Primary Care Physician Assistant

Primary Care Physician Assistant

Patients do not experience "coverage." They experience whether someone listens, decides, and follows through. This role exists to own a panel's day-to-day medical care-diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and continuity-so people leave clearer, safer, and more likely to stay well. You will practice at the top of your license, with physicians who expect independent judgment and a team that measures success by outcomes, not visit volume alone.
Performance Objectives

• Manage a defined primary care panel so chronic conditions (diabetes, hypertension, COPD, heart disease) show measurable improvement in control and adherence within the first year.
• Evaluate acute and undifferentiated complaints same day when clinically appropriate, closing the visit with a clear diagnosis or plan, patient understanding, and timely follow-up.
• Prevent avoidable escalation by completing evidence-based screening, immunizations, and risk counseling, and by coordinating specialty, behavioral health, and community resources before crises occur.
• Document encounters the same day so coding, quality measures, and the next clinician can act without reconstruction.
• Reduce no-show and medication-gap risk through proactive outreach on high-risk patients you own.
• Teach patients and staff in plain language so care plans are followed between visits, not just agreed to in the room.

Environment & Resources

You will practice in a physician-led primary care setting with on-site or readily available collaboration, medical assistants, nursing, and front-office support. EHR, e-prescribing, and quality dashboards are in place. Schedule design protects same-day access and panel management time. You report clinically to the supervising physician and operationally to the practice leadership responsible for access and quality.
Essential Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited PA program and current NCCPA certification, with an active state license (or eligibility) and DEA as required for the practice.
• At least two years of primary care, family medicine, internal medicine, or urgent-care experience managing both chronic disease and acute illness independently.
• Demonstrated comfort with full-scope outpatient procedures common to primary care and with knowing when not to proceed.
• Clear, respectful communication with patients of varied health literacy, language, and cultural background.
• Fluency in the EHR and in quality reporting; documentation that supports care and compliant coding.

Why This Role

• Real panel ownership, not perpetual float coverage.
• Collaboration that respects PA judgment rather than bottlenecking routine decisions.
• A schedule built for access and follow-through, not only throughput.
• Visible impact on control rates, preventive care, and patient trust.
• A path to deepen primary care expertise with physicians who teach.

If you want to be the clinician patients ask for by name, apply with a brief note on a panel outcome you improved and how you did it. We review every qualified application and respond to those who match the work.