Job Summary
- Company
- Derry Medical Center
- Location
- Derry, NH 03038
- Industries
- Healthcare Services
- Job Type
- Full Time
- Employee
- Salary
competitive salary, minimal call, good benefits
Physician's Assistant Family Medicine
About the Job
Description:
Job Purpose:
Promotes and maintains health by providing medical services under the supervision of a physician in a large Family Practice setting.
Duties:
* Assesses patient health by interviewing patients; performing physical examinations; obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories.
* Determines abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests, such as x-rays, electrocardiograms, and laboratory studies; interpreting test results.
* Documents patient care services by charting in patient electronic records.
* Performs therapeutic procedures by administering injections and immunizations; suturing; managing wounds and infections.
* Instructs and counsels patients by describing therapeutic regimens; giving normal growth and development information; discussing family planning; providing counseling on emotional problems of daily living; promoting wellness and health maintenance.
* Provides continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans.
* Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
* Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
* Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
* Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
Skills/Qualifications:
Experience in Primary Care. Salary Comensurate with experience
Job Purpose:
Promotes and maintains health by providing medical services under the supervision of a physician in a large Family Practice setting.
Duties:
* Assesses patient health by interviewing patients; performing physical examinations; obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories.
* Determines abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests, such as x-rays, electrocardiograms, and laboratory studies; interpreting test results.
* Documents patient care services by charting in patient electronic records.
* Performs therapeutic procedures by administering injections and immunizations; suturing; managing wounds and infections.
* Instructs and counsels patients by describing therapeutic regimens; giving normal growth and development information; discussing family planning; providing counseling on emotional problems of daily living; promoting wellness and health maintenance.
* Provides continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans.
* Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
* Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
* Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
* Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
Skills/Qualifications:
Experience in Primary Care. Salary Comensurate with experience
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