Physician Assistant (APP- PA)
Farmington, NM Clinical
Job Type
Full-time
Description

Hamilton Health Box is a rapidly growing healthcare startup operating hybrid telemedicine-enabled primary care clinics for small and medium businesses across the country. Our goal is to find high potential individuals to drive a high-touch, low-cost healthcare experience for all of our patients and clients.


Position Summary:

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) will work closely with supervising Physicians and will manage 3-5 separate primary care micro clinics and care for the surrounding communities. It will consist of a combination of virtual and in-person medical care. The key objective is to create value through health coaching, disease management, preventative screening, and education.


Essential functions:

  • Promotes and maintains patient health by providing medical services under the supervision of a physician.
  • Contributes to a physician’s efficiency by identifying short-term and long-range patient care issues.
  • Recommends options and courses of action for patient care.
  • Implements physician directives.
  • Assesses patient health by interviewing patients and performing physical examinations including obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories.
  • Determines abnormal conditions by administering or ordering diagnostic tests, such as X-rays and laboratory studies and interpreting test results.
  • Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
  • Performs therapeutic procedures by administering injections and immunizations, suturing, and managing wounds and infections.
  • Instructs and counsels patients by providing normal growth and development information and providing counseling on emotional problems of daily living.
  • Provides a community of care by developing and implementing patient-management plans.
  • Maintains a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
  • Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols. Complies with federal, state, and local legal and professional requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipating future legislation; and enforcing adherence to requirements and advising management on needed actions
  • Collaborates in the development and evaluation of patient care. Updates clinical guidelines/protocols/pathways; works autonomously and accepts accountability for outcomes; signs orders in accordance with institution and state board requirements; collaborates in research and teaching projects and applies research to practice.
  • Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
  • Develops health care team staff by providing information, educational opportunities, and experimental growth opportunities.
  • Utilizes telemedicine interface to complete virtual visits.
  • Ability to float, round to multiple facilities and/or take call (first call) to support Urgent Care APPs.

Skills and Qualifications:

  • Health promotion and maintenance
  • Thoroughness
  • Clinical skills
  • Informing others
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Medical teamwork
  • Physiological knowledge
  • Bed side manner
  • Infection control
Requirements

Physician Assistant 


Education: Graduate of a nationally accredited Physician Assistant program; Master of Physician Assistant Studies.  

 

Licenses/Certifications: 

  • Certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, Inc. 
  • Licensed by the New Mexico State Board of Physician Assistant Examiners or other identified state(s). 
  • Eligibility for DEA licensure. 
  • Basic Cardiac Life Certification. 
Salary Description
$135,000 - $155,000