Physician Assistant, Primary Care - Philadelphia

Job Responsibilities
Job Summary

The Complex Care Physician Assistant, Advanced Practice Provider, In Philadelphia provides services including counseling patients regarding the most appropriate setting to meet their healthcare needs, performing assessments and evaluations of their problems, providing the appropriate information regarding specialist services, and end of life programs.

AbsoluteCare is a leader in delivering concierge-style primary care to some of the most socially vulnerable and medically complex populations. Through a whole-person, value-based care model, we provide personalized, comprehensive primary care that addresses not only patients' medical needs but also behavioral health and social determinants of health. Our integrated approach brings together physicians, advanced practice providers, behavioral health specialists, nurses, social workers, and other care team members to ensure patients receive the support they need. By prioritizing access, quality, and meaningful patient relationships over volume, AbsoluteCare is redefining primary care for those who need it most.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Manage and improve health for patients with multiple chronic medical conditions.
Manage a panel of approximately 200 to 250 chronic care ambulatory patients in an office based.
Work in a team environment (with social work, case management, behavioral health, pharmacy, nutrition, etc.), process feedback, and be open to discussing and implementing plans of care from other members of the team. Work well with a supervising physician.
Develop strong transitional care plans and track paneled patients along the whole continuum of care including discharges from the hospital, ER, skilled nursing facilities/nursing homes, and home care
Communicate and interact with alternate levels of care facilities (hospital, ER, skilled nursing facilities) to facilitate appropriate discharge to a lower level of care or back to the AbsoluteCare Medical Center.
Familiar with inpatient medicine and the discharge process to help facilitate discharges.
Treatment of some acute exacerbations of chronic conditions within the AbsoluteCare center, i.e. Lasix for CHF, IVF for Dehydration/Renal Failure, IV antibiotics for various infections, Nebulizer/Solumedrol for COPD/Asthma etc..
Possess a comfort level and the knowledge to differentiate when exacerbation can be treated within AbsoluteCare and when a higher level of care needed. These treatments will involve collaboration and oversight with a supervising physician.
Accept same day/next day or urgent appointments for patients from home or discharged from the hospital/ER/skilled nursing facility in need of intensified practitioner or case management/social work services to ensure acute episode has resolved and the patient is not admitted/readmitted.
Track patients and their disease processes to prevent ER visits, admissions to the hospital, and readmissions.