Physician’s Assistant or Nurse Practitioner
Sound Pain Alliance
- Lakewood, WA
- $120,000-150,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- We have clinics specifically located in Lakewood, Puyallup, Tukwila, Covington, & Bonney Lake. The Seattle-Tacoma area of Washington provides an amazing array of recreational opportunities, excellent schools, and entertainment. Property ownership is affordable and diverse. The opportunity to live and work in a suburban type community while just a short ferry ride from the Olympic Peninsula and short drive to Seattle or Tacoma makes our area very desirable for permanent placement.
- Responsible for diagnosing, developing, and implementing a plan of care for patients presenting to the clinic.
- Performing physical examinations and obtaining, updating, and recording medical histories.
- Completes appropriate documentation of all evaluations, care, and services rendered in the electronic medical record.
- Makes appropriate referrals for consultations.
- Provides counseling and patient education for recommended interventional procedures to patients and families.
- Responds to telephone inquiries of patients in a timely manner.
- Communicates with referring or primary care physicians regarding patient care and treatment.
- Orders and interprets diagnostic test results.
- Prescribes medications and therapies as appropriate.
- We provide a salary and benefits that are equivalent to or exceed all other local clinics or health systems. We reassess this annually to remain competitive. Benefits are standardized but the initial salary package is customized based on your experience and work schedule.
- If you are interested in pain management and appropriate procedure selection / performance this job will provide you excellent hours, work conditions and job satisfaction.
- $120,000 to $150,000/ yr. based on Experience
- Competitive bonus structure in addition to the salary
- Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program or Nurse Practitioner program
- Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination certification or Nurse Practitioner exam.
- Must be current with continuing medical education requirements.
- One to three years previous experience in a medical office desirable.
- Ability to work effectively with patients, providers, and other clinic staff.
- Possesses knowledge of medical terminology and ability to document appropriately in electronic medical record.
- Knowledge of appropriate medical advice to offer patients and of the legal implications involved.