Job description: Physician Assistant
Title
Main function
Physician Assistant
Duties and
responsibilities
1.
Philosophy
a) Supports the facility’s ideology, mission, goals, and objectives
b) Performs in accordance with the facility’s policies and procedures
c) Follows the facility’s standards for ethical business conduct
d) Conducts self as a positive role model and team member
e) Recognizes patients’ rights and responsibilities and supports them in performance of job duties
f) Participates in facility committees, meetings, in-services, and activities
2.
Communication
a) Communicates effectively and professionally with patients, visitors, physicians, and coworkers
b) Interacts with others in a positive, respectful, and considerate manner
3.
Financial practices
a) Uses facility resources appropriately and avoids wasteful practices
b) Reports wasteful practices
c) Analyzes work area and makes recommendations for potential cost-effective improvements
4.
Compliance program
a) Contributes to the progress and development of the organization’s adopted compliance program
b) Performs according to established compliance policies and procedures
5.
Performance-improvement program
a) Contributes to the progress and development of the organization's adopted performance-improvement
program
b) Performs according to established performance-improvement policies and procedures
6.
Safety/risk-management program
a) Adheres to safety policies and procedures in performing job duties and responsibilities
b) Maintains responsibility for safe work area by reporting to safety officer or designee observed or
suspected safety violations, hazards, and policy/procedure noncompliance
c) Responds to emergency situations with competence and composure
d) Reports observed or suspected medical emergencies, notifies appropriate personnel, and responds
appropriately
e) Identifies facility emergency situations (e.g., fire, disaster) and notifies appropriate personnel and
external agencies
7.
Professional competence
a) Participates in continuing education and other learning experiences
b) Shares knowledge gained in continuing education with staff
c) Maintains membership in relevant professional organizations
d) Seeks new learning experiences by accepting challenging opportunities and responsibilities
e) Welcomes suggestions and recommendations
8.
Physician Assistant duties
a) Obtain medical history to include but not exclusive of current complaint, past medical history, family
medical history, social history, medications, allergies, compliance with previous treatments and care
plan, and determine which diagnostic and therapeutic procedures have been done. The PA-C should
also be able to measure/record physiologic and growth indices, as well as apply health promotion
principles and techniques.
b) Provides acute and chronic patient care including orthopedic exam, wellness physical exams, preoperative interview and exam (H&P), monitoring therapies, administering injections, minor office
surgical procedures, and prescribing medications. Operating room care includes positioning patient,
suturing wounds, and manipulation of the patient and use of surgical instruments as directed by the
surgeon.
c) Triage patient calls and take appropriate action, or refer to appropriate physician or office staff.
d) Respond to medical emergencies, including use of CPR.
e) Document patient information and care provided in patient records, and maintain department
statistics. Use computer to access/enter needed data. Maintain patient confidentiality.
f)
Educates patients and families as appropriate. Provide continuity of care.
g) Perform hospital rounds.
h) Review labs, diagnostics and physical therapy progress notes.
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Qualifications
Requirements
Other duties as assigned by supervising physician.
1.
Cooperative work attitude toward co-employees, management, patients, visitors, and physicians
2.
Ability to promote favorable facility image with physicians, patients, insurance companies, and general
public
3.
Ability to make decisions and solve problems
Required
1.
Current state PA license, or eligible for same; certified by National Commission on Certification of
Physician Assistants.
2.
Current CPR certification.
3.
Good communication skills
4.
Good computer skills
5.
Strong ethical and moral character references
1.
Accuracy
2.
Attention to detail
3.
Timeliness
4.
Time Organization
5.
Little supervision needed to accomplish task
1.
Attendance
2.
Punctuality
3.
Ability to follow instructions
4.
Ability to meet deadlines
Physical/mental
requirements
1.
Ability to sit, stand, and walk
2.
Standing, sitting, walking, bending, stooping, twisting. Requires ability to help transfer patients.
Occasional stress from dealing with multiple tasks and tense patients. Requires full range of motion in all
extremities, neck and back, manual dexterity, hand-eye coordination.
Working conditions
(environmental)
1.
Well lit and ventilated, with non-hazardous and hazardous equipment
2.
Medical office, exam room, operating room and hospital in-patient settings. Frequent exposure to
communicable diseases and other conditions common to clinic and hospital. Frequent contact with variety
of people/patients.
Reports to
Physician and CEO
Supervises
Not applicable
Contacts
1.
Patients
2.
Patients’ family/significant others
3.
Physicians and physician office personnel
4.
Administration
Job quality
requirements
Dependability
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Missoula Bone and Joint
Performance evaluation: Physician Assistant
Rating system
5 = Exceptional—actions had a significant positive impact on
facility functions. Performance consistently exceeded expected
outcomes.
4 = Above average—actions had a positive impact on facility
functions. Performance consistently met and occasionally
exceeded expected outcomes.
3 = Average—actions had no negative impact on facility
functions. Performance met expected outcomes. The
employee is “getting the job done.”
Description
2 = Below average—actions had a negative impact on facility
functions. Performance occasionally failed to meet expected
outcomes.
1 =Deficient—actions had a significant negative impact on
facility functions. Performance consistently failed to meet
expected outcomes. Immediate
Self Eval: 15%
Peer Eval: 20%
CEO/Manager: 15%
Physician Eval: 50%
Rating
Comments
1. Philosophy
a) Supports the facility’s ideology, mission, goals, and
objectives
b) Performs in accordance with the facility’s policies and
procedures
c) Follows the facility’s standards for ethical business
conduct
d) Conducts self as a positive role model and team member
e) Recognizes patients’ rights and responsibilities and
supports them in performance of job duties
f) Participates in facility committees, meetings, in-services,
and activities
2. Communication
a) Communicates effectively and professionally with
patients, visitors, physicians, and coworkers
b) Interacts with others in a positive, respectful, and
considerate manner
3. Financial practices
a) Uses facility resources appropriately and avoids wasteful
practices
b) Reports wasteful practices
c) Analyzes work area and makes recommendations for
potential cost-effective improvements
4. Compliance program
a) Contributes to progress/development of organization’s
adopted compliance programs
b) Performs according to established compliance policies
and procedures
5. Performance-improvement program
a) Contributes to the progress and development of the
organization’s adopted performance-improvement
program
b) Performs according to established performanceimprovement policies and procedures
6. Safety/risk-management program
a) Adheres to safety policies and procedures in performing
job duties and responsibilities
b) Maintains responsibility for safe work area by reporting to
safety officer or designee observed or suspected safety
violations, hazards, and policy/procedure noncompliance
c) Responds to emergency situations with competence and
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composure
d) Reports observed or suspected medical emergencies,
notifies appropriate personnel, and responds
appropriately
e) Identifies facility emergency situations (e.g., fire, disaster)
and notifies appropriate personnel and external agencies
7. Professional competence
a) Participates in continuing education and other learning
experiences
b) Shares knowledge gained in continuing education with
staff
c) Maintains membership in relevant professional
organizations
d) Seeks new learning experiences by accepting challenging
opportunities and responsibilities
e) Welcomes suggestions and recommendations
8. Physician Assistant duties
a) Obtain medical history to include but not exclusive
of current complaint, past medical history, family
medical history, social history, medications, allergies,
compliance with previous treatments and care plan,
and determine which diagnostic and therapeutic
procedures have been done. The PA-C should also
be able to measure/record physiologic and growth
indices, as well as apply health promotion principles
and techniques.
b)Provides acute and chronic patient care including
orthopedic exam, wellness physical exams, preoperative interview and exam (H&P), monitoring
therapies, administering injections, minor office
surgical procedures, and prescribing medications.
Operating room care includes positioning patient,
suturing wounds, and manipulation of the patient and
use of surgical instruments as directed by the
surgeon.
c)
Triage patient calls and take appropriate action,
or refer to appropriate physician or office staff.
d) Respond to medical emergencies, including use
of CPR.
e) Document patient information and care provided in
patient records, and maintain department statistics.
Use computer to access/enter needed data.
Maintain patient confidentiality.
f) Educates patients and families as appropriate.
Provide continuity of care.
g) Perform hospital rounds.
h) Review labs, diagnostics and physical therapy
progress notes.
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