Family Practice/Primary Care Physician Assistant at Matrix Providers

Matrix Providers is hiring a Physician Assistant to join our team of talented professionals who provide health care services to our Military Service Members and their families at Travis AFB, in Sacramento, CA .

• Employment Status:
• Compensation: This is a salaried position
• Schedule:
• 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: Bachelor's degree.
• Education: Graduate from an accredited college or university certified by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education of the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).
• Certification: Certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician's Assistants (NCCPA).
• Experience: 24 months of experience as
  a Physician Assistant within the last 36 months.
• Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Physician Assistant as required in the TO.

Job Summary:

• Provide a full range of Physician Assistant services in primary and specialty medical care within the limits of their training and privileges granted by the MTF (e.g., supervise and provide general screening and medical care and examinations of patients for routine, acute and chronic conditions involving any organ systems; provide immunizations; diagnose, treat, and counsel patients as indicated).
• Technically direct and provide care for various diseases and types of injuries (i.e., acute, chronic, and minor trauma). The skills to recognize emergency conditions, diagnose, prescribe for, and treat diseases, disorders, and injuries, and refer the more complex cases and severe conditions to qualified medical personnel and perform the designated treatment.
• Technically direct and teach other staff, provide educational lectures and participate in in-service training for staff members.
• Promote preventive care and health maintenance, including annual physicals, positive health behaviors, and self-care through formal and individual education and counseling.
• Prescribe by approved treatment protocols and the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee-approved medications and immunizations.
• Perform specific diagnostic and therapeutic practices and procedures by the scope of practice.
• Establish collaborative rapport with physicians, nursing, and others to promote and facilitate primary care services.
• Teach patients and family members healthy regimens and responsibility for achieving wellness.
• Attend staff meetings to provide case discussion, continuing education, and continuous quality improvement.
• May become the Primary Care Manager (PCM) 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
• Obtain training as needed in order to maintain military-specific care for their
  empanelment:
  o Fitness, duty and/or mobility restrictions
  o Assessment for duty retention concerns and referral to medical
  evaluation board when needed
  o Long-term activity limiting profiles
  o Periodic Health Assessments (PHAs)
  o Deployment-Related Health Assessments (DRHAs)
  o Separation History & Physical Exams (SHPEs)