Breast Surgery- Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant- Athens

Description :

Piedmont Healthcare is currently recruiting for a Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner to join the Breast Surgery team in Athens, Georgia. This is a full time position with call responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities :

Ambulatory care responsibilities include, but are not limited to :

a. Assesses patient and performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to assist physician in diagnosing medical and surgical problems and prescribes necessary treatment and services for quality patient care.

b. Takes patient histories, conducts physical examinations, writes progress notes, prepares patient workups and summaries noting pertinent positive and negative findings, obtains psychosocial history relevant to patient care, and assumes responsibility for developing therapeutic relationships with patients.

c. Orders and schedules laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures. Explains necessity, preparation, nature, and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedure(s) to the patient, patients family, and staff.

d. Monitors progress of patients, reports progress to supervising physician, and maintains record of each patients progress, consulting with supervising physician when patients progress does not meet anticipated and / or predetermined criteria.

e. Serve as First Assist in the OR.

Piedmont Benefits include :

Competitive compensation and benefits package

CME allowance

Quality, Service and Reputation

Qualifications :

Minimum Requirements :

PA : Graduate of a Physician Assistants program with current license for the Georgia State Composite Board

NP : Graduate from a school of nursing with current Georgia license for Advanced Practice Nursing and a Masters degree in Nursing