NEEDED: Physician Assistant

LOCATION: 5880 State Hwy 67 South, Florence, Colorado 81290

SCHEDULE: 30 hours per week, 5 days per week, excluding Federal Holidays. Work hours will normally be between 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. or between 6:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. These hours may be adjusted to meet the needs of the institution.

DURATION: 120 Workdays

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Hold an unrestricted license to practice medicine in any U.S. State.
• Must be certified by the NCCPA (National Commission on Certification of Physician
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• Have at least one year of experience as a physician assistant or nurse practitioner.
• Be Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certified, in accordance with the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.

DUTIES:

• Provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services for the inmate
• Take medical histories, examine patients, and order and interpret laboratory tests and x-rays
• Make a diagnosis, provide treatment plans and prescribe medications
• Clinically manage injuries by suturing, splinting, and immobilizing
• Attend to medical emergencies
• Record progress notes, recommend clinically necessary outside consultation, instruct and counsel, and order or carry out therapy
• Emergency consultation to be performed by the contractor in instances where deemed necessary. Perform minor surgery utilizing local anesthesia during consultation visits
• Work collaboratively with the staff physician(s) and consulting physician(s) in planning, instituting, evaluating and revising program plans
• Assists in determining conditions, resources and policies essential to delivery of the health care services
• Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings to recognize early stages of serious physical, emotional, or mental problems
• Manages the daily operation of the clinic and conducts daily sick call; which may include securing health histories from the patient, recording findings and providing clinical evaluations
• Provides a wide range of emergency services, in the absence of the physician
• Responsible for receiving patients and explaining procedures to alleviate undue anxiety, submitting reports and evaluations as requested. 

BENEFITS: Competitive pay on a 1099 Status