Full - Time Advanced Practice Provider - Vidalia, GA.

Job description

Position Title: Physician Assistant Certified / Nurse Practitioner - Vidalia, GA. - Occasional travel to Dublin, GA. required POSITION GOAL: Assist in the care and treatment of patients as delegated by a physician. POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES: - Promote and maintains patient health by providing medical services under the supervision of a physician. - Obtain a detailed patient history and record appropriate findings in the patient records. - Complete a systematic and thorough physical examination. Make diagnoses concerning a patient’s injury or illness. Give treatment such as setting broken bones. - Prescribe medicine when needed. Performs salutary procedures by administering injections and managing wounds and infections. - Order, perform, interpret and schedule, when appropriate, diagnostic studies. - Provide counseling on health habits, exercise, tobacco, and alcohol. - Provide instruction on supervising physician’s orders: (a) diet, (b) physical therapy (i.e. lumbar flexion exercises, range of motion, home arthritis therapy, activities of daily living, use of crutches or walker) and (c) use of physical adjuncts to therapy (i.e. nebulizer, vaporizer, etc.) - Assist supervising physi...