Physician Assistant (Cardiology)

Location: Las Vegas, NV, United States

Healthcare Provider Type : Nursing

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Matrix Providers is hiring a Physician Assistant (Cardiology) to join our team of talented professionals who provide health care services to our Military Service Members and their families at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, Nevada

• Employment Status: Fulltime

• Compensation: This is a salaried position

• Schedule: 40 hours work week, which would be derived from five 8 hours shifts or

  four 10 hour shift whichever the schedule demands

• Benefits: Competitive financial package with a comprehensive insurance package including health, dental, vision, and life coverage.

• Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Paid Holidays (Outlined in Handbook)

• 401(k) Plan

Requirements: The Physician Assistant must have and meet the following:

• Degree/Education : Be a graduate Physician Assistant qualified by academic and practical education to provide patient services as a physician extender under supervision of a physician. Be accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA), or its predecessors, and acceptable to the Surgeon General, USAF, is mandatory.

• Certifications in addition to Basic Life Support : At a minimum all HCWs must

  maintain, at the contractor-s expense, current certification Basic Life Support (BLS)

  (Course C), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) through the American Heart

  Association or a Red cross-approved training program. Course (cards must display the

  American Heart Association or Military Training Network emblem). Some on-site training

  may be available at the MTF on a space available basis; however, the contractor shall not

  bill and the Government shall not pay for any time HCWs spend in or for certification

  training

• Experience: Have at least 24 months of experience as a Physician Assistant within the last

  36 months with at least 12 months of cardiology specific experience

• Board Certification : Certification as a Physician Assistant by the National

  Committee on Certification Physician Assistants (NCCPA) is required

• Licensure/Registration: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Physician Assistant as required in the TO

Duties:

• Provides primary or specialty medical care with the cognizance or supervision of a

• physician.

• Responsible for a regularly appointed clinic, compatible with workload and, in addition,

• provide immediate evaluation and management of emergent problems as they occur. Shall

• have the capability to:

• Collect and record, in proper format, medical and social historical data appropriate to the

• patient's condition.

• Perform a general physical examination

• May become the primary care manager for a panel of patients. As a PCM, will be the

• primary person responsible for the management of the health and wellness of assigned

• patients. Duties include:

• Examination of patients, formulation differential diagnostic plans, defines and orders

• required diagnostic testing.

• Interpretation of examination findings and test results, and implementation of treatment

• plans.

• Determines need for consultation and assists in medical care and treatment provided at the

• direction of other specialists.

• Approving/disapproving subspecialty referrals.

• Answering patient telephone consults with the assistance of clinic staff.

• Providing primary and secondary preventive maintenance care.

• Admit, round on, and discharge inpatients as per the local MTF instructions.

• Recognize those more complicated cases, initiate treatment (if appropriate), and refer to a

• higher level of medical expertise for diagnosis and/or treatment.

• Plan and initiate proper treatment within defined privileges and the scope of practice of the

• facility.

• Identify and report those situations and individual cases which have public health

• significance and carry out effective control measures.

• Clearly communicate to other health personnel either orally or in writing the findings,

• diagnosis, and planned treatment regimen.

• Stabilize and manage a patient in a medical or surgical emergency and/or transfer to

• physician care.

• Determine appropriate means of evacuation of emergency patients, prepare patients for

• evacuation, and arrange for evacuation support.

• Maintain inpatient and outpatient medical records in accordance with MTF procedures.

• Ability to prepare records and reports as required in support of services rendered in

• accordance with established procedures and utilizing the current medical information

• systems and electronic health record and the knowledge of outpatient coding and medical

• informatics. Collect and record, in proper format, medical and social historical data

• appropriate to the patient's condition.

• Knowledge of a variety of pharmacological agents used outpatient treatment, the desired

• effects, side effects, and complications of their use as well as the accurate administration of

• the pharmacologic agent, including dosage calculations as required.

• Ability to clearly communicate to other health personnel either orally or in writing the

• findings, diagnosis, and planned treatment regimen.

• Ability to recognize adverse signs and symptoms and react/respond quickly by

• communicating with other members of the health care team verbally or overhead paging or

• via telephone in emergency situations

• Competent in ECG interpretation

• Experienced in treadmill stress testing, dobutamine and exercise stress echocardiography,

• exercise and vasodilator stress nuclear testing, cardiac device implantation, office

• management, and home monitoring.

• Experienced in preventative care such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, smoking cessation,

• exercise, weight loss, good dietary education, and primary risk assessment and treatments

• Experienced in atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, their evaluation, prognosis, and treatment

• strategies

• Experienced in chronic and acute coronary syndromes to include their evaluation and

• treatment both mechanical and pharmacologically.

• Experience and education in the vast pathophysiology and pharmacology associated with a

• diverse cardiovascular and peripheral vascular practice

• Experience and understanding the management of extra cranial carotid arterial disease,

• thoracic aortic aneurisms, abdominal aortic aneurisms, acute and chronic mesenteric

• ischemia, renal artery stenosis, fibromuscular dysplasia, lower extremity claudication, acute

• limb ischemia, and chronic limb ischemia.

• Experience in venous disorders

• Experience in wound care associated with venous or arterial disease

• Understanding of advanced cardiac procedures such as cardiac bypass surgery, valvular

• replacement to include catheter based techniques, mechanical circulatory support, and

• cardiac transplant

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