Description

You will provide frontline care to patients experiencing homelessness, behavioral health challenges, and complex chronic conditions in field-based settings across Los Angeles County, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team and leveraging AI-driven tools to deliver compassionate care.

Requirements

• Active, unrestricted California Physician Assistant License by the time of hire.
• Successful completion of the Physician Assistant National Certificate Exam.
• National Provider Identifier #.
• DEA #.
• Basic Life Support Certification.
• Comfortable providing direct care in outdoor, field-based settings, under dynamic and unpredictable conditions.
• Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to travel up to 75% of work time: Valid CA Driver’s License, reliable and insured vehicle.
• Ability to maintain independent clinical judgement within scope of practice and regulations, while recognizing when to involve a physician.
• Ability to lead, prioritize and analyze clinical workflows, objectives and team goals.
• Ability to direct and coordinate clinical support staff.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish strongly preferred.
• 1+ years of experience with and comfort working with CalAIM populations of focus (people experiencing homelessness, adults with SMI/SUD, adults transitioning from incarceration, adults with complex medical needs) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide frontline care to patients experiencing homelessness, behavioral health challenges, serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and complex chronic conditions, including patients transitioning from incarceration.
• Manage diverse patient panels by delivering acute, chronic and preventative care directly in the field.
• Conduct patient assessment, gather histories, perform physical exams, order and interpret diagnostics, and prescribe treatment under physician supervision.
• Report to the supervising physician, working closely to address atypical and complex patient cases, while exercising independent judgement within state regulations and scope of practice.
• Design and implement care plans that support patients as they work toward stability and improved health outcomes.
• Collaborate daily with multidisciplinary team – physician, nurses, social workers, outreach staff to prioritize and coordinate care.
• Document all encounters to maintain accurate, up-to-date records for continuity of care.
• Other duties as assigned.