Moore County Hospital District (MCHD) is an award winning Critical Access Hospital located in the High Plains of Texas in the town of Dumas.  The National Association of Rural Hospitals named MCHD to the Top 20 Rural Hospitals in the US for Quality (#9)!

MCHD serves a population base that covers six counties and consistently performs alongside top hospitals in the nation, both rural and urban, in clinical measures, patient satisfaction, and employee satisfaction.

MCHD is a recipient of the Hurst Gold Standard of Nursing Award, the Studer Excellence in Patient Care Award, the TORCH Light award, the Joint Commission Top Performer award, the Texas Healthcare Quality Improvement Award, the Studer Healthcare Partner of the Month award, the Home Care Elite award, and more.  MCHD's 2019 Press Ganey Employee Engagement Survey ranked MCHD in the top 95% of healthcare organizations nationally for employee job satisfaction and engagement, in the top 96% for 2020 and 2021!  MCHD has averaged in the 94th percentile in the US over the past 8 years!

This is a Full-time position located at the Moore County Bone and Joint Clinic working closely with Dr. Riley and her team. The hours for the position will be 8AM-5PM Mon-Fri.

SUMMARY: 

The Physician Assistant works as part of the clinic provider team performing a variety of direct patient services including assessment, diagnosis, implementation of treatment, evaluation, and monitoring the general patient management plan for clinic patients. The Physician Assistant performs these functions under the oversight of a licensed physician in a primary health care setting.

EDUCATIONAL/LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

1. Graduate of Accredited Physician Assistant program. This may be from a college or other accredited organization.

2. Board certification in specialty (if newly graduated from residency,

must be obtained within 3 years of graduation) must be kept current.

3. Unrestricted license to practice within Texas

4. Current DEA certificate without restriction

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

 3-5 years of experience preferred. 2 of those years being in Ortho.