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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Provide healthcare services typically performed by a physician, under the supervision of a physician. Conduct complete physicals, provide treatment, and counsel patients. May, in some cases, prescribe medication. Must graduate from an accredited educational program for physician assistants. | Examine patients to obtain information about their physical condition. | |||
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Interpret diagnostic test results for deviations from normal. | ||||
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Make tentative diagnoses and decisions about management and treatment of patients. | ||||
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Obtain, compile and record patient medical data, including health history, progress notes and results of physical examination. | ||||
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Administer or order diagnostic tests, such as x-ray, electrocardiogram, and laboratory tests. | ||||
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Prescribe therapy or medication with physician approval. | ||||
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Perform therapeutic procedures, such as injections, immunizations, suturing and wound care, and infection management. | ||||
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Instruct and counsel patients about prescribed therapeutic regimens, normal growth and development, family planning, emotional problems of daily living, and health maintenance. | ||||
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Provide physicians with assistance during surgery or complicated medical procedures. | ||||
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Supervise and coordinate activities of technicians and technical assistants. | ||||
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Visit and observe patients on hospital rounds or house calls, updating charts, ordering therapy, and reporting back to physician. | ||||
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Order medical and laboratory supplies and equipment. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Physician Assistants
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Medicine and Dentistry | Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. | |||
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Biology | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. | |||
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Psychology | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. | |||
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Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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Therapy and Counseling | Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Chemistry | Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods. | |||
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Sociology and Anthropology | Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Science | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. | |||
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Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Persuasion | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. | |||
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Systems Evaluation | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. | |||
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Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. | |||
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Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. | |||
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Negotiation | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. | |||
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Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Speed of Closure | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). | |||
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Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). | |||
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Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. | |||
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Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. | |||
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Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. | |||
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Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
ChartWare software | Medical software | |||
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Electronic medical record EMR software | Medical software | |||
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Patient records software for personal digital assistants PDAs | Storage media loading software | |||
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Spreadsheet software | Spreadsheet software | |||
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Teleconferencing software | Video conferencing software | |||
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Web browser software | Internet browser software | |||
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Word processing software | Word processing software | |||
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Anesthesia equipment | Anesthesia sets or kits | |||
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Anesthesia ventilators | Anesthesia inhalers or inhaler units or accessories | |||
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Anoscopes | Anoscopes or proctoscopes | |||
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Arterial blood gas monitoring equipment | Arterial blood gas monitors or accessories | |||
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Arterial line catheters | Arterial line catheters | |||
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Artery forceps | Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories | |||
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Aspirating needles | Vacuum tube needles | |||
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Audiometers | Audiometers or accessories | |||
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Binocular light compound microscopes | Binocular light compound microscopes | |||
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Blood collection needles | Blood collection needles | |||
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Blood collection syringes | Blood collection syringes | |||
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Bone marrow biopsy equipment | Spinal trays or needles | |||
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Breath alcohol testers | Alcohol analysers | |||
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Bull dog nose clamps | Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories | |||
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Canes | Canes or cane accessories | |||
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Cast removal saws | Cast cutters or saws | |||
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Central venous pressure lines | Central venous catheters | |||
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Cervical collars | Cervical collars or neck braces | |||
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Chest tubes | Pleural cavity drainage unit or accessories | |||
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Crutches | Crutches or crutch accessories | |||
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Defibrillators | Automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles | |||
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Dissector rods | Surgical dissectors | |||
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Doppler ultrasound fetascopes | Fetal or gynecological ultrasound or echo units | |||
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Doppler vascular equipment | Cardiac ultrasound or doppler or echo units or cardioscopes | |||
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Electrocardiography EKG units | Electrocardiography EKG units | |||
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Electrocautery devices | Electrosurgical or electrocautery equipment or accessories or related products | |||
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Electronic blood pressure monitors | Electronic blood pressure units | |||
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Endoscopic camera/video systems | Endoscopic video cameras or recorders or adapters or accessories | |||
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Evacuated blood collection tubes | Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers | |||
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Eye charts | Eye charts or vision cards | |||
