Physician Assistant (ENT) - Columbia, SC - ENT Exp. Preferred!

The Physician Assistant position is a comprehensive role which includes support in the areas of case management and patient communications.  The Physician Assistant works under moderate supervision to provide high-quality patient care and create favorable impressions with patients. