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US
Company size
11-50 employees
Job sector
Health Science
occupation category
Physician Assistants
Job type
Contract
Work environment
In person
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- Uses practice performance data and metrics to identify areas for improvement
- Provides effective, equitable, understandable, respectful, quality, and culturally competent care that is responsive to diverse cultural health beliefs and practices, preferred languages, health literacy, and other communication need
- Develops a professional and organizational capacity for ongoing quality improvement
- Understands of how practice decisions impact the finances of their organizations, while keeping the patient's needs foremost
- Reads patient chart thoroughly to gain understanding of diagnoses and procedures
- Retrieves patient files and records
- Elicits and acknowledges the story of the individual and apply the context of the individual's life to their care, such as environmental and cultural influences
- Returns files in an appropriate and predictable routine
- Adheres to standards of care in the role of the PA in the health care team
- Obtains patient consent, certifying medical records, and deciding what information can be released
- Exercises good judgment and fiscal responsibility when utilizing resources
- Analyzes the use and allocation of resources to ensure the practice of cost effective healthcare while maintaining quality of care
- Assures that coding reflects the information provided in the medical record
- Communicates effectively to elicit and provide information
- Abides by hospital, State and Federal coding guidelines
- Maintains proficiency to perform safely all medical, diagnostic, and surgical procedures considered essential for the practice specialty
- Routes records to appropriate person for completion
- Recognizes communication barriers and provide solutions
- Utilizes technological advancements that decrease costs, improve quality, and increase access to health care
- Updates coding to reflect changes made in charts, as new information becomes available
- Assigns codes to designated procedure or diagnosis as appropriate to specific facility based on coding guidelines (such as psychiatry, radiology, emergency room, skilled nursing facility, etc.)
- Counsels, educates, and empowers patients and their families to participate in their care and enable shared decision-making
- Demonstrates sensitivity, honesty, and compassion in all conversations, including challenging discussions about death, end of life, adverse events, bad news, disclosure of errors, and other sensitive topics
- Collaborates with other professionals to integrate clinical care and public health interventions
- Establishes meaningful therapeutic relationships with patients and families to ensure that patients' values and preferences are addressed and that needs and goals are met to deliver person-centered care
- Advocates for administrative systems that capture the productivity and value of PA practice
- Works effectively and efficiently in various health care delivery settings and systems relevant to the PA's clinical specialty
- Accurately and adequately documents medical information for clinical, legal, quality, and financial purposes
- Ensures all necessary documents are present for accurate coding
- Communicates effectively with colleagues and other professionals to establish and enhance interprofessional teams
- Archives files as needed
- Gather accurate and essential information about patients through history taking, physical examination, and diagnostic
- Adheres to standards of care, and to relevant laws, policies, and regulations that govern the delivery of care in the United States
- Applies EMR system to record keeping
- Engages the abilities of available health professionals and associated resources to complement the PA's professional expertise and develop optimal strategies to enhance patient care
- Accesses and interprets current and credible sources of medical information
- Considers cost-effectiveness when allocating resources for individual patient or population-based care
- Discerns among acute, chronic, and emergent disease states
- Applies principles of clinical sciences to diagnose disease and utilize therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other evidence-based practice skill
- Interprets data based on patient information and preferences, current scientific evidence, and clinical judgment to make informed decisions about diagnostic and therapeutic interventions
- Adheres to state and federal regulations on release of medical records
- Applies principles of epidemiology to identify health problems, risk factors, treatment strategies, resources, and disease prevention/health promotion efforts for individuals and populations
- Identifies and addresses social determinants that affect access to care and deliver high quality care in a value-based system
- Identifies, analyzes, and adopts new knowledge, guidelines, standards, technologies, products, or services that have been demonstrated to improve outcomes
- Develops, implements, and monitors effectiveness of patient management plans
- Recognizes when to refer patients to other disciplines to ensure that patients receive optimal care at the right time and appropriate level
- Reviews the assigned DRG for accuracy
- Updates files as needed
- Understands emotions, behaviors, and responses of others, which allows for effective interpersonal interactions
- Works effectively with other health professionals to provide collaborative, patient-centered care while maintaining a climate of mutual respect, dignity, diversity, ethical integrity, and trust
- Shows commitment to ethical principles pertaining to provision or withholding of care, confidentiality, patient autonomy, informed consent, business practices, and compliance with relevant laws, policies, and regulations
- Demonstrates investigative and critical thinking in clinical situations
- Refers patients appropriately, ensure continuity of care throughout transitions between providers or settings, and follow up on patient progress and outcomes
- Implements leadership practices and principles
