Physician Assistant

Description

This position exists to provide compassionate, comprehensive, and quality clinical care to patients while promoting whole person care. The incumbent provides care to patients in collaboration with and under the supervision of a collaborating physician.    

• Assesses health status through obtainment of relevant health history and comprehensive physical exam, preventive screening, and identification of medical risk factors. 
• Formulates appropriate differential diagnosis and identification of individual, family and community needs. 
• Develops treatment plan to maximize the health potential of the individual, family, and/or community. May conduct patient care conferences, facilitate discharge planning, and develop policies and procedures. 
• Orders and adjusts medications per collaborative written agreement and prescriptive authority in accordance with the Indiana Medical Licensing Board, or in consultation with the physician. 
• Directs the development, implementation, and evaluation of standards for nursing practice. 
• Serves as a clinical resource for the nursing and other back office staff, physicians, and other health care providers. 
• Serves as an advocate for patients, staff, and management. 
• Works with a diverse population of low socioeconomic status, multi-cultural/multilingual, high percentage of substance use, low educational attainment, and late and sporadic care patients.

• Advances clinical skills and knowledge by attending continuing medical education trainings as to maintain licensure in accordance with Indiana Medical Licensing Board.
• Collaborates with other departments to assess learning needs and plan staff education programs. 
• Emphasizes wellness and self-care by sharing information needed to make healthy lifestyle choices and health care decisions to patients, family and the community. 
• Applies a minimum of one health literacy method when communicating with patients/clients.

• Functions as a clinical expert by providing consultative services to health team members and community. 
• Markets consultative services and educational programs to the other health team members to problem-solve complex clinical situations and positively impact patient and family outcomes.

• Promotes and participation in applying the principle/model of continuous improvement to improve existing processes and enhance the effective utilization of resources (human and material). 
• Collaborates with medical and service line leadership on quality improvement initiatives. 
• Compares clinical practices to national standards to positively affect patient’s outcomes.

HealthNet is a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization of community-based health centers located in Indianapolis and Bloomington, IN Since 1968, HealthNet has improved the health status of the neighborhoods it serves by making quality health services accessible to everyone. HealthNet annually provides affordable health care to more than 61,000 individuals through its network of 9 primary care health centers 5 dental clinics, 9 school-based clinics, a mobile health unit, and additional support services. HealthNet’s mission is to improve lives with compassionate health care and support services, regardless of ability to pay. 

Requirements

•  Requires a current Physician Assistant license in the State of Indiana, prescriptive authority issued by the State of Indiana, and current DEA (federal) and CSR (state) certificate of registration for controlled substances.
• Requires master’s degree from an accredited Physician Assistant program. 
• Requires clinical expertise as applicable to individual area.
• Requires Basic Life Support certification through the AHA. Other advanced life support
• certifications may be required per unit/department specialty according to patient care policies.
• Knowledge of the service standards and regulatory standards governing care delivery and operations.
• Requires the ability to assess learning needs and plan educational programs.
• Requires strong communication; negotiation; collaboration and problem- solving skills.
• Requires the ability to be flexible and work effectively in teams/groups.
• May require travel between health centers.

•  Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Able to be involved in degrees of prolonged standing, walking, sitting, bending, squatting, and stooping; as well as abilities of repeated bending, stooping, and squatting.
• Able to lift, push, and/or pull equipment, light to moderately heavy weight up to 20-30 pounds is a necessary function of this position.
• Able to perform duties during periods of varied and/or prolonged work hours.
• Will be exposed to all patient elements.
• Must be able to read, write, hear, and communicate effectively in the English language by both orally and written.