Description

Piedmont Athens Regional - Advanced Practice Provider – General Surgery OR

Piedmont Healthcare is currently recruiting for a Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner to join the General Surgery team in Athens, Georgia. This is a full time position.

Key Responsibilities:

Ambulatory care responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

1. 1. Assesses patient and performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to assist physician in diagnosing medical and surgical problems and prescribes necessary treatment and services for quality patient care.
   2. Takes patient histories, conducts physical examinations, writes progress notes, prepares patient workups and summaries noting pertinent positive and negative findings, obtains psychosocial history relevant to patient care, and assumes responsibility for developing therapeutic relationships with patients.
   3. Orders and schedules laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures. Explains necessity, preparation, nature, and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedure(s) to the patient, patient’s family, and staff.
   4. Monitors progress of patients, reports progress to supervising physician, and maintains record of each patient’s progress, consulting with supervising physician when patient’s progress does not meet anticipated and/or predetermined criteria.

Piedmont Benefits include:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• CME allowance
• Quality, Service and Reputation