Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : Up to $140K / negotiable

Pain Management Practice is looking for an experienced FNP or PA. The Mid Level will be responsible for seeing patients in an outpatient environment. Ready to join an exciting team of health care professionals where TEAMWORK and SERVICE EXCELLENCE are worked into the everyday life of team and patient care? Then Pain Relief Solutions is the place for you! Highly competitive pay and benefits are a huge part of us as well. Pain Relief Solutions is more than just a tag line. Our goal is to provide comprehensive services, including procedures, therapies, and medications, in order to provide real-life solutions to our patients' acute and chronic pain. We value spending time exploring and explaining causes of the pain and personalizing treatment plans that will allow our patients to live more functional and healthy lives. Please apply!

A busy interventional pain practice is looking for an experienced FNP or PA. The position is a part-time non-exempt position starting with 2 days a month, with potential to become 2 days a week. The Mid Level will be responsible for seeing patients in an outpatient environment.

Experience preferred. Musculoskeletal and joint injection experience preferred.

JOB TITLE : Mid-Level Provider

GENERAL SUMMARY OF DUTIES : Responsible for providing pain services, including assessing and managing patients in the clinic following established standards and practices. Other medical care as delegated by physician.

Office-Based :

• Established Patients

oSees established patients for follow-up management, including medication review, monitoring, and maintenance of pain management, including opioid medications if necessary.

oAssesses acute problems such as back or neck pain or joint pain, when the attending physician is not immediately available, and follows established protocols or reviews patient status with the physician

oAssess and clear patients pre-operatively for surgery as requested by the physician.

Active Participation.

1. Employee understands that as a condition to being an employee of Empower LLC , Employee is obligated to participate fully as and when requested by Empower LLC in the meetings and activities of Pain Relief Solutions (PRS) to develop, implement and enforce protocols, practice guidelines, practice standards and other procedures to improve the quality of care, eliminate inappropriate care and develop strategies for management of patient care to assist PRS personnel in clinical decision-making and to optimize utilization of medical services.

Programs.

EDUCATION : Graduate of AMA-accredited physician assistant program or an approved nurse practitioner program.

EXPEREINCE : Preferred two to three years of professional nurse practitioner experience or two-three years of experience as physician assistant. Clinic setting preferred.

REQUIREMENTS : The Services rendered by Employee shall be within the scope of Employees licensure, certification, qualifications and expertise and shall be consistent with accepted community standards of practice, Empower LLC policies and procedures and the procedures of each Payor, as ap Employee shall maintain a current license to provide physician assistant services in the State of California and shall be certified by the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to administer and prescribe controlled substances.Employee shall be certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants or, if not so certified, shall obtain such certification if requested and within the reasonable time period requested by Empower LLC.Employee shall maintain professional competence and skill commensurate with the standards of the community and as required by law, and shall attend and participate in continuing education courses as appropriate to maintain and enhance Employee's competence and skill. Employee shall comply with all federal, state and municipal statutes and ordinances applicable to the provision of physician assistant services in California, including Business and Professions Code Section 3500 et seq. and Division 13.8 of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations.Employee shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Physician Assistant Committee of the Medical Board of California and the ethical standards of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.Employee shall provide and access throughout the term of this agreement to information from Employee's prior medical groups and associates, all hospitals and facilities in which Employee has / had staff privileges, professional societies and organizations, past and present professional liability insurance companies and others who may have information bearing on Employee's professional competence, character, health status and ethical qualifications.

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ABILITIES :

ENVIRONMENTAL / WORKING CONDITIONS : Medical office and exam room settings. Frequent exposure to communicable diseases and other conditions common to clinic. Frequent contact with variety of people.

PHYSICAL / MENTAL DEMANDS : Standing, sitting, walking, bending, stooping, twisting. Requires ability to help transfer patient. Occasional stress from dealing with multiple tasks and tense patients. Requires full range of motion, manual dexterity, eye-hand coordination. Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.