We are currently looking for a Full Time Women's Health Physician Assistant to join our Tribal and Commercial Health Clinic Operations team located at the Sovereign Family Practice Clinic - Ada.
Summary:
Provides a full range of care, evaluate and treat acute and minor illnesses or injuries as well as a variety of primary care of episodic complaints. Treat all patients with care and concern to ensure good customer service and a good bedside manner.
Responsibilities:
- Maintains confidentiality, security, and integrity of data and information in accordance with HIPAA regulations
- Ensures continuity of care
- Treats all applicants and co-workers with dignity and respect
- Provide positive leadership to all direct reports, encouraging a team approach, professional attitude and relationships, always modeling best practices in this regard
- Provides care per appropriate level of licensure as set forth in the State of Oklahoma approved protocols
- Facilitates consults, referrals, and form completion as requested and approved by the medical staff
- Provides preventative diagnostic and therapeutic care and services for patients of all ages
- Evaluate and treat all patients for acute minor illnesses or injuries and provide care for primary care of episodic complaints
- Supports the mission of the Chickasaw Nation upon becoming a member of the Chickasaw Nation team and embrace the lives of the Chickasaw people in all that we do
- Provides first class customer service - courteous and helpful to all internal and external customer types
- Answers questions in a courteous and professional manner
- Greets and engages with a smile
- Determines needs, seeks positive experience and outcomes
- Completes all training and development requirements and participates in continuing education opportunities
- Works in a collaborative and supportive manner to support the productivity and safety of the work area, team members and customers of all types
- Maintains general upkeep of work area and maintains a safe environment
- Maintains and promotes professionalism
- Punctual and consistent in meeting start time, work schedule, attendance and other assigned work time metrics
- Adheres to Chickasaw Nation dress code standards
- Maintains knowledge of and follows all laws, rules, regulations, policies and SOPs for assigned area, e.g. MICS, TICS, hospital standards, health codes, food sanitation, accounting principles, etc.
- Performs all other duties as assigned
Competencies:
Essential:
- Ability to continue to learn skills and expand knowledge
- Must be able to read, understand, apply and retain knowledge of departmental rules, regulations, and policies
- Able to follow instructions, both written and oral
- Able to adhere to all scheduling and attendance requirements
- Honesty, truthfulness, reliability, accountability
- Able to read, understand, apply, and retain knowledge of Chickasaw Nation, departmental, divisional and all other rules, regulations, policies, procedures and guidelines
- Able to verbally communicate in a professional and positive manner with other team members, departments, guests and management
Skills:
Experience:
Essential:
- 1 year directly related experience
Education:
Essential:
- High School, GED or Equivalent
- Masters Degree in directly related field
Essential:
- Master’s Degree from an Accredited PA Program
Credentials:
Essential:
- Pass general background check
- Standard Driver's License
- Physician Assistant
- Unrestricted Medical License
- Unrestricted Drug Enforcement Administration Number
- Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam
Essential:
- Must be able to document working in a family practice environment with patients of all ages within the last 12 months.
- Or temporary authorization to practice) and be eligible for an Oklahoma license.
Working Conditions:
Essential:
- Ambulatory environment
- Potential exposure to contagious diseases
- May be required to assist individuals who are hostile, agitated or under the influence
- May be required to assist individuals with unmanaged emotions
- Standing up to 25% of shift
- Walking up to 25% of shift
- Sometimes bend, kneel, stoop, push, reach
- May work evenings, weekends or holidays
- Pass pre-employment drug test