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4PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT JOB DESCRIPTION
Name of Physician Assistant:
Name of primary supervising physician:
Physician’s principal practice location address:
Telephone number:
Medical specialty of primary supervising physician
1.
A supervising physician shall delegate only tasks and procedures to his or her
Physician Assistant (P.A.) which are within the supervising physician’s scope of practice
and are customary to the practice of the physician. However, the P. A. may not
perform any procedure not listed under #2 below without prior approval of the
Alabama Board of Medical Examiners. The P. A. may work in any setting that is
within the scope of his or her supervising physician’s practice. The supervising
physician’s scope of practice shall be defined for the purpose of this section as those
tasks and procedures which the supervising physician is qualified by training or
expertise to perform.
2.
The following list represents the duties which may be performed by the P. A.:
a.
Perform complete, detailed and accurate histories, review patient records to develop
comprehensive medical status reports, and order laboratory, radiological and diagnostic
studies appropriate for complaint, age, race, sex and physical condition of the patient.
b.
Do complete physical examinations and record pertinent data in acceptable medical
forms.
c.
Make medical diagnoses and institute therapy or referrals of patients to the appropriate
health care facilities, agencies, other resources of the community, or other physicians.
d.
Institute emergency measures and emergency treatment or appropriate stabilization
measures in situations such as cardiac arrest, shock, hemorrhage, convulsions,
poisoning, and emergency obstetric delivery.
e.
Arrange hospital admissions and discharges at the direction of the Supervising
Physician; perform hospital rounds and record appropriate patient progress notes;
accurately and appropriately transcribe and execute specific orders at the direction of
the Supervising Physician; compile detailed narrative and case summaries; complete
forms pertinent to patients’ medical records; issue diagnostic orders, which must be
signed within specified time period as defined by hospital guidelines.
f.
Interpret and evaluate patient data to determine patient management and treatment.
g.
Provide instructions and guidance regarding medical care matters to patients.
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