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Fluoroscopes | Medical cine fluoroscopy equipment | |||
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Glucometers | Glucose monitors or meters | |||
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Halo fixation devices | Head or neck traction supplies | |||
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Harvester rods | Surgical dissectors | |||
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High-frequency ventilators | High frequency ventilators | |||
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Holter monitors | Long term continuous electrocardiography EKG or holter monitoring systems | |||
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Interthercal therapy equipment | Infusion pump kits or accessories | |||
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Intra-aortic balloon pumps IABP | Intraaortic balloon pumps or accessories | |||
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Intracranial pressure monitors | Intracranial pressure ICP monitoring units or accessories | |||
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Intramuscular needles | Hypodermic needles | |||
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Intravenous IV equipment | Intravenous tubing with catheter administration kits | |||
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Knee braces | Knee braces or hinged knee supports | |||
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Lancets | Lancets | |||
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Laser printers | Laser printers | |||
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Life support for trauma and transport LSTAT intensive care units | Emergency response litters or stretchers or accessories | |||
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Lumbar puncture equipment | Spinal trays or needles | |||
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Manual blood pressure units | Mercury blood pressure units | |||
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Mechanical stethoscopes | Mechanical stethoscopes or accessories | |||
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Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI machines | Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI scanners | |||
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Microscope slides | Microscope slides | |||
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Mosquito artery forceps | Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories | |||
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Nail nippers | Floor grade nail nippers | |||
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Nail probes | Surgical probes or directors | |||
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Nasogastric tubes | Nasogastric tubes | |||
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Nebulizers | Nebulizers or accessories | |||
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Needle holders | Surgical needle holders for general use | |||
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Notebook computers | Notebook computers | |||
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Operating microscopes | Surgical microscopes or loops or magnifiers or accessories | |||
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Ophthalmoscopes | Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets | |||
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Otoscopes | Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets | |||
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Oximeters | Pulse oximeter units | |||
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Personal computers | Personal computers | |||
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Personal digital assistants PDA | Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers | |||
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Plastic surgery lasers | Surgical lasers or accessories | |||
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Portable satellite telehealth terminals | Radio frequency transmitters or receivers | |||
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Pulmonary function testing PFT equipment | Spirometers or its accessories or its supplies | |||
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Reflex hammers | Reflex hammers or mallets | |||
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Retractors | Surgical retractors for general use | |||
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Scalpel blades | Surgical scalpels or knives or blades or trephines or accessories | |||
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Scalpel handles | Surgical scalpels or knives or blades or trephines or accessories | |||
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Slit lamps | Ophthalmic slit lamps | |||
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Spirometers | Spirometers or its accessories or its supplies | |||
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Splints | Orthopedic splint systems | |||
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Subclavian lines | Central venous catheters | |||
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Subcutaneous hypodermic needles | Hypodermic needles | |||
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Surgical curettes | Surgical curettes or loops | |||
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Suture scissors | Suture removers | |||
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Suturing needles | Suture needles | |||
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Swan catheters | Diagnostic or interventional vascular catheters or sets | |||
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Tablet computers | Tablet computers | |||
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Teleradiology systems | Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine DICOM standard system equipment | |||
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Tong traction devices | Head or neck traction supplies | |||
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Tongue blades | Tongue depressors or blades or sticks | |||
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Tourniquets | Tourniquets | |||
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Tracheal suctioning equipment | Suction kits | |||
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Treadmills | Treadmill exercisers for rehabilitation or therapy | |||
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Trocars | Surgical trocars for general use or accessories | |||
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Tuberculin TB skin test equipment | Tuberculin syringes | |||
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Vacutainer tubes | Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers | |||
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Vaginal specula | Vaginal exam specula | |||
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Vascular straight aortic clamps | Surgical clamps or clips or forceps or accessories | |||
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Videoconferencing equipment | Videoconferencing systems | |||
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Walkers | Walkers or rollators | |||
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Walking braces | Walking braces | |||
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X ray machines | Medical x ray units for general diagnostic use | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
On-Site or In-Plant Training | None | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Anesthesiologist Assistant | |||
Anesthetic Assistant | |||
Cardiology Physician Assistant | |||
Cardiothoracic Surgery Physician Assistant | |||
Cardiovascular Physician Assistant | |||
Certified Physician's Assistant | |||
Dermatology Physician Assistant | |||
Doctor | |||
Doctor Assistant | |||
Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant | |||
Emergency Room Physician Assistant | |||
Emergency Services Physician Assistant | |||
Family Nurse Practitioner | |||
Family Practice Physician Assistant | |||
General Surgery Physician Assistant | |||
Gynecological Assistant | |||
Medical Service Technician | |||
Midlevel Provider | |||
Neurosurgical Physician Assistant | |||
Nurse Practitioner | |||
Obstetrics and Gynecology Physician Assistant | |||
Orthopaedic Physician Assistant | |||
Orthopedic Physician Assistant | |||
Pediatric Physician Assistant | |||
Physician Assistant (PA) | |||
Physician Assistant Certified (PAC) | |||
Physician Extender | |||
Physician's Assistant | |||
Surgeon Assistant | |||
Surgery Technician (Surgery Tech) | |||
Surgical First Assistant | |||
Surgical Physician Assistant | |||
Thoracic Physician Assistant | |||
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