Physician Assistant
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Description
Overview
Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.
Responsibilities
Responsible for providing advanced nursing care and treatment to patients under the supervision of a physician. Performs physical examinations, orders diagnostic tests, develops treatment plans, and prescribes drugs or other therapies.
Qualifications
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
- A college degree as a Physician’s Assistant from a recognized university, affiliated with a medical school.
- Keyboarding and internet skills, ability to work with electronic medical records, webpages and patient portal.
- Georgia State Medical Board Certification and adherence to the Medical Practice Act provisions; Current NCCPA certification.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION PREFERRED
- Compassionate, thorough, focused, and detail oriented. Able to recognize, analyze and prioritize problems. Preference for dealing with people who are ill and need help. Displays an outgoing, warm and helpful attitude. Tact to deal effectively with patients, guests, co-workers and physicians. Able to communicate clearly with patients over the telephone and in person.
- Two to five years of experience with a medical practice setting where diagnosis, treatment, and patient education were the main focus of the role.