Allergy / Immunology Physician Assistant

Job Summary and Responsibilities

CHI Saint Joseph Medical Group is looking to add an additional Cardiology Advanced Practitioners to our well established practice in Lexington, KY. This position is a hybrid model, operating both within the clinic and on an inpatient setting. Our Advanced Practitioners work closely with our physicians to ensure great continuity of care for our patients. These positions are full-time, with call included in the model.

Responsibilities :

• Accurately assesses patient conditions and documents effectively to support charges and to communicate with other providers.
• Provides comprehensive patient assessment, including functional, mental, social and physical conditions.
• Establishes accurate diagnosis.
• Seeks consultation / supervision of physician as needed to confirm proper assessment.
• Appropriately involves patients and caregivers in treatment planning.
• Provides interface between clinic and other providers to assure timely, comprehensive services for patients.
• Independently develops and implements treatment plans and evaluates patient's outcomes.
• Takes responsibility for clearly communicating patient needs, care plans and problem resolution to physicians and other healthcare teams.
• Possesses knowledge and skill to provide supervision to clinical staff as needed.
• Develops / maintains policy and procedure for patient care activities.
• Uses process improvement skills to contribute to team development and program growth.

Essential Duties

Additional Responsibilities :

Reverence : Having a profound spirit of awe and respect for all creation, shaping relationships to self, to one another and to God and acknowledging that we hold in trust all that has been given to us.

Integrity : Moral wholeness, soundness, uprightness, honesty and sincerity as a basis of trustworthiness.

Compassion : Feeling with others, being one with others in their sorrows and joys, rooted in the sense of solidarity as members of the human community.

Excellence : Outstanding achievement, merit, virtue; continually surpassing standards to achieve / maintain quality.

Job Requirements

Where You'll Work

CHI Saint Joseph Medical Group is a full service network of primary care services specializing in family internal geriatric and pediatric care serving 88 locations across central and Eastern Kentucky. CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health a non-pro?t Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175000 employees and 25000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians advanced practice clinicians nurses and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2200 care centers serving 24 states.

Pay Range

$42.49 - $60.25 / hour