Physician Assistant - Contracting

We are seeking a friendly, organized, and dependable Physician Assistant as a contractor on a part-time basis with our team at our Jordan Valley, Oregon Health Neighborhood Center.

The Physician Assistant (PA-C) – Primary Care & Women's Health provides high-quality, comprehensive primary care services to a diverse patient population while maintaining specialized competencies in women's health. Working in collaboration with supervising physicians and multidisciplinary healthcare team members, the PA provides acute and chronic disease management, routine adult physicals, preventive care screenings, and dedicated women's healthcare services (including routine gynecological management, well-woman care, and family planning).

The role emphasizes compassionate, patient-centered clinical excellence across general medicine and women's wellness.

Primary Role and Responsibilities

• Identifies short-term and long-range patient care issues that must be addressed; provides information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommends options and courses of action; implements physician directives, when indicated.
• Assesses patient health by interviewing patients; performing physical examinations—including comprehensive routine physicals and specialized well-woman examinations (pelvic exams, Pap smears, and clinical breast exams); obtaining, updating, and studying detailed medical histories.
• Determines abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests, such as electrocardiograms (EKGs), routine laboratory studies, X-rays, pelvic and obstetric ultrasounds, and mammograms; interpreting test results.
• Diagnoses and manages acute and chronic conditions, including general primary care conditions (e.g., hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, respiratory infections) as well as specific women's health issues such as abnormal uterine bleeding, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), endometriosis, perimenopausal/menopausal health, and pelvic infections.
• Provides preventive care and routine monitoring across patient populations, including adult wellness exams, routine immunizations, chronic disease monitoring, and routine prenatal/postpartum care when applicable.
• Performs therapeutic procedures by administering injections; suturing; managing wounds and minor skin lesions; and performing outpatient procedures, including the insertion and removal of contraceptive implants.
• Instructs and counsels patients by describing therapeutic regimens; providing reproductive health, family planning, and chronic disease management guidance; delivering normal growth and development information; counseling on emotional problems of daily living; promoting general wellness, nutrition, and health maintenance.
• Demonstrates proficiency in diagnosis and treatment over a virtual platform.
• Documents patient care services by charting accurately and promptly in patient electronic medical records (EMR) and department records.
• Provides continuity of care by developing and implementing comprehensive, individualized patient management plans across general primary care and outpatient gynecological settings.
•  Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
• Complies with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipating future legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions.
•  Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications in general primary care and women's health; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Develops health care team staff by providing information, educational opportunities, and experiential growth opportunities.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in physician assistant studies from an ARC-PA accredited program. Master's degree preferred. Graduate from an accredited physician assistant program.
• Experience: Minimum 2 years of clinical experience in Primary Care, Family Medicine, or Internal Medicine with demonstrated proficiency in women's health care services. Experienced new graduates with rotations in family medicine and OB/GYN will be considered.
• Licensure & Certification: Active, unrestricted State Physician Assistant License; National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) certification (PA-C); Active DEA registration; BLS and ACLS certified.
  •  State license
  •  National Provider Identifier (NPI)
  •  BLS certification
•  Skills: Medical teamwork, bedside manners.
  •  Exceptional physician relations skills and experience working collaboratively
  •  Exceptional writing and interpersonal communication skills.
  •  Thoroughness & informs others
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in general outpatient medical procedures (suturing, wound care, joint injections) as well as women's health procedures (IUD/Nexplanon insertion/removal, Pap smears); experience with Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems.
• Interpersonal Skills: Exceptional patient communication, active listening, cultural competence, and empathetic care delivery across diverse adult patient population.
• Languages:  Fluent in English mandatory, bilingual (Spanish) preferred.