Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services. Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services. We are recruiting for the following position:

Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization

Job Description

Physician Assistant (PA)

The Physician Assistant (PA) works collaboratively as part of a care team to provide quality comprehensive primary medical care services to Sea Mar patients. This role focuses on team-based coordinated care, clinical affairs, and improving the patient care experience while adhering to organization-wide mission and core values.

Key Duties:

Provide primary medical care services in accordance with training, experience, certification, insurance, and licensure, under the supervision of medical leadership.
Refer patients to medical specialists or other sources of service when necessary.
Prescribe and/or dispense required medication according to Washington State Board prescriptive authority and with the sponsoring physician's supervision.
Participate in preventive health programs (immunizations, disease detection/prevention) and approved education programs for patients and community groups.
Participate in clinical affairs and work with administrative and medical leadership to improve patient care.
Provide care for special groups of patients such as those in nursing homes or other institutions when appropriate.

Qualifications:

Baccalaureate degree or a minimum of two (2) years of college credits.
State licensed Physician Assistant-Certified.
Successful completion of an accredited physician assistant program.
Certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
Notation of approval on license to prescribe legend drugs, and a current DEA certificate if requesting privileges for controlled substances.
Obtain Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR within 90 days of hire date and maintain throughout employment.
Knowledge of and interest in the unique cultural aspects of the Hispanic people.
Bilingual ability in English and Spanish is preferred but not required.

Additional Requirements: Pre-hire and annual employee health screening required; annual influenza vaccine required (or an approved administrative exemption with mandatory masking). Might require additional education for some specialty areas.

Sea Mar is an Equal Opportunity Employer and offers a competitive benefits package.

Starting Wage: $131,250

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday

Salary - Salary Plan, 130,000.00 USD Annual

What We Offer:

Sea Mar offers talented and motivated people the opportunity to work in a dynamic and growing community health organization. Working at Sea Mar Community Health Centers is more than just a job, it’s a fulfilling career with opportunity for advancement. The fringe benefits surpass most companies. For example, Full-time employees working 30 hours or more, receive an excellent benefit package of:

Medical
Dental
Vision
Prescription coverage
Life Insurance
Long Term Disability
EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
Paid-time-off starting at 24 days per year + 10 paid Holidays.
We also offer 401(k)/Retirement options and an exciting opportunity to work in a culturally diverse environment.

Sea Mar is an equal opportunity employer.

Please visit our website to learn more about us at www.seamar.org. You may also apply thru our Career page at this link.

Physician Assistant

Contact Information