Physician Assistant

Prairie View is seeking a skilled, dedicated, and compassionate Physician's Assistant to join our outpatient clinical team across our regional clinics in McPherson, Hillsboro, and Newton.

Grounded in a medical model of care and working in a collaborative role with a responsible psychiatrist, you will provide high-quality psychiatric medication management, primary care consults, and medical assessments for adults and older adults. Working alongside our multidisciplinary care teams, you will play a vital role in fostering healing, growth, and clinical excellence in the communities we serve.

Key Position Responsibilities

1. Clinical Care & Medication Management

• Evaluations & Medication Management: Conduct comprehensive outpatient psychiatric evaluations and routine medication checks for adults and older adults across assigned outpatient clinic sites.
• Prescriptive Care: Monitor, adjust, and optimize psychotropic medication types and dosages in accordance with established clinical protocols and outcomes standards.
• Physical Health Consults: Assess, diagnose, and make medical recommendations for physical ailments that arise during a patient’s mental health treatment.
• Medication Reconciliation: Take primary responsibility for the Medication Reconciliation process for all assigned outpatient cases.
• Diagnostics & Screenings: Order and interpret appropriate screening and laboratory tests as clinically indicated.
• Documentation: Maintain timely, concise, and accurate clinical documentation within the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) per organizational specified timeframes.
• Consultation & Collaboration: Serve as an internal medical consultant to Prairie View clinicians and staff, collaborating closely with therapists, case managers, and interdisciplinary teams to ensure comprehensive care.
• Family Engagement: Maintain active communication with patient families and support systems, as appropriate.
• On-Call (Optional): Provide weekday or weekend call coverage as mutually agreed upon.

2. Administrative, Quality & Compliance

• Regulatory Compliance: Actively participate in ensuring all clinical operations align with CMS, The Joint Commission, and Prairie View compliance standards.
• Performance Improvement (PI): Engage in continuous Performance Improvement initiatives to optimize patient care processes and clinical outcomes.
• Resource Stewardship: Utilize Prairie View resources in a cost-effective manner.

3. Professional Development & Workplace Culture

• Professional Growth: Participate in ongoing professional development and clinical education.
• Workplace Culture: Contribute positively to a supportive, respectful, and mission-driven work environment with co-workers, patients, and community stakeholders.
• #### Qualifications & Credentials
• Education: Graduate of an ARC-PA accredited Physician Assistant program (Master's degree preferred).
• Licensure: Active, unencumbered license (or eligible for licensure) as a Physician Assistant from the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (KSBHA).
• Certification: Active Board Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA / PA-C).
• Active DEA registration (or eligible to obtain prior to start date) with prescriptive authority.
• Current BLS certification.
• Demonstrated passion for adult and geriatric psychiatric care, outpatient behavioral health, and collaborative medicine.