Physician Assistant

About the job

CHAS Health is hiring a full-time physician assistant for the Denny Murphy Clinic in Spokane to provide primary medical services to a mixed patient population, working with a supervising physician.

CHAS Health has a number of clinics and locations and continues to expand. Its stated goal is to remove barriers to care by offering high-quality, evidence-based care in convenient neighborhood settings.

What you'll do

• Care for a mixed patient population of all genders, ages and ethnicities, both insured and uninsured, within your scope of practice and delineated clinical privileges
• Examine patients to assess their general physical condition, and perform physical exams, preventive health measures and minor procedures within prescribed guidelines
• Order or carry out tests, analyses and diagnostic imaging, then review the reports and findings to diagnose conditions
• Prescribe or recommend medications and other treatments such as physical or inhalation therapy, under a physician's direct supervision
• Order inoculations and vaccinations against communicable diseases, and refer patients to specialists or other practitioners for specialized treatment
• Advise patients on diet, hygiene and ways to prevent disease
• Record or sign off on physical findings and write the plan and prognosis in the patient's electronic chart to established standards
• Report births, deaths and contagious disease outbreaks to government authorities
• Take part in provider staff meetings, peer reviews and clinic quality initiatives
• Develop a practice plan and working relationship with your supervising physician

What you need

• Graduation from an accredited physician assistant school
• A valid license in the state of practice
• Board certified or board eligible
• Able to apply for prescriptive privileges
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Able to secure credentialing through identified agencies such as Medicare and Medicaid
• BLS (CPR/AED)
• A commitment to supporting a safe, respectful environment
• Able to move around the facility for one-third to two-thirds of the day and spend time seated at a workstation or in patient rooms, with hand use and communicating more than two-thirds of the day
• Able to lift up to 10 pounds about half the time and 25 pounds or more occasionally

Schedule

• Full-time

Benefits

• An annual milestone bonus for eligible employees, based on years worked, up to a set maximum
• Medical, dental and vision coverage, plus long-term care and life insurance
• A 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match of up to 6%
• More than six weeks of paid time off a year for full-time employees
• Tuition assistance and student loan repayment
• Yearly childcare cost reimbursement
• Reimbursement for CME and license fees
• Each benefit depends on employee eligibility