Physician Assistant

Momentum Spine & Joint is looking for a Physician Assistant to join our team.

As a Physician Assistant, you will provide medical services to patients under the direction of a physician, performing comprehensive health assessments, facilitating diagnosis, prescribing medication, and coordinating patient care while maintaining compliance with the Texas Nurse Practice Act.

• Conducts comprehensive health assessments (initial, ongoing, discharge), identifies normal/abnormal health characteristics, develops a plan of care, initiates appropriate interventions, and evaluates care outcomes on defined patient populations.
• Performs delegated functions under physician supervision, such as differential diagnosis, use of prescriptive authority, and treatment according to practice guidelines, protocols, and/or standing orders.
• Accepts accountability for outcomes in health care.
• Utilizes critical thinking skills and clinical judgment to work autonomously as defined by the Nurse Practice Act.
• Collaborates with the physician and healthcare team members to manage/coordinate patient care.
• Records accurate consultation data in patients’ records; charts in the patient’s medical record is routinely completed on the same day as the patient’s visit.
• Instigates necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests or investigations and interprets findings/reports.
• Provides safe, evidence-based, cost‑effective, individualized patient care.
• Contributes to the practice achieving its quality targets to sustain high standards of patient care and service delivery.
• Follows all internal policies and procedures; is accountable for completion of all operational tasks according to departmental guidelines to ensure appropriate clinical processing/documentation.
• Ensures patients are seen promptly and efficiently, maintaining a reasonably on‑time schedule for appointments unless exceptional circumstances arise.
• Responds and complies to requests for information, including sending faxes and e‑mails.
• Reports statistics as required.
• Protects patient and family privacy rights and maintains confidentiality of patient records in accordance with policy, procedure, and HIPAA requirements.
• Follows all safety rules, reports all accidents promptly, and corrects minor safety hazards.
• Communicates with peers and management regarding any hazards identified in the workplace.
• Travels as necessary to other facilities.
• Performs other job‑related duties and special projects as assigned.

• Strong computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Excel, Word & E‑Clinical.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, professionally polished patient interaction skills, and teaching ability.
• Possesses appropriate communication skills to practice collaborative nursing.
• Exhibits a caring, compassionate, high‑level energy, congenial, sensitive attitude toward patients.
• Strong attention to detail, being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
• Ability to adequately diagnose, plan, and implement nursing interventions and evaluate patient condition.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, patients, and public.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to maintain an effective organized system, coordinate multiple tasks, and adjust to any justifiable pace to ensure timely patient flow.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, their families, and staff members.
• Ability to respond quickly, physically and mentally, when priorities and/or the patient’s condition changes.
• Ability to adapt with flexibility, open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
• Ability to work independently, guiding oneself with little or no supervision.
• Maintains high stress tolerance, accepts criticism, and deals calmly and effectively with high‑stress situations.
• Maintains composure, keeps emotions in check, controls anger, and avoids aggressive behavior, even in difficult situations.
• Maintains current licensure and credentials, remains current in…