Physician Associate (Physician Assistant) | Kern Street Medicine

The role

You will provide frontline acute, chronic, and preventative care to vulnerable populations in field-based settings. You will use AI-driven tools and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to manage patient care.

What you will do

• Provide frontline care to patients experiencing homelessness, behavioral health challenges, serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and complex chronic conditions
• 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 to address atypical and complex patient cases
• Design and implement care plans that support patients toward stability and improved health outcomes
• Collaborate daily with multidisciplinary team including physician, nurses, social workers, and outreach staff
• Document all encounters to maintain accurate, up-to-date records
• Other duties as assigned

Required qualifications

• 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
• 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
• Ability to lead, prioritize and analyze clinical workflows, objectives and team goals

Nice to have

• Bilingual in English and Spanish
• 1+ years of experience with and comfort working with CalAIM populations of focus

Benefits

• $15,000 signing bonus with 2 year commitment
• Up to $5,000 of relocation costs covered

About the company

Akido builds AI-powered doctors and is an AI-native care provider. It serves 500K+ patients across California, Rhode Island, and New York.