Job Summary/Objective:

The Physician Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) will provide health care services to patients under the direction of a physician.

Essential Job Functions:

The Physician Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) promotes and maintains patient health by providing medical services that begin with an initial patient consultation and continue with ongoing care and assessment throughout the clinical relationship.

• Examines patient, takes medical history, records results, and makes preliminary diagnosis or decides on follow-up procedures.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records
• Administers and orders diagnostic tests such as x-rays, electrocardiograms, and blood work, and interprets test results.
• Performs therapeutic procedures such as immunizations, injections, suturing and wound care, and mana...