Physician Assistant

• Provide medical treatment for Pogo Mine employees, contractors, and visitors
• Arrange transportation off site for ill or seriously injured people
• Advise employees on health and safety concerns
• Administer occupational medicine surveillance programs, including drug and alcohol testing, employment physicals, and lead, cadmium, respiratory, and hearing tests
• Order laboratory tests, obtain samples, interpret results, and maintain records
• Operate the medical treatment facility and provide routine clinic care
• Remain on call 24 hours per day for emergencies
• Assess patients through interviews, physical examinations, and medical-history review
• Order and interpret diagnostic tests, including x-rays, electrocardiograms, and laboratory studies
• Document patient care in patient and department records
• Perform injections, immunizations, suturing, and wound and infection management
• Counsel patients on therapeutic regimens, wellness, and health maintenance
• Maintain safe and clean clinical environments and follow infection-control protocols
• Maintain surveillance, clinical visit, accident, and illness records
• Collect and send drug and alcohol testing samples and maintain chain-of-custody records
• Maintain appropriate medical supply levels
• Conduct first-aid and health training for MSHA annual refresher training
• Support Pogo Mine Emergency Response Teams and develop trained emergency responders
• Assist with Workers’ Compensation correspondence and claims handling
• Perform other related duties as assigned

• Provide direct clinical support to medical providers, clinic staff, and patients
• Review patient charts, identify care gaps, and prepare relevant data for appointments
• Update Epic EHR records with outside provider notes, lab results, vaccine records, and other documentation
• Prepare exam rooms, lab rooms, medical equipment, supplies, and vaccine refrigerators
• Room patients for in-person and virtual appointments
• Prepare patients for examinations and assist healthcare providers during examinations and procedures
• Perform supervised procedures within scope of practice, including wound cleaning and dressing
• Administer and assist with vaccinations
• Collect specimens and perform point-of-care laboratory tests
• Coordinate labs, referrals, imaging, prior authorizations, specialist visits, and follow-up appointments
• Assist patients with paperwork, scheduling, consent forms, and home visits
• Provide patient communication, including screening calls, medication refill questions, reminders, follow-up calls, and lab/imaging results
• Maintain accurate, confidential, and organized patient medical records
• Stock and maintain exam rooms, lab, medication, and supply rooms
• Sterilize and process instruments and maintain the autoclave
• Participate in quality improvement or outreach committees
• Assist with training new Medical Assistants
• Perform additional Level 2/3 duties as applicable, including unsupervised procedures, supply oversight, abnormal-results notification, complex call screening, and independent nursing visits

Physician Assistant jobs in Alaska

Physician Assistant

Medical Assistant, Certified