Physician Assistant - Medical jobs in Kingsport, TN

UltaCare Medical has an opening for an advanced level practitioner to provide primary care services onsite at a skilled nursing and long-term care senior living facility. This role is exclusive to one facility in Elkhorn City, KY. In this role, you are the lead daily onsite clinician caring for the resident population and will also have the responsibility of coordinating care with their PCP/attending physician and/or the facility’s Medical Director. This individual will address acute issues with urgency and chronic issues with a mindset to slow progression, reduce risk of major acute events, and improve quality of life. This role requires a compassionate, responsive, proficient healthcare professional that puts patients first. This is an institutional in-patient setting, and this individual must be comfortable determining the medical necessity of residents as well as manage your time as you are the one that determines the schedule of who to see and when. While you will work in a collaborative fashion with the site's Medical Director, the Medical Director is not on site the majority of the time and so this individual will have to make many decisions independently. The role will report to the company's Chief Medical Officer who is also always available for guidance and support.

Most providers find this to be a highly rewarding position as you have the opportunity to utilize the breadth of your skills, training, and expertise. This role is a great fit for individuals that don’t want to be focused on just one or two things but prefer treating a wide spectrum of conditions. Additionally, you genuinely make a big difference in people’s lives and can leave work every day knowing you made a difference.

Many of our positions serve rural communities. These communities rely upon people helping others and tend to be tight-knit. We play a vital role in these communities by improving healthcare for those that may otherwise have difficulty accessing it. Our group was founded in 2006 and has always followed a guiding mission of keeping a small company feel while helping as many people as possible.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Provide medical evaluation, treatment, and consultation to facility residents.
Perform chronic disease visits for residents at a scheduled frequency.
Respond to, assess, and treat acute medical events as needed.
Work in a collaborative fashion with all facility staff and the facilities Medical Director.
Provide medical orders for prescription refills, administration of medications, ancillary testing, and/or referrals.
Communicate to resident’s family members as needed.
Fully document each patient interaction via dictation into a patient visit record within 24 hours of the visit.
Reviews ancillary test results and coordinates notification to the patient.
Provides patient education as needed.

Qualifications and Experience:
Active Advanced Level Practitioner license. We are open to both NPs and PAs.
Preferred experience working in an institutional inpatient setting.
Preferred experience working in a skilled nursing and/or long-term care facility.
Preferred experience working with geriatric patients.
Individual needs to be comfortable and proficient at taking initiative with identifying patients to see, setting your own schedule and forging. and maintaining productive relationships with facility staff.
Able to work independently, make own decisions.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $105,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Most staff and residents have received the COVID-19 vaccine. Additionally, other licensed medical professionals work onsite and ensure that rigid infection control practices are observed to protect both the residents and staff of the facility

Work Location: In person