Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities:

• Identify and treat patients’ diseases
• Perform initial and periodic physical examinations and explore patient’s interpretation of health needs
• Conduct in-depth interviews with patients and/or family
• Construct comprehensive medical histories
• Instruct and counsel patients and families regarding preventative care, medical problems, psychological problems, and use prescribed treatments and drugs
• Develop and implement long and short range treatment plans
• Directly perform or order appropriate diagnostic studies and interpret finished results
• Write orders to increase, decrease or change medication, subject to checking and counter-signing by physician
• Perform bone biopsies
• Indentify and record pertinent progress of patients, update and summarize charts, change orders when appropriate and notify physician of changes in patient’ condition
• Ensure patient information, visit history, refer outs, lab follow-ups, phone calls and consults are carefully and completely documented in the electronic medical record

Job Requirements:

• Graduate of an approved primary care physician assistant or surgical physician assistant program approved by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
• Licensed as a Physician Assistant by the Medical Board of California (M.B.C) and the Physician Assistant Examining Committee (P.A.E.C)
• Current DEA
• BLS certification
• National Provider Identifier (NPI)
• Previous Oncology/Hematology experience preferred but not required

We are looking for mature, responsible, well organized individuals who are self starters and can multi-task. Please forward your resume to: jobs(at)theoncologyinstitute(dot)com