Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner (Pediatric Urgent Care)

Job description

Description Tanner Clinic has an immediate opening for a Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner in the Pediatric Urgent Care department. Hours: Part-Time 1-3 Shifts per month on Sundays from 9-3 Physician Assistant Essential Job Responsibilities: - Conducts physical exams, assesses health status, orders and interprets tests, prescribes medications, and treats illnesses including giving injections and suturing wounds. - Consults with physicians as needed and refers to physicians for more complicated medical cases or cases that are not a routine part of a PA’s scope of work. - Monitors therapies and provides continuity of care. - Triages patient calls and evaluates patient problems. Responds to emergencies including use of CPR. - Counsels patient/family on preventive health care. - Documents patient information and care in medical record and may maintain department statistical database for research purposes. - Obtains complete medical history and physical data on patients - Reviews patient records, interprets and integrates data to determine appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures needed in conjunction with the physician or under the direction of a physician - Dictates hist...