Sun Life Health
Casa Grande, AZ
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:
A Physician Assistant (PA) provides health care services to patients under the direction and responsible supervision of a physician. PA's are academically and clinically trained to perform many of the routine but time-consuming tasks that physicians usually do, and are accountable for their own actions as well as being accountable to their supervising physicians.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Under the supervision of the PA's supervising physician and general supervision of the Chief Medical Officer, examines patients, takes medical history, records results, and makes preliminary diagnosis of disease, illness and injury and decides care plan, or follow-up procedures
Assess patient health by interviewing patients, performing physical examinations, obtaining, updating and studying medical histories
Identify short-term and long-range patient care issues that must be addressed; providing information; recommends options and course of action
Administer or...
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Physician Assistant
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