Job Summary
Job Description
Ortho PA Opportunity In Southern GA
Sports Medicine Focus
Up to $180,000 D.O.E.
Established Practice – Excellent Culture
1 Hour to Savannah, 86 Miles to Hilton Head
About the Practice:
- Extremely Stable - Busy Practice
- Physician In Market 18 Years
- Primarily Sports Ortho
- Team Physician for:
- NCAA Football
- Professional Soccer
- Baseball Academy
- 8 High Schools
- New 20,000 Sq. Foot Clinic
- Dedicated MA
- Full Clinic Support
- Six Patient Exam Rooms
- MRI, X-Ray, PT On Site
- Physical Therapy
- Provide OR Support
The Offer:
- Up to $180,000 Base Salary D.O.E.
- Sign on Bonus, Relocation Stipend
- Student Loan Assistance Considered
- PTO & CME
- Malpractice with Tail Coverage
Full Benefits include:
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Telemedicine
- Health Savings Account
- Flexible Spending Account
- Prescription Drug Program
- Critical Illness
- Disability Insurance (STD, LTD)
- Basic And Supplemental Life And AD&D Insurance
- Accident & Whole Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Legal And Identity Theft Protection Plan
General Summary:
Responsible for practicing medicine with physician supervision including conducting examinations and writing prescriptions. Within physician–physician assistant (PA) relationship, PAs exercise autonomy in medical decision making and provide a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services. Clinic practice is primarily Sports Orthopedics, with some General, as well as assisting in surgery.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- Conducts physical exams, assesses health status, orders and interprets tests, prescribe medications, and treat illnesses including giving injections and suturing wounds.
- Consults with physicians as needed and refers to physicians for more complicated medical cases or cases that are not a routine part of a PA’s scope of work.
- Triages patient calls and evaluates patient problems. Responds to emergencies including use of CPR.
- Monitors therapies and provides continuity of care.
- Documents patient information and care in medical records and may maintain department statistical database for research purposes.
Education: Bachelor’s degree and successful completion of accredited physician assistant program.
Experience: One year of experience as PA, preferably in Orthopedic clinic setting.
Other Requirements: National certification from the National Commission on Certification of PAs. To maintain their national certification, PAs must log 100 hours of continuing medical education every two years and sit for a recertification every six years. State PA license also required. Current CPR certificate required.