Physician Assistant

Physician Assistant

Allow your curiosity to explore wide open spaces

About the Community Belcourt, North Dakota In general, North Dakota's open landscape is lush with diversity, opportunity, and possibility. With world-class fishing, hiking, biking, golfing, camping, water recreation, horseback riding, wildlife viewing, skiing, and hunting, Belcourt has no exception to there. Belcourt is within the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation with a population of approximately 2,000. It was originally known as Siipiising, which is Anishinaabe (Chippewa) for "Creek that sings with life-giving water." The name refers to what European Americans called Ox Creek, which flows right through the center of town. Belcourt allows you to follow your curiosity, not the crowd, to wide open spaces and love where you live. Click to explore more of what North Dakota has to offer here. Explore more things for you and the family to do in and around Belcourt here. Airport Information: If you are flying in to Belcourt, the closest international airport is the Minot International Airport, approximately 112 miles away. This airport supports the following airlines: Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and Allegiant Air.

About the Facility Belcourt Client (The Quentin N. Burdick Memorial HCF) The Quentin N Burdick Memorial Health Care Facility located in Belcourt, North Dakota, is a 27-bed hospital serving a population of approximately 14,550 Native Americans. The QNBMHCF Outpatient provides 24-Hour Emergency Services, Laboratory, Radiology (CAT Scan & Mobile MRI) and 24-Hour Pharmacy Services. Ambulatory services consist of Optometry, Dental, Clinical, Emergency, Podiatry, and Same-Day Clinic. This facility also offers Behavioral Health. Facility Address: 1300 Hospital Loop, Belcourt, ND 58316

Physician Assistant: Responsibilities

• The Physician Assistant interviews and examines patients, reviews past medical history, and requests and/or performs diagnostic tests and examines deemed necessary to obtain all possible information related to each case. The Physician Assistant will provide definitive management and full spectrum family ambulatory practice in all medical categories for cases.
• Review the patient's medications, diet, therapy course, adherence to management plan and patient observations. Will modify regiment as indicated. Shall instruct and counsel patience and family members as required and does so in a culturally sensitive manner.
• Refer patients to appropriate contracted medical facilities providing full clinical information for care and diagnostic procedures.
• Assure preparation of appropriate medical records for all patients seen to assure the accumulation and organization of all pertinent clinical data needed to provide comprehensive medical care.
• Will work closely with allied professionals to advise and coordinate their services at other professionals and the management applications medical, psychological, and social problems.
• The Physician Assistant provides prenatal care to expected patients in the first and second trimester.
• Divide pediatric care from newborn to adulthood and is familiar with growth, development, disease states and unique status of pediatric patients.
• Is active in pre-visit planning of the clinic, coordination of care and participates in clinic improvement activities.
• Can expect to anticipate evaluating and treating approximately 12 to 20 patients during an eight-hour workday.
• Performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures normally performed by family practice nurse practitioners such as, but not limited to performing minor surgery including but not limited to laceration repair and excision of skin lesions.
• The Physician Assistant performs orthopedic procedures such as joint injections, joint aspirations, aspiration of cysts, trigger point injections and other procedures normally performed by an outpatient physician assistant.

Physician Assistant: Requirements

• Must have a master's degree in nursing.
• Experience: Must have a minimum of six months' experience.
• Education: Completion of a minimum of a master's degree in physician assistant studies.
• Licensure: Must have an active, unrestricted, and free of disciplinary action license as a nurse in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a Territory of the United States.
• Certification: Must have a current certification in Basic Life Support.

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