Do you have a passion for helping people achieve their dreams of a growing family? An exciting opportunity awaits you with Nevada Fertility Center, a leading fertility practice in Las Vegas! We are seeking a full time Physician Assistant (APP-PA) to join our amazing team.
OVERVIEW: Promotes and Restores patients’ health by collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patients and patients’ families.
Essential Functions
Clinical/Technical
- Performs monitoring & non-monitoring ultrasounds, such as mock cycles, suppression checks, FET, and clomid checks and imaging during embryo transfers.
- Provides medication instructions for IVF cycles including schedules, dosage, and administration.
- Provides Continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans.
- Coordinates and assists with cycle programs as needed.
- Provides general women’s health information and education to patients.
- Performs complete history with screening physical exam, including review of systems, general and pelvic exams including cultures, intrauterine insemination, PK tests, and uterine sounding.
- Complete Hx, ultrasounds, physicals, and labs for donor patients.
- Follow up on Ovarian Hyperstimulation syndrome.
- Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records. Uses clinical computer software.
- Performs phlebotomy and medication administration.
- Performs first trimester OB ultrasounds.
- Manages Ambulatory GYN complaints throughout patient treatment, as necessary based on program protocols.
- Telephone triage patient phone calls.
- Provides referrals to appropriate MDs as necessary based findings.
- Reviews lab data and prescribes when necessary, according to established protocols.
- Acts as clinical resource for support staff.
- Acts as preceptor in training clinical staff.
- Interacts with physicians, counselors, embryologists, ultra-sonographers, medical assistants, lab staff, financial and administrative staff for delivery of high-quality patient care.
- Completes appropriate paperwork for patient billing.
- Works cooperatively to meet the goals of the program.
- Demonstrates understanding of providing cost effective care.
- Appropriate participation in marketing/promotion
- Other duties as assigned
Team Interaction
- Acts as an active participant on teams giving input and ideas, treating other team members with respect.
- Assists other clinical departments as needed.
- Covers weekends and holidays as assigned.
- Directs patients to financial departments for assistance.
- Attend meetings as requested or notifies organizer if unable to attend.
- Assist with maintaining computerized patient charts.
- Approves and coordinates time off requests for clinical staff.
General Responsibilities
- Maintains a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations and calling for assistance from other healthcare support personnel when appropriate.
- Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
- Ensures operation of equipment by following manufacturer’s instructions; reporting malfunctions helping to evaluate new equipment and techniques.
- Complies with federal state and local legal professional requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipating future legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management and physicians on needed action/changes.
- Participates in professional societies.
- Follows all state regulations regarding professional license
- Ensures confidentiality of all patients’ records and care per confidentiality policy
- Utilizes financial department to provide appropriate information to patients and ensures that patients are financially clearing before beginning of treatment.
Physical Demands And Work Environment
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disability to perform the essential function.
- Occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 15 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
- Exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time.
Education/Experience Requirements
- Physician Assistant Degree
- Current state license without limitations required.
- Preferred 2 years experience in an area of women’s health
- Ability to access, input, and retrieve information from a computer.
- Knowledge of the office procedures and office machines. (i.e., Computer, fax, copier, etc.)
- Ability to work as part of a muti-disciplinary team.
- Ability to remain calm and respond appropriately to all stressful situations.
- Ability to communicate accurately and concisely.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
