Job Summary
To provide patient care assistance in a clinic setting in one or more specialized areas, under the supervision of a primary care physician.
Education & Experience
Minimum Qualifications
- Completion of a physician assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)
- No experience required
Licenses, Registrations or Certifications
Required
- Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
- Licensed Physician Assistant by the Texas Physician Assistant Board/Texas Medical Board (TPAB/TMB)
Current students who have not yet completed their physician assistant program or recent graduates who have not yet obtained their NCCPA certification or TPAB/TMB physician assistant license are eligible to apply for this position. However, official employment is contingent upon the successful completion of an accredited physician assistant program, NCCPA certification and TPAB/TMB physician assistant licensure.
Essential Job Functions
- Provides patient services under direct supervision and responsibility of a physician.
- Elicits detailed patient histories and completes physical examinations.
- Determines tentative diagnosis and orders appropriate laboratory tests.
- Counsels patient and family on health and disease.
- Sutures minor wounds, assists in surgery, applies and removes casts and traction apparatus, and performs other therapeutic procedures under supervision of a physician.
- May supervise other Physician's Assistants.
- Adheres to internal controls established for department.
- Performs related duties as required.
Salary Range
Commensurate with experience
Working Environment
Standard medical and surgical instruments. Standard hospital, clinical and/or surgical environment
Equal Employment Opportunity
UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Primary Location
United States-Texas-Angleton
Work Locations
1582-Angleton Danbury Hospital
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