Physician Assistant
Patient Care Medical Group -
Position Title : Physician Assistant
Department : Patient Care Medical Group
Reports to : Medical Director
Position Summary :
Opportunity : Provide appropriate, patient-centered care to high-risk, medically vulnerable patients, often suffering from multiple chronic conditions, when and where they need it.
This patient-centric, continuous care model delivers clinical, economic, and human benefits.
Mission : Patient Care Medical Group seeks to understand a patient’s physical, emotional, and social conditions to provide patient specific care, with collaboration between interdisciplinary team members, with the goal of achieving an optimal level of success.
Solution : Facilitation of timely interventions when chronic conditions worsen and preempting avoidable emergency department visits and hospitalizations, alleviating social stressors that contribute to poor health, and comforting patients by giving them loving care and letting them know they are not alone.
Market Focus : Acute Discharges, Skilled Nursing facilities, Community / Home Care Patients, Assisted Living Facilities
Essential Functions :
- In skilled facilities, PAs provide Gap care visits, acting as, and / or treating patient in home who PCMG is not the Primary Care or attending physician evaluate and discuss with staff physicians and PCPs as necessary
- Makes facility rounds and performs patient exams
- In home or ALF, PAs provide primary care-based services to patients and residents
- Review any abnormal vitals and labs and make recommendations and / or notify the attending physician.
- Review assigned new admissions and their orders.
- Participate in readmission review meetings and provide a summary of all PCMG acute discharges using the acute discharge worksheet and will review PCMG patients weekly with IDT (interdisciplinary team)
- Functions independently to perform age-appropriate history and physical for complex acute, critical, and chronically ill patients
- Development and management of patient treatment plans
- Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s age-specific needs
- Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities
- Implements interventions to support the patient to regain or maintain physiologic stability, including but not limited to serving in the first assisting role or working with PCP
- Monitors the effectiveness of interventions
- Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings, e.g. admitting, transferring, and discharging patients
- Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals
- Facilitates staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools
Experience and Education :
PA Degree from a College or University and two years related experience and / or training.
Physical Requirements :
Standing (1 / 3-2 / 3), walking (over 1 / 3-2 / 3), using hands to finger, handle or feel (over 2 / 3), reach with hands and arms (over 1 / 3), climb and balance (under 1 / 3), stoop, kneel (1 / 2-2 / 3), talk or hear (1 / 2-2 / 3), smell (under 1 / 3).
Lifting up to 10 pounds (over 2 / 3), Up to 25 pounds (1 / 3-2 / 3); Up to 50 pounds (under 1 / 3)
We are an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to a work environment that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion
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Physician Assistant
Patient Care Medical Group -
Position Title : Physician Assistant
Department : Patient Care Medical Group
Reports to : Medical Director
Position Summary :
Opportunity : Provide appropriate, patient-centered care to high-risk, medically vulnerable patients, often suffering from multiple chronic conditions, when and where they need it.
This patient-centric, continuous care model delivers clinical, economic, and human benefits.
Mission : Patient Care Medical Group seeks to understand a patient’s physical, emotional, and social conditions to provide patient specific care, with collaboration between interdisciplinary team members, with the goal of achieving an optimal level of success.
Solution : Facilitation of timely interventions when chronic conditions worsen and preempting avoidable emergency department visits and hospitalizations, alleviating social stressors that contribute to poor health, and comforting patients by giving them loving care and letting them know they are not alone.
Market Focus : Acute Discharges, Skilled Nursing facilities, Community / Home Care Patients, Assisted Living Facilities
Essential Functions :
- In skilled facilities, PAs provide Gap care visits, acting as, and / or treating patient in home who PCMG is not the Primary Care or attending physician evaluate and discuss with staff physicians and PCPs as necessary
- Makes facility rounds and performs patient exams
- In home or ALF, PAs provide primary care-based services to patients and residents
- Review any abnormal vitals and labs and make recommendations and / or notify the attending physician.
- Review assigned new admissions and their orders.
- Participate in readmission review meetings and provide a summary of all PCMG acute discharges using the acute discharge worksheet and will review PCMG patients weekly with IDT (interdisciplinary team)
- Functions independently to perform age-appropriate history and physical for complex acute, critical, and chronically ill patients
- Development and management of patient treatment plans
- Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s age-specific needs
- Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities
- Implements interventions to support the patient to regain or maintain physiologic stability, including but not limited to serving in the first assisting role or working with PCP
- Monitors the effectiveness of interventions
- Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings, e.g. admitting, transferring, and discharging patients
- Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals
- Facilitates staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools
Experience and Education :
PA Degree from a College or University and two years related experience and / or training.
