**Top Reasons to Work at AdventHealth** **•** **Rollover PDO with service year increases in accrual.** **•** **Comprehensive benefits package; including tuition reimbursement and matching 403b plan.** **•** **Patient facing positions receiving company paid initial sets of scrubs.** **•** **Company Discount programs** **•** **Growing Organization** **Work Hours/Shift:** Full Time **KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:** · Complies with Employee Code of Conduct · Demonstrates compliance with all federal, state and local laws; rules and government regulations · Verbalizes understanding of reporting process of any actual or perceived violation · Recognizes incidents as defined and described in the Hospital’s Institutional Policies and Procedures · Understands the method and reasoning for reporting incidents · Demonstrates ability to complete the Hospital’s Incident Report Form · Assists the Department Manager or others in recognizing and reducing risk within the Department or other areas of the Hospital · Demonstrates FHT PRIDE (Personal Responsibility in Daily Endeavors) by providing courteous service, assisting lost guests, and problem solving to meet special needs or requests · Creates positive image by demonstrating a professional manner in all encounters · Takes initiative to identify problems and assist with problem resolution while maintaining confidentiality at all times · Acknowledges employees, physicians and visitors promptly · Develops positive working relationships with other functional team/members within the Hospital · Performs duties in a timely manner and provides updates if delays occur · Communicates with courtesy when interacting with internal or external customers, in person or on the telephone · Demonstrates respect for co-workers and develops positive working relationships with other departments · Participates in Quality Improvement activities to improve processes and patient care · Implements actions, as appropriate, recommended by Quality Improvement teams and the hospital wide Quality Coordinating Council · Participates in Performance Improvement activities to improve processes and patient care · Implements actions, as appropriate, recommended by Performance Improvement activities and hospital-wide Performance Improvement Coordinating Council (PICC) · Follows hospital and departmental **Safety** policies and procedures · Wears name tag identification and is aware of role in minimizing **Security** incidents · Demonstrates knowledge of role in **Hazardous Materials and Waste Program** , including procedures to follow in case of spill · Demonstrates knowledge of role in **Emergency Preparedness Program** . Participates in Disaster Drills, as appropriate · Demonstrates knowledge of role in the **Life Safety Program** and participates in Fire Drills as appropriate · Demonstrates knowledge of role in the **Medical Equipment Program** and how to report malfunctioning equipment · Demonstrates knowledge of role in the **Utility Systems Program** and the department’s response to utility failure · Follows hospital and departmental **Infection Control** policies and procedures · Demonstrates effective communication skills with all team members, patients and families · Maintains satisfactory participation and attendance at required and non-required meetings and staff development programs · Demonstrates evidence of continuous professional development o Identifies own learning needs and seeks opportunities for self growth and career advancement o Attends annual mandatory inservice, required meetings and continuing education · Promotes the hospital image and maintains a helpful attitude towards employees, physicians patients, visitors and the community to enhance the hospital’s reputation as a health care center · Demonstrates evidence of adherence to the hospital confidentiality policy · Provides occupational health to all employees, regardless of age, race or sex. Patient population includes workers of all ages, from adolescence through the geriatric population · Examines and rechecks patients for medical problems prior to return to work after illness or injury. Plans referrals to physician specialists when indicated · Incorporates patients work with company’s light duty policy in determining physical fitness for job duty · Examines and rechecks patients for medical problems prior to return to work after illness or injury. Returns patients to their job as soon as medically advisable · Assists Medical Director with development and ongoing revision of medical policies and procedures · Assures that continued medical care remains within the UCH provider clinic unless a change is authorized by the MCC-PCP · Works with the MCC-PCP to assure that all referrals for specialty care by MCC-PCP are made within the participating network providers unless specific care is not available in that network · Assists Medical Director in review of data for Quality Improvement · Produces appropriate medical records · Assists Medical Director in the implementation and management of the Quality Assurance Program · The PA’s role, scope of practice and legal requirements · Provider’s specialty area as it applies to Occupational Medicine. · Scope of prescriptive and dispensing authority · Medical terminology. · Laboratory practices and procedures. · Principles and medical practices in an Occupational Practice. · Anatomy and Physiology · Occupational and safety hazards · Communicable diseases and their control and treatment. · Physical assessment and analysis · Problem solving and documentation · Initiating the appropriate emergency response · Performing or ordering and interpreting routine diagnostic laboratory tests. · Working with diverse individuals and cultures. · Handling a number of tasks simultaneously. · Translating health information to patients. · Assisting or consulting with physicians Qualifications **·** **EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:** **·** **As required for licensure** **·** **Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant studies.** **·** **Combination education and experience that will provide the knowledge, skill and ability to demonstrate the following:** **·** **Recognize the signs and symptoms of disease, while understanding their relationship to each other.** **·** **Obtain, organize and construct a patient data base which accurately describes the information available for a given patient at a given point in time.** **·** **Develop a problem list from the patient data base.** **·** **Apply problem-solving techniques on clinical situations.** **·** **Manage common health problems with physician supervision.** **·** **Communicate empathetically with patient and knowledgeably with the physician.** **·** **Competently perform technical procedures.** **·** **Obtain brief, as well as comprehensive, patient histories, with an emphasis on occupation and exposure.** **·** **Perform complete or focused physical examination as indicated.** **·** **Select appropriate diagnostic studies in the evaluation of patients.** **·** **Identify the potential relationship between patient symptoms and occupational/environmental exposures.** **·** **Diagnose and manage occupational//environmental illnesses and injuries, with the use of consultants in related disciplines when indicated.** **·** **Identify non-occupational/environmental factors that may contribute to occupational/environmental disease or injury.** **·** **Refer and follow up or manage patients with serious occupational or environmental injuries and illnesses.** **·** **Elicit patients’ concerns about exposures and establish a therapeutic alliance incorporating risk communication.** **·** **Report all findings to affected individuals and pertinent information to organizations and employers as appropriate (considering medical confidentiality issues), advocating for the health and safety of patients and employees.** **·** **Evaluate and treat medical conditions commonly seem in an OEM practice.** **·** **Apply clinical practice guidelines in one’s practice.** **·** **Category:** **Physician Services** **Organization:** **AdventHealth Medical Group West FL** **Schedule:** **Full-time** **Shift:** **1 - Day** **Req ID:** **24009503** We are an equal opportunity employer and do not tolerate discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age or disability/handicap with respect to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment.