PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - CLARION HOSPITALIST

**NIGHT SHIFT**
**7 On - 7 Off**
Provides patient care services, including assessing and managing patients in the inpatient environment, by following established standards and practices within the practice specific specialty.

**Education:
** Minimum: Graduate of a Physician Assistant Program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education
Preferred: N/A

**Registration/Certification/Licensure** :
Current PA Physician Assistant license, certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), Healthcare Provider CPR, and Act 33/73 clearances. Individual must meet the credentialing requirements of the Medical Staff Office.

**Experience:
** Minimum: One year inpatient experience
Preferred: Five years experience working as an inpatient Physician Assistant.

**Other Requirements** :
N/A

**Status****:** Exempt

**Physical Requirements:**
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* **The following frequency definitions apply to all Physical Requirements unless otherwise noted:**
_Occasional:__(0-1/3 of day , 0 - 2.5 hrs/day, 1 - 4 reps/hr)__
Frequent: (1/3 -2/3 of day , 2.5 - 5.5 hrs/day, 5 -24 reps/hr)
Constant: (> 2/3rd of day , > 5.5 hrs/day, > 24 reps/hr)
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_NOTE: An asterisk (*) indicates that the item is an essential function._
* **Non-Material Handling**

* **Standing** \- Remaining on one's feet in an upright position remaining stationary - FREQUENT

* **Walking** \- Remaining upright on one's feet, and moving about - FREQUENT

* **Sitting** \- Body remains in a seated position - FREQUENT

* **Stooping** \- To bend the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist - OCCASIONAL

* **Bending** \- To flex the upper body forward - OCCASIONAL

* **Twisting** \- To rotate the upper body forward - OCCASIONAL

* **Climbing** \- To move the body in any direction on equipment or structures that do not include stairs or ladders - N/A

* **Ladders** \- To ascend and descend ladders - N/A

* **Stairs** \- To ascend and descend stairs - OCCASIONAL

* **Kneeling** \- To move the body downwards and come to rest on both hands and both knees - OCCASIONAL

* **Squatting** \- To move the body downwards by bending both knees - OCCASIONAL

* **Crouching** \- To bend the body forward and downward by bending the spine and the legs - OCCASIONAL

* **Crawling** \- To move the body forward or backwards on hands and knees - N/A

* **Reaching Horizontal** \- To extend the arms and hands outward, remaining under shoulder height - FREQUENT

* **Reaching Overhead** \- To extend the arms and hands up and out over shoulder height - OCCASSIONAL

* **Grasping** \- Using functional gripping of the hand to handle an object - FREQUENT

* **Finger Manipulation** \- To manipulate objects with the use of fingers - FREQUENT

* **Seeing** \- Using visual feedback to accomplish a task or activity - CONSTANT

* **Hearing** \- Using sound feedback to accomplish a task or activity - CONSTANT