Physical Requirements :
Standing (1 / 3-2 / 3), walking (over 1 / 3-2 / 3), using hands to finger, handle or feel (over 2 / 3), reach with hands and arms (over 1 / 3), climb and balance (under 1 / 3), stoop, kneel (1 / 2-2 / 3), talk or hear (1 / 2-2 / 3), smell (under 1 / 3).
Lifting up to 10 pounds (over 2 / 3), Up to 25 pounds (1 / 3-2 / 3); Up to 50 pounds (under 1 / 3)
We are an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to a work environment that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion
Physician Assistant
Job Description PA NJ
Job Title : PA for In-home Visits
Do you have a passion for engaging with people and helping them on their journey to better health? Signify Health is hiring board-certified physician assistant / physician associate (PA) contractors to conduct In-home Health Evaluations for Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, and certain commercial plan members.
With our new earning incentives, you can qualify for our standard 0 per completed assessment - and more!
- Earn $1800 to $3000 each week (Average 6-9 visits daily)
- Increase your per-visit rate up to 200% with our Market Multiplier
- Starting July 1 : Introducing a pay-per-test model (for visits where the patient qualifies to receive additional diagnostic and preventive tests)
- Shifts available Monday - Sunday (no nights / weekends required)
- Short-Term or Long-Term basis
- Pre-scheduled visit in-home w / health plan members
- Airfare, Hotel, Rental Car, Malpractice, Availability Incentives provided as needed
- Independent Contractor, 1099 status
- Flexible Schedule
- State License Required
These visits include a medication and medical history review, as well as a physical evaluation performed in a health plan member’s home.
Our PA contractors can earn a competitive wage (or supplement their current income) while managing other personal and clinical commitments.
You will be provided a pre-populated, patient-specific form for each evaluation and are not required to prescribe medicine, order lab tests, or alter people’s current treatment regimen.
Interested in travel? We’ll cover all travel and lodging expenses. Signify can also help with multi-state licensing.
Why Clinicians Love Working with Signify Health
- Every day, members tell me, I am so glad you came!’ With each member, I work to help them to understand that my primary goal of the visit is to help them to remain so healthy that they will be in their home forever. Brenda Z.
- Many seniors are lonely, and your visit may be the highlight of their day, week, or even month. We get the advantage of seeing members in their environment and on their turf. " - Laura B.
- Signify Health has been a very rewarding job. In-home visits allow us more time to educate patients and assess their understanding of their treatment plans without the typical time restraints found in a traditional office setting.
We can empower patients to become better advocates of their health." - Gary W.
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Physician Administrative Assistant
Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center is looking for a Physician Administrative Assistant to work at our Center City Philadelphia office!
At Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center , we are dedicated to taking care of you so you can take care of business! Our robust benefits package includes the following :
- Competitive Health & Welfare Benefits
- Monthly $43 stipend to use toward ancillary benefits
- HSA with qualifying HDHP plans with company match
- 401k plan after 6 months of service with company match (Part-time employees included)
- Employee Assistance Program that is available 24 / 7 to provide support
- Employee Appreciation Days
- Employee Wellness Events
Job Requirements :
- High school diploma / GED required
- 3+ years' experience in a medical office setting.
- Medical terminology required; transcription experience a plus.
- Strong business writing and spelling skills.
- Maintains composure and patience in difficult situations.
- Provides pleasant, accurate responses to callers.
- Proficiency, efficiency and accuracy required.
- Self-motivated and work well independently and as a team.
- Multi-tasking and prioritizing.
- Strong decision-making skills.
- Speaks with confidence in a pleasant & professional manner; provides excellent customer service.
- Thorough, while effective and efficient
- Strong work ethic and excellent attendance record.
- Experience with MS Office Suite, preferred.
Job Responsibilities :
- Handle telephone calls from patients, referral sources, physicians, attorneys, etc.
- Take accurate messages and relays to physicians.
- Maintain physicians' academic & professional calendar; communicate schedule changes to others.
- Process mail, faxes, and emails.
- Accurately route and label medical records and documents into patient accounts in EHR.
- Respond to patient emergent / urgent matters in a timely manner. Directs patients to clinical staff, as necessary.
- Ensure delivery of transcribed office notes to appropriate parties (referral sources).
- Track status of dictations and surgical billing to ensure completion by physician.
- Compile surgical notes with billing and route to business office for processing.
- Prepare fee letters, process pre-pays and prepare correspondence for physicians to answer / respond to.
- Handle and manage physicians’ hospital credentialing / re-credentialing for privileges.
- Maintain up to date physician CV’s.
- Assist with physician academic meeting registrations and lodging.
- Assist with academic outlines and presentations (MS Word and Power Point).
- Maintain and protect patient information, in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
- Handle additional administrative duties, as requested or assigned.
Physician Administrative Assistant
Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center is looking for a Physician Administrative Assistant to work at our Center City Philadelphia office!
At Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center , we are dedicated to taking care of you so you can take care of business! Our robust benefits package includes the following :
- Competitive Health & Welfare Benefits
- Monthly $43 stipend to use toward ancillary benefits
- HSA with qualifying HDHP plans with company match
- k plan after 6 months of service with company match (Part-time employees included)
- Employee Assistance Program that is available 24 / 7 to provide support
- Employee Appreciation Days
- Employee Wellness Events
Job Requirements :
- High school diploma / GED required
- 3+ years' experience in a medical office setting.
- Medical terminology required; transcription experience a plus.
- Strong business writing and spelling skills.
- Maintains composure and patience in difficult situations.
- Provides pleasant, accurate responses to callers.
- Proficiency, efficiency and accuracy required.
- Self-motivated and work well independently and as a team.
- Multi-tasking and prioritizing.
- Strong decision-making skills.
- Speaks with confidence in a pleasant & professional manner; provides excellent customer service.
- Thorough, while effective and efficient
- Strong work ethic and excellent attendance record.
- Experience with MS Office Suite, preferred.
Job Responsibilities :
- Handle telephone calls from patients, referral sources, physicians, attorneys, etc.
- Take accurate messages and relays to physicians.
- Maintain physicians' academic & professional calendar; communicate schedule changes to others.
- Process mail, faxes, and emails.
- Accurately route and label medical records and documents into patient accounts in EHR.
- Respond to patient emergent / urgent matters in a timely manner. Directs patients to clinical staff, as necessary.
- Ensure delivery of transcribed office notes to appropriate parties (referral sources).
- Track status of dictations and surgical billing to ensure completion by physician.
- Compile surgical notes with billing and route to business office for processing.
- Prepare fee letters, process pre-pays and prepare correspondence for physicians to answer / respond to.
- Handle and manage physicians’ hospital credentialing / re-credentialing for privileges.
- Maintain up to date physician CV’s.
- Assist with physician academic meeting registrations and lodging.
- Assist with academic outlines and presentations (MS Word and Power Point).
- Maintain and protect patient information, in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
- Handle additional administrative duties, as requested or assigned.
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Sub-Acute, Long-Term Care is a sector of healthcare exploding with potential and work-life balance flexibility! We are seeking a part-time (16 hours per week) provider for float position with weekend (Saturday and Sunday) coverage at three of our centers located in the greater Philadelphia area.
These centers are located in Philadelphia, Exton, and Hatboro, PA. This position can be filled by a nurse practitioner or physician assistant.
This position offers the opportunity for bonuses through our no-cap incentive compensation program. Genesis Physician Services (GPS), part of Genesis HealthCare - one of the nation's largest providers of skilled nursing and rehabilitation therapy - is a group practice of Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and others who specialize in the holistic care of sub-acute, skilled nursing and long-term stay patients.
Quality of life is always the focus, but getting people back to a healthier state is our promise and what motivates us. We're handling hospitalist acuity in a sub-acute environment;
often completing the plan of care initiated in the hospital. As part of a care team, we're addressing complex medical comorbidities an exciting challenge and unique opportunity to impact change.
As part of a pioneering team, you will most certainly play an integral role in changing what we know about effective healthcare delivery and restorative patient care.
We invite you to join the GPS team as an Advanced Practice Provider Physician Assistant (PA). This is a collaborative role where you will work with skilled nursing center leadership to meet specific clinical goals / priorities and with the Medical Directors and / or Attending Physicians for patient-specific medical care.
The Advanced Practice Provider PA provides primary and urgent care services to nursing center residents.
Benefits
- Health, Dental, Vision, Company-paid life insurance, 401K, Paid Time Off
- Variable compensation plans
- Inclusive workplace with DEI committee
- Tuition, Travel, and Wireless Service Discounts
- Employee Assistance Program to support mental health
- Employee Foundation to financially assist through unforeseen hardships
Restrictions apply based on collective bargaining agreements, applicable state law and factors such as pay classification, job grade, location, and length of service.
Qualifications :
Must be a graduate from a program accredited by the ARC-PA and take the PA National Certifying Exam (PANCE) to use the PAC designation.
PA state licensure required. NCCPA certification required. A minimum of two years' experience working with adult or geriatric population is preferred.
In states where practice allows; APRN with an unrestricted professional license and DEA, for each state in which they practice.
PA with an unrestricted professional license and DEA for each state in which they practice.
Other Info
- Position Type : Part Time
- Pay Target : $51 - $56 / hour
- Job City : Philadelphia
- Requisition Number : 454791