Primary Care Physician Assistant

Primary Care Physician Assistant

Patients do not need another handoff. They need a clinician who can sort the urgent from the routine, start treatment the same day, and stay with them until the plan is working. In this primary care role, you will own visits, decisions, and follow-through so adults and families leave with a clear next step-not a longer wait. Your work expands access, tightens chronic-disease control, and keeps preventable problems out of the emergency department.
Performance Objectives

• Complete a full daily clinic schedule with accurate histories, exams, and same-visit plans for acute, chronic, and preventive needs.
• Independently manage common primary care conditions within the collaborative agreement, and escalate atypical, unstable, or high-risk cases without delay.
• Raise preventive screening completion and chronic-disease control for your panel, including hypertension, diabetes, and respiratory disease.
• Resolve clinically appropriate issues in clinic so avoidable urgent and emergency referrals decline.
• Close notes the same day so orders, refills, coding, and follow-up do not stall.
• Coordinate with nurses, medical assistants, and physicians so results, referrals, and care gaps are acted on-not lost.
• Earn return visits and completed follow-up by explaining diagnoses and plans in plain language.

Environment & Resources

You will practice in an outpatient primary care setting and report to a collaborating physician. Support includes a medical assistant, nursing and care-coordination partners, an electronic health record, and on-site or readily available lab and diagnostic services. Prescribing, procedures, and supervision follow the collaborative practice agreement and state rules. Schedule and panel expectations are set so quality work is possible, not just volume.
Essential Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited PA program, NCCPA-certified, and licensed or immediately eligible in the practice state.
• DEA registration, or ability to obtain it, if controlled-substance prescribing is part of the agreement.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate and manage common adult primary care problems, including hypertension, diabetes, infections, musculoskeletal complaints, and preventive care.
• Sound judgment on when to treat, when to refer, and when to seek the collaborating physician.
• Proficiency with an ambulatory EHR and same-day documentation that supports safe coding and continuity.
• Clear communication with patients of varied health literacy and with the care team under time pressure.

Role Selling Points

• Full-scope primary care: acute care, chronic disease, prevention, and continuity-not a narrow procedure list.
• Real clinical autonomy inside a defined collaborative agreement, with a physician available for complex decisions.
• A panel you can improve, with quality measured by outcomes patients feel, not activity alone.
• A team built around the visit-MA, nursing, and care coordination-so you spend time on decisions, not chasing results.
• A schedule designed for same-day plans and same-day notes, protecting both access and accuracy.

Call to Action

If you want ownership of patient outcomes-not a stack of tasks-apply with your CV, license and certification status, and a short note on the primary care results you are ready to own.