State: Ohio

Your Job Title: M.S., PA-C

Your Specialty: family practice

How Many Years Experience?: 13.5

In What States Are You Licensed?: Ohio

Are You Nationally Certified? yes

WHY are You Interest in a New Job?: Would like to live in warmer climate that is more PA friendly

What Geographic Area are You Interested In?: South or West (prefer S. Carolina coastal, Texas, Florida coastal, etc)

Will You Consider Relocating?: yes

Which Smith & Associates Jobs are You Interested In? Physician Assistant jobs--hospitalist preferably, surgery

What is Your Current Compensation?: $76,000/yr @ 30 hrs

What is Your Desired Compensation?: open, but depends on hours needed, call, bonus potential, profit sharing option, etc

When are You Interested in Finding a New Job?: Would prefer to start new job around July, so my children can finish this school year here

What are Your Strengths?: Excellent personal touch patient care, get along very well w/ staff,  excellent at documentation. Stay up on newest medical research, very productive in regards to # of patients seen/day and profit margins. Schooling was Surgical Physician Assistant, so though I've been doing family practice, I have surgical training as well.

Do You Have Any Special Skills; Procedures, Foreign Languages, Etc.?: Able to competently perform all office procedures involved in family practice, like toenail removal, mole biopsies, cyst removals, suturing, splinting, tendon injections, aspirations, etc.   Unfortunately, English is the only language I fluently speak.

When is the best time for you to do a phone interview? evenings

How much notice do you need for an in-person interview? I will need covered expenses to fly somewhere to do this, and a few weeks notice would be fine