Physician Assistant

3 days ago


Cherokee, North Carolina, United States Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority Full time
Job Title: Medical Care Specialist

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled Medical Care Specialist to join our team at the Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority. As a Medical Care Specialist, you will provide primary medical care services to patients in outpatient clinics and emergency rooms.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Provide therapeutic health care services to patients and family members in a community-based primary care facility.
  • Secure a health and developmental history from the patient or parent, record findings, and make critical evaluations.
  • Perform or request special screening and developmental tests and laboratory tests and interpret the results.
  • Discriminate between normal and abnormal findings to recognize early stages of serious physical, emotional, or mental problems.
  • Provide surveillance of adherence to medical regimens to stabilize chronically ill persons, adjust regimens within established protocols, and recognize when to refer the patient to the physician or other health team members.
  • Plan with other professionals and agencies involved in providing services to families and coordinate health care given.
  • Provide full-range emergency services or crisis intervention in the absence of the physician, including lifesaving emergency procedures to stabilize a patient sufficiently to transport to a hospital facility.
  • Provide health care and preventive services to healthy individuals, including guidance in nutrition, common illnesses, child growth and development, and child rearing.
  • Make home visits when indicated to implement a care plan based on family needs.
  • Participate with consulting physicians in planning, instituting, evaluating, and revising program plans, assist in determining conditions, resources, and policies essential to delivery of health care services.
  • Develop protocols for the facility in collaboration with other health care professionals.
  • Serve in a teaching capacity in the development of other health care workers.
  • Some evening, night, and weekend work is required.
  • May be necessary to work when Administrative Leave is granted if patient care is compromised.
  • As part of the assigned roles and responsibilities of this position, the provider will be required to see both IHS eligible beneficiaries and non-eligible patients.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.
Requirements:
  • Master's or Doctorate's degree from an accredited Nursing Program.
  • Current RN license in the State of North Carolina.
  • Current Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) or Pediatric Nursing Board Certification.
  • Current board certification as a NP in Acute Care, Adult, Adult/Gerontology, Pediatrics, or Family Medicine.
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree from an accredited PA Program.
  • Current PA license in the State of North Carolina.
  • Current PA board certification.
  • Current provider card in Basic Life Support (BLS) required.
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) preferred.
  • Ongoing continuing medical education (CME) activities as required to maintain credentials and to stay current in geriatric health.
  • Cherokee Indian Hospital Medical Staff membership with full privileges as appropriate for training.
  • Proficiency rated at 6 months.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Professional knowledge of a wide range of health principles, practices, and processes, including physical and mental health diagnosis, establishment of care goals, development, and implementation of the care program, and evaluation of the results.
  • Ability to collect, organize, record, and communicate in a concise method, data pertinent to primary health assessments, including detailed family and medical history, physical examinations, and selected laboratory tests.
  • Ability to interpret special screening and developmental tests.
  • Skills in making appropriate diagnoses, choosing, initiating, and modifying current therapies.
  • Ability to provide preventive services to healthy individuals, including guidance in nutrition, common illnesses, child growth and development, and ability to teach individuals and families.
  • Skills in working with groups, guiding families in the development of general problem-solving ability regarding health problems, assisting with training health workers, and health counseling.
  • Skill in making diagnoses and in choosing, initiating, and modifying selected therapies, and ability to provide emergency treatment as appropriate, such as in cardiac arrest, shock, or hemorrhage.
Work Environment:

The work environment involves moderate risks of exposure to infectious disease, radiation, electrical hazards, and irritant chemicals and explosive gases. Employee must strictly adhere to OSHA guidelines and protocol for maintaining sterile conditions.

Customer Service:

Consistently demonstrates superior customer service skills to patients/customers by demonstrating characteristics that align with CIHA's guiding principles and core values. Ensure excellent customer service is provided to all patients/customers by seeking out opportunities to be of service.


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