Physician Assistant

Job Summary

We are seeking an APP for Tanner Health's Inpatient Cardiology service. The provider will be part of a 5 provider team and report to the Executive Director of Tanner Heart and Vascular Services practice. Tanner Heart and Vascular is part of Tanner Medical Group which consist of 42 individual practices and has approximately 270 total providers.

This APP will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary healthcare team to provide services for patients with Cardiac issues in the inpatient setting, under the supervision of the attending physicians. The APP will round on established patients of the practice who are currently admitted to the hospital. He/she will collaborate with other providers while conducting physical exams, diagnose and treat acute and chronic issues, order and interpret diagnostic test including lab work and imaging studies, provide education and counseling to patients while maintaining medical records via EPIC EMR.

Note: This job summary is not intended to be all-inclusive. The employee may be required to perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

Position Requirements

• Work 4 10 hour shifts per week OR Work 5 days per week (8 hour shifts)
• Work 1 weekend per every 5 weeks (current rotation with 4 other APP providers)
• Will have 2 compensatory days off during the work week; if working the weekend
• No Call responsibilities

Job Eligibility Requirements

Education

• Completed Physician Assistant program in good standing or Master of Nursing with specialization in Nurse Practitioner

Certification/License

• Currently hold or be able to obtain a Georgia Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant License
• Currently hold or be able to obtain a Board Certification as Nurse Practitioner

Experience

• Open to New graduates or candidates with experience in related Cardiac field.

Qualifications

• Able to communicate effectively with medical and hospital staff and various populations in clinics and public screening events.
• ACLS recommended.
• Additional certification will be required for some specialties (i.e. ACLS, PALS)
• Graduate of a recognized Physician Assistant program.
• Must be capable of dealing tactfully and effectively with patients, family members, other employees and physicians
• Must maintain high degree of confidentiality.
• Must meet credentialing criteria.
• Must possess the cognitive ability to understand patient medical records, physician orders and medical orders to be communicated to patient, hospital and/or other physician.
• Must possess the sense or discipline to work in accordance with accepted clinical standards.
• Prior experience in a like specialty preferred.

About Tanner Health System and the West Georgia Community

• Public schools awarded "Georgia Schools of Excellence"
• Private schools available
• 45 minutes to beautiful Lake Wedowee recreation area
• 45 minutes to Hartsfield International Airport
• Numerous large employers in the area with rapidly growing economy
• Enjoy easy access to the Atlanta Braves, Falcons, United, and Hawks, Six Flags over Georgia, Stone Mountain and The Atlanta Aquarium...and so much more.

The city of Carrollton, GA is, located 40 miles west of Atlanta, GA and has a population of approximately 30,000. The Tanner Health System service area provides care to a population just under 400,000 in our primary and secondary markets. Tanner Health System is a 5 hospital, non- profit health system providing convenient, personalized healthcare to communities across west Georgia and east Alabama. To learn more about Tanner Health System visit tanner.org

Community Highlights:

In addition to its proximity to Atlanta...

* Home to the region's first hospital, Carrollton offers a highly regarded independent city school system, a bustling historic downtown with restaurants and an open-air amphitheater, several large performing arts centers, and the innovative Carrollton GreenBelt project with almost 20 miles of paved shared-use paths.

* The city is home to the University of West Georgia, a state university with about 15,000 students, as well as West Georgia Technical College, with additional campuses in Douglasville, Franklin, LaGrange, Newnan, and Waco.

Area of Responsibilities
*Customer Service: Participates in patient satisfaction initiatives. Demonstrates excellent customer service skills. Communicates effectively with patients and management regarding service recovery opportunities. Works together with other team members to achieve Office and System customer service goals.
*Development: Maintain and update level of skill for pertinent medical assistant duties. Participates in continuing education. Participates in the development of new programs (ex: Process Improvement, Quality Initiatives).
*Patient Care: Performs evaluations, provide treatment and counsel patients. Order and interpret test results and recommend treatment of patients. Administer therapeutic procedures. Prescribe therapy or medication with physician approval. Provide physicians with assistance during surgery or complicated medical procedures. Demonstrates specialty and population specific competencies. Demonstrates an ability to effectively communicate based on specific specialty and population. Performs other duties as assigned by the supervising physician.
*Quality: Maintains evidence based medical care and clinical charting. Participates with clinical tracking and feedback. Integrates with clinical and administrative teams to administer high quality care.
*Teamwork: Works well with others and functions as a team player. Offers ideas and solutions for issues that affect the team and work area. Participates in the training and skills development of new clinical staff. Assists as needed.

Compliance Statement
Employee performs within the prescribed limits of Tanner Health System's Ethics and Compliance program. Is responsible to detect, observe, and report compliance variances to their immediate supervisor, the Compliance Officer, or the Hotline.

Education
Master's Degree

Experience
Six months of related experience

Licenses & Certifications
*Healthcare Provider (CPR)
*Physician's Assistant

Supervision
*Regularly uses assistance and leads the work of one to four co-employees, may instruct new employees and correct work routines, checks results and may discuss with employee's superior.

Qualifications
*Able to communicate effectively with medical and hospital staff and various populations in clinics and public screening events.
*ACLS recommended.
*Additional certification will be required for some specialties (i.e. ACLS, PALS)
*Graduate of a recognized Physician Assistant program.
*Must be capable of dealing tactfully and effectively with patients, family members, other employees and physicians
*Must maintain high degree of confidentiality.
*Must meet credentialing criteria.
*Must possess the cognitive ability to understand patient medical records, physician orders and medical orders to be communicated to patient, hospital and/or other physician.
*Must possess the sense or discipline to work in accordance with accepted clinical standards.
*Prior experience in a like specialty preferred.

Definitions
*Physician Assistant provides patient services through the performance of patient evaluation, assessment and treatment in the medical office setting as allowed by state licensure laws under the supervision of the medical director. The nurse practitioner works closely with the clinic staff, hospital departments and community agencies.

Contact With Others
Requires frequent contact with many persons at different levels inside and outside of the organization to carry out organization policies and programs and obtain willing acceptance, consent, or action.

Effect Of Error
Probable errors not easily detected and may adversely affect external as well as internal relationships and may result in major expenditures for equipment, materials, or procedures detrimental to the patient's welfare or the organization's interest. Work is subject to general review only and requires considerable accuracy and responsibility. Continually works with reports, records, plans, and programs of a major functional area of the organization where integrity is required to safeguard the organization's position. Duties may involve the preparation of data on which the administration bases important decisions and are highly confidential.

Supervisory Responsibility
Supervises a small section of employees (up to 15), orients and trains employees, schedules, assigns, checks, and maintains flow of employees' work, carries out most personnel decisions, and initiates minor personnel actions.

Mental Demands
Work involves a variety of problems in a general field, some of which are complex. Involves some independent judgment to decide what to do to assemble facts, determine variations from standard procedures, or plan other action to be taken to meet general objectives.

Physical Effort
Moderate physical effort - Lifts, carries, or handles lightweight (1 to 25 lbs.) materials or equipment for about half of the day. Very occasional physical effort with medium weight objects (25- 60 lbs.). Office or laboratory work requires close visual effort and concentration more than half of day. Works in reaching or strained positions for less than half of day.

Working Conditions
Moderate - (About 50% of the day) Involved in exposure to dirt, odors, noise, or some work is performed with exposure to temperature/weather extremes/occupational risk. Limited probability of coming into contact with blood borne pathogens, other potentially infectious diseases, or biomedical/bio-hazardous materials.

Working Conditions Aspects For Immunizations
*Performs tasks involving contact with blood, blood-contaminated body fluids, other body fluids, or sharps (needles)
*Directly works with Patients less than 12 months of age

Physical Aspects

Continually (at least once per day)
*Hearing
*Visual
*Speaking
*Standing
*Walking
*Lifting up To 25 lbs.

Frequently (at least 3 times a week)
*Bending
*Typing
*Manual Dexterity -- picking, pinching with fingers etc.
*Feeling (Touch) -- determining temperature, texture, by touching
*Reaching -- above shoulder
*Reaching -- below shoulder
*Color Vision
*Lifting 25 to 60 lbs.
*Handling -- seizing, holding, grasping
*Carrying

Occasionally (at least once a month)
*Balancing
*Crawling
*Running - In response to an emergency
*Lifting over 60 lbs.
*Climbing
*Kneeling
*Squatting
*Smelling
*Driving -- Class C vehicles
*N95 Respirator usage (PPE)
*Pushing/Pulling -- up to 25 lbs.
*Pushing/Pulling -- 25 to 60 lbs.
*Pushing/Pulling -- over 60 lbs.

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