**All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:** + Rollover PDO with service year increases in accrual + Comprehensive benefits package + Company Discount Programs + Growing Organization **Our promise to you:** Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. Its about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that **together** we are even better. **Location: 2500 Harbor Blvd Port Charlotte FL, 33952** **The community you'll be caring for:** AdventHealth Medical Group **The role you'll contribute:** Provides medical care to patients under the supervision of a physician. Conducts physical examinations, orders and interprets diagnostic tests. Works closely with physicians to develop and implement treatment plans for patients. Educate patients and their families about healthcare issues, disease management, and preventive care. Evaluates, diagnoses, treats, and manages a wide range of medical conditions. Prescribes medications, develops patient treatment options, interprets and verifies test results, and collaborates with other healthcare providers for continued education to ensure comprehensive and coordinated patient care **The value you'll bring to the team:** **PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND JOB RESPONSIBILITIES** **:** + Provide services similar to those of a physician. + Examine patients, take medical histories, maintain patient records, identify health risk factors, prescribe medications, make referrals, and otherwise treat health conditions. + Focus on patient wellness and disease prevention. + Provide health education services and/or counsel patients on how to make healthy lifestyle choices. + Will need to work weekdays, occasional weekends and nights for call coverage. + Performs other duties as assigned + Complies with all policies and standards Qualifications KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED: + KSAs + 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 Occupational Practice. + Anatomy and Physiology Required 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 + Recognize the signs and symptoms of disease, while understanding their relationship to each other. + Obtain, organize, and construct a patient database which accurately describes the information available for a given patient at a given point in time. + Develop a problem list from the patient database. + Apply problem-solving techniques to clinical situations. + Knowledge, Skills and Abilities KSAs + Manage common health problems with physician supervision. + Communicate empathetically with patients 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. **Category:** Physician Services **Organization:** AdventHealth Medical Group West FL **Schedule:** Full-time **Shift:** 1 - Day **Req ID:** 25024717 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.