Matrix Providers is hiring a Physician Assistant (Cardiology) to join our team of talented professionals who provide health care services to our Military Service Members and their families at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, Nevada

• Employment Status: Fulltime
• Compensation: This is a salaried position
• Schedule: 40 hours work week, which would be derived from five 8 hours shifts or
  four 10 hour shift whichever the schedule demands
• Benefits: Competitive financial package with a comprehensive insurance package including health, dental, vision, and life coverage.
  • Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Paid Holidays (Outlined in Handbook)
  • 401(k) Plan

Requirements: The Physician Assistant must have and meet the following:

• Degree/Education : Be a graduate Physician Assistant qualified by academic and practical education to provide patient services as a physician extender under supervision of a physician. Be accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA), or its predecessors, and acceptable to the Surgeon General, USAF, is mandatory.
• Certifications in addition to Basic Life Support : At a minimum all HCWs must
  maintain, at the contractor’s expense, current certification Basic Life Support (BLS)
  (Course C), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) through the American Heart
  Association or a Red cross-approved training program. Course (cards must display the
  American Heart Association or Military Training Network emblem). Some on-site training
  may be available at the MTF on a space available basis; however, the contractor shall not
  bill and the Government shall not pay for any time HCWs spend in or for certification
  training
• Experience: Have at least 24 months of experience as a Physician Assistant within the last
  36 months with at least 12 months of cardiology specific experience
• Board Certification : Certification as a Physician Assistant by the National
  Committee on Certification Physician Assistants (NCCPA) is required
• Licensure/Registration: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Physician Assistant as required in the TO

Duties:

• Provides primary or specialty medical care with the cognizance or supervision of a
• physician.
• Responsible for a regularly appointed clinic, compatible with workload and, in addition,
• provide immediate evaluation and management of emergent problems as they occur. Shall
• have the capability to:
• Collect and record, in proper format, medical and social historical data appropriate to the
• patient's condition.
• Perform a general physical examination
• May become the primary care manager for a panel of patients. As a PCM, will be the
• primary person responsible for the management of the health and wellness of assigned
• patients. Duties include:
• Examination of patients, formulation differential diagnostic plans, defines and orders
• required diagnostic testing.
• Interpretation of examination findings and test results, and implementation of treatment
• plans.
• Determines need for consultation and assists in medical care and treatment provided at the
• direction of other specialists.
• Approving/disapproving subspecialty referrals.
• Answering patient telephone consults with the assistance of clinic staff.
• Providing primary and secondary preventive maintenance care.
• Admit, round on, and discharge inpatients as per the local MTF instructions.
• Recognize those more complicated cases, initiate treatment (if appropriate), and refer to a
• higher level of medical expertise for diagnosis and/or treatment.
• Plan and initiate proper treatment within defined privileges and the scope of practice of the
• facility.
• Identify and report those situations and individual cases which have public health
• significance and carry out effective control measures.
• Clearly communicate to other health personnel either orally or in writing the findings,
• diagnosis, and planned treatment regimen.
• Stabilize and manage a patient in a medical or surgical emergency and/or transfer to
• physician care.
• Determine appropriate means of evacuation of emergency patients, prepare patients for
• evacuation, and arrange for evacuation support.
• Maintain inpatient and outpatient medical records in accordance with MTF procedures.
• Ability to prepare records and reports as required in support of services rendered in
• accordance with established procedures and utilizing the current medical information
• systems and electronic health record and the knowledge of outpatient coding and medical
• informatics. Collect and record, in proper format, medical and social historical data
• appropriate to the patient's condition.
• Knowledge of a variety of pharmacological agents used outpatient treatment, the desired
• effects, side effects, and complications of their use as well as the accurate administration of
• the pharmacologic agent, including dosage calculations as required.
• Ability to clearly communicate to other health personnel either orally or in writing the
• findings, diagnosis, and planned treatment regimen.
• Ability to recognize adverse signs and symptoms and react/respond quickly by
• communicating with other members of the health care team verbally or overhead paging or
• via telephone in emergency situations
• Competent in ECG interpretation
• Experienced in treadmill stress testing, dobutamine and exercise stress echocardiography,
• exercise and vasodilator stress nuclear testing, cardiac device implantation, office
• management, and home monitoring.
• Experienced in preventative care such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, smoking cessation,
• exercise, weight loss, good dietary education, and primary risk assessment and treatments
• Experienced in atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, their evaluation, prognosis, and treatment
• strategies
• Experienced in chronic and acute coronary syndromes to include their evaluation and
• treatment both mechanical and pharmacologically.
• Experience and education in the vast pathophysiology and pharmacology associated with a
• diverse cardiovascular and peripheral vascular practice
• Experience and understanding the management of extra cranial carotid arterial disease,
• thoracic aortic aneurisms, abdominal aortic aneurisms, acute and chronic mesenteric
• ischemia, renal artery stenosis, fibromuscular dysplasia, lower extremity claudication, acute
• limb ischemia, and chronic limb ischemia.
• Experience in venous disorders
• Experience in wound care associated with venous or arterial disease
• Understanding of advanced cardiac procedures such as cardiac bypass surgery, valvular
• replacement to include catheter based techniques, mechanical circulatory support, and
• cardiac transplant

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