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physician’s assistant

Category: Health Care — Other
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Job Description/Responsibilities
At our organization, the physician’s assistant performs skilled professional work under the direction or general supervision of a physician.  He/she provides routine and some acute medical care and treatment to patients for physicals, illnesses, and injuries.  You must be formally trained to provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services, as designated by a physician.  You will work in primary care areas, such as general internal medicine, pediatrics, and family medicine.  

Qualifications/Skills
This position requires that you use your skills and medical training to obtain medical histories and elicit other relevant information from patients; document the results of examinations; assess and make tentative diagnoses; perform routine procedures such as injections, immunizations, suturing, and wound care; order laboratory tests and take blood and other bodily fluid or tissue samples; review and interpret test results and plan appropriate follow-up care; and compile medical data.

Education/Background
Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) is required.  You must also be licensed to practice in the state in which you are seeking employment.  Staying up-to-date on regulations and laws affecting the medical profession is a must.

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Job Description

physician’s assistant

Category: Health Care — Other
Reports To:      

Job Description
Performs skilled professional work under the direction or general supervision of a physician.  Provides routine and some acute medical care and treatment to patients for physicals, illnesses, and injuries.  Formally trained to provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services, as designated by a physician.  Works in primary care areas, such as general internal medicine, pediatrics, and family medicine.  

Note: In 47 states and the District of Columbia, physician’s assistants may prescribe medications.  Many have managerial duties.  Some order medical and laboratory supplies and equipment and may supervise technicians and assistants.

Qualifications
•	Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) required.  

•	Worker must be licensed to practice in the state in which he/she is employed.  (All states require that new physician’s assistants complete an accredited, formal education program.)

•	Must stay updated on regulations and laws affecting the medical profession, including privacy aspects of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.

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Duties
Percentage
of Job	Exemption
Classification	Duty	Essential Function	
     %	Exempt	Obtains medical histories and elicits other relevant information from patients.	Y / N	
     %	Exempt	Performs routine physical examinations of patients and documents the results of examinations, identifying any actual and/or potential medical conditions.	Y / N	
     %	Exempt	Assesses and makes tentative diagnoses, which are reviewed by a physician.  Treats some injuries/illnesses.	Y / N	
     %	Exempt	Performs routine procedures such as injections, immunizations, suturing, and wound care.  Manages simple conditions produced by infection or trauma.	Y / N	
     %	Exempt	Orders laboratory tests and takes blood and other bodily fluid or tissue samples.  Reviews and interprets test results and plans appropriate follow-up care.	Y / N	
     %	Exempt	Compiles medical data, including health history and results of physical examinations, in patient’s record.	Y / N	
     %	Exempt	Must have ability to appropriately and correctly apply techniques, methods, procedures, principles, and practices of the medical profession, and the ability to apply them within the limitations of the position and state licensure.	Y / N	
     %	Exempt	Records progress notes, instructs and counsels patients, and orders or carries out therapy.	Y / N	
     %	Exempt	Maintains appropriate confidentiality of information.	Y / N	
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Exemption Analysis
Learned Professional (541.301) exemption is a possibility.  The duties are coded “Exempt” on the assumption that the Wage & Hour Division’s specific requirements have been met, as set forth in the final regulation at 541.301(e)(4).  That provision should be carefully reviewed before making a classification decision.

Category Decision
The duties and responsibilities for this position have been analyzed.	
Manager:	Date:	
On that basis, this position has been judged to be        Exempt          Non-Exempt.	

Interview Questions

physician’s assistant

Category: Health Care — Other
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	Describe a typical workday for you assisting medical staffers.
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	Describe a typical workweek.  How did you plan the week’s activities?  How well did the schedule work?
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	Tell me about an occasion when your schedule was upset by unforeseen circumstances.  What did you do?
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	Give me an example from your experience of the impact of the privacy rules prescribed by HIPAA.
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	How do you keep informed about what’s happening in the medical field?
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	Have you recently attended any conferences or seminars in your field?  What did you get out of them?
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	What do you think is the biggest challenge to a person in your position?
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	How long did you have to study before you took your (specific license) exam?  How many times did you take the test?
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	What did you have to learn to be effective in your previous job?  How long did it take?  Which parts were the most challenging?
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Overall Impression
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