Physician Assistant-All specialties
Company: Essen Health Care
Location: New York
Posted on: October 29, 2024
Job Description:
Job Description Essen Health Care is growing and we are seeking
Physician Assistants for various Divisions.The Physician Assistants
will support the doctors work and actively facilitate patients
recovery. You will apply medical techniques and principles under
the direction of a physician and you will deal with a diverse set
of patients offering them care and encouragement, including but not
limited to:
- Provide healthcare services under supervision of a
physician.
- Examine patients and record their medical histories.
- Conduct physicals and treat minor injuries (sutures, splints,
etc)
- Order diagnostic tests, interpret results and diagnose medical
conditions.
- Prescribe therapy or medication with physician approval.
- Monitor responses to treatments and counsel patients
- Assess patients health and their demands and aim to fulfill
them as well as possible
- Issue appropriate prescriptions and administer medicine
- Inform physicians about any problems or discrepancies that
might arise
- Acquire and review patient histories identifying abnormal
conditions
- Monitor patients progress and keep records of treatments,
surgeries or other medical events
- Prepare patients for examinations and conduct routine
procedures (measure blood pressure and temperature, administer
injections etc)
- Provide therapeutic treatments (disinfecting wounds, stitching
etc.)
- Collaborate effectively with team members of various
specializations
- Attend to emergenciesThe successful candidate will have the
following Qualifications:
- Master s Degree required
- Active New York license as a Physician Assistant
- Currently New York Controlled Substance and Drug Enforcement
Registration
- Master's degree
- Graduate of an approved PA Program and a post-graduate training
program in surgery or at least one-year equivalent work
experience
- Current Certification by the National Commission on
Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
- Emergency Medicine / Family Practice/Acute Care
- DOT, BLS, ACLS Preferred
- Bilingual a plus- Spanish
- Proven work experience as a physician assistant or nurse
- Knowledge of EMR Systems preferredEssen Health Care is a
growing community healthcare network provides high quality,
compassionate, and accessible medical care to some of the most
vulnerable and under-served residents of New York State. Guided by
a population health model of care, Essen has five integrated
clinical divisions offering services in primary & specialty
offices, urgent care centers, and nursing homes, as well as house
calls for home bound patients; all clinical services are also
offered via telehealth. Our Care Management division supports
patient-centered care through care coordination, complex care
management and helping address health-related social needs.Founded
in 1999, Essen provides care in all five boroughs of New York City,
with a primary focus in the Bronx. Staffed by over 300 primary and
specialty care physicians and advanced clinicians, Essen Health
Care is one of the largest, most comprehensive private medical
groups in New York City. Essen maintains a Clinical Information
Services team that maintains our enterprise-wide electronic medical
record system, data repository, clinical analytics and population
health capabilities. Our Community Services teams creates and
sustains relationship with community organizations and agencies and
health plans.Essen is dedicated to ensuring the quality of care for
all patients and has been designated Level 3 Patient Centered
Medical Home by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Essen
has won awards for its patient care innovations and recently
launched Intention Health Ventures to develop and commercialize our
technology innovations.ESSEN HEALTH CARE IS PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYEREssen Health care is proud to be an equal
opportunity employer, and we seek candidates who desire to work in
and serve an ethnically diverse population.
Keywords: Essen Health Care, Lakewood , Physician Assistant-All specialties, Healthcare , New York, New Jersey
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