If you deliver a dose of compassion to every patient you see, you may be an ideal addition to the Legacy community. You’ll provide medical and surgical services within an assigned clinic, forging relationships with staff and delivering expert care to patients. Provides medical services under the direction of a physician to patients presenting specialty conditions or disease (depending on assigned department), consistent with the PA’s current Practice Description approved by the State of Oregon Board of Medical Examiners.

Orders and interprets laboratory tests and radiological examinations. Reports clinical data at rounds or when appropriate. Recognizes and evaluates patients who require the immediate medical or surgical attention and, when necessary, initiates, without supervision, emergency medical treatments.

Assists in surgical procedures in emergency, clinic and the operating room. Performs minor surgical, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures, administers treatments and medications consistent with the PA’s current Practice Description approved by the State of Oregon Board of Medical Examiners. Maintains and signs medical records pertaining to treatments and examinations administered.

Participates in local, regional, & national continuing medical education programs and clinical meetings to maintain medical knowledge as well as a professional network. Participates in Medical Specialty Outpatient Clinic. Co-ordinates discharge planning and follow-up.

Performs dictation of history/physical, clinical notes, imaging studies and discharge summary. Arranges appropriate outpatient therapy, referral system within Legacy to be maximally utilized. Manages outpatient phone contacts.





Disability and work release. Evaluates patients in the specialty outpatient clinic. Assures essential studies are performed prior to clinic visit. Presents case with recommendations to supervising physicians, as necessary.

Completes medical records and appropriate charge/coding data forms to facilitate hospital billing for service rendered.

Requires

Bachelor’s degree and successful completion of a PA program accredited by any of the following accrediting bodies: Committee on Allied Health, Education Accreditation of the American Medical Association (CAHEA); Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP); Requires experience in direct patient management, in the surgical or medical subspecialty of the department one is hired into. Surgical assisting experience required if working with a surgical specialty. Current applicable state licensure to practice as a Physician Assistant or ability to obtain licensure upon date of hire.

Must submit information necessary to complete a National Practitioner Data Base search and meet Legacy’s standards for results. Our Commitment to Health and Equal Chance Our Legacy is good for health for Our People, Our Patients, Our Communities, Our World.

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📌 Physician Assistant (Medical) (Vancouver)
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📍 Vancouver