminology appropriately, treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect, projects a professional manner and image, recognizes and respects cultural diversity, and treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect
• Maintains confidentiality and documents accurately, uses appropriate guidelines for releasing patient information, practices within the scope of education, training, and personal capabilities, conducts self in accordance with Suncoast’s Employee Handbook, maintains awareness of federal and state health care legislation and regulations, OSHA, HIPAA, and CLIA
• Adapts to change, attends all team meetings and mandatory in-service training/education, communicates professionally, uses medical terminology appropriately, treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect, projects a professional manner and image, recognizes and respects cultural diversity, and treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect
• Maintains awareness of federal and state health care legislation and regulations, OSHA, HIPAA, and CLIA
• Adapts to change, attends all team meetings and mandatory in-service training/education, communicates professionally, uses medical terminology appropriately, treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect, projects a professional manner and image, recognizes and respects cultural diversity, and treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect
• Maintains awareness of federal and state health care legislation and regulations, OSHA, HIPAA, and CLIA
• Adapts to change, attends all team meetings and mandatory in-service training/education, communicates professionally, uses medical terminology appropriately, treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect, projects a professional manner and image, recognizes and respects cultural diversity, and treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect
• Maintains awareness of federal and state health care legislation and regulations, OSHA, HIPAA, and CLIA
• Adapts to change, attends all team meetings and mandatory in-service training/education, communicates professionally, uses medical terminology appropriately, treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect, projects a professional manner and image, recognizes and respects cultural diversity, and treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect
• Maintains awareness of federal and state health care legislation and regulations, OSHA, HIPAA, and CLIA
• Adapts to change, attends all team meetings and mandatory in-service training/education, communicates professionally, uses medical terminology appropriately, treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect, projects a professional manner and image, recognizes and respects cultural diversity, and treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect
• Maintains awareness of federal and state health care legislation and regulations, OSHA, HIPAA, and CLIA
• Adapts to change, attends all team meetings and mandatory in-service training/education, communicates professionally, uses medical terminology appropriately, treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect, projects a professional manner and image, recognizes and respects cultural diversity, and treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect
• Maintains awareness of federal and state health care legislation and regulations, OSHA, HIPAA, and CLIA
• Adapts to change, attends all team meetings and mandatory in-service training/education, communicates professionally, uses medical terminology appropriately, treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect, projects a professional manner and image, recognizes and respects cultural diversity, and treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect
• Maintains awareness of federal and state health care legislation and regulations, OSHA, HIPAA, and CLIA
• Adapts to change, attends all team meetings and mandatory in-service training/education, communicates professionally, uses medical terminology appropriately, treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect, projects a professional manner and image, recognizes and respects cultural diversity, and treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect
• Maintains awareness of federal and state health care legislation and regulations, OSHA, HIPAA, and CLIA
• Adapts to change, attends all team meetings and mandatory in-service training/education, communicates professionally, uses medical terminology appropriately, treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect, projects a professional manner and image, recognizes and respects cultural diversity, and treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect
• Maintains awareness of federal and state health care legislation and regulations, OSHA, HIPAA, and CLIA
• Adapts to change, attends all team meetings and mandatory in-service training/education, communicates professionally, uses medical terminology appropriately, treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect, projects a professional manner and image, recognizes and respects cultural diversity, and treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect
• Maintains awareness of federal and state health care legislation and regulations, OSHA, HIPAA, and CLIA
• Adapts to change, attends all team meetings and mandatory in-service training/education, communicates professionally, uses medical terminology appropriately, treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect, projects a professional manner and image, recognizes and respects cultural diversity, and treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect
• Maintains awareness of federal and state health care legislation and regulations, OSHA, HIPAA, and CLIA
• Adapts to change, attends all team meetings and mandatory in-service training/education, communicates professionally, uses medical terminology appropriately, treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect, projects a professional manner and image, recognizes and respects cultural diversity, and treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect
• Maintains awareness of federal and state health care legislation and regulations, OSHA, HIPAA, and CLIA
• Adapts to change, attends all team meetings and mandatory in-service training/education, communicates professionally, uses medical terminology appropriately, treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect, projects a professional manner and image, recognizes and respects cultural diversity, and treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect
• Maintains awareness of federal and state health care legislation and regulations, OSHA, HIPAA, and CLIA
• Adapts to change, attends all team meetings and mandatory in-service training/education, communicates professionally, uses medical terminology appropriately, treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect, projects a professional manner and image, recognizes and respects cultural diversity, and treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect
• Maintains awareness of federal and state health care legislation and regulations, OSHA, HIPAA, and CLIA
• Adapts to change, attends all team meetings and mandatory in-service training/education, communicates professionally, uses medical terminology appropriately, treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect, projects a professional manner and image, recognizes and respects cultural diversity, and treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect
• Maintains awareness of federal and state health care legislation and regulations, OSHA, HIPAA, and CLIA
• Adapts to change, attends all team meetings and mandatory in-service training/education, communicates professionally, uses medical terminology appropriately, treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect, projects a professional manner and image, recognizes and respects cultural diversity, and treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect
• Maintains awareness of federal and state health care legislation and regulations, OSHA, HIPAA, and CLIA
• Adapts to change, attends all team meetings and mandatory in-service training/education, communicates professionally, uses medical terminology appropriately, treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect, projects a professional manner and image, recognizes and respects cultural diversity, and treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect
• Maintains awareness of federal and state health care legislation and regulations, OSHA, HIPAA, and CLIA
• Adapts to change, attends all team meetings and mandatory in-service training/education, communicates professionally, uses medical terminology appropriately, treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect, projects a professional manner and image, recognizes and respects cultural diversity, and treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect
• Maintains awareness of federal and state health care legislation and regulations, OSHA, HIPAA, and CLIA
• Adapts to change, attends all team meetings and mandatory in-service training/education, communicates professionally, uses medical terminology appropriately, treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect, projects a professional manner and image, recognizes and respects cultural diversity, and treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect
• Maintains awareness of federal and state health care legislation and regulations, OSHA, HIPAA, and CLIA
• Adapts to change, attends all team meetings and mandatory in-service training/education, communicates professionally, uses medical terminology appropriately, treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect, projects a professional manner and image, recognizes and respects cultural diversity, and treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect
• Maintains awareness of federal and state health care legislation and regulations, OSHA, HIPAA, and CLIA
• Adapts to change, attends all team meetings and mandatory in-service training/education, communicates professionally, uses medical terminology appropriately, treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect, projects a professional manner and image, recognizes and respects cultural diversity, and treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect
• Maintains awareness of federal and state health care legislation and regulations, OSHA, HIPAA, and CLIA
• Adapts to change, attends all team meetings and mandatory in-service training/education, communicates professionally, uses medical terminology appropriately, treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect, projects a professional manner and image, recognizes and respects cultural diversity, and treats all patients and co-workers with compassion, empathy, and mutual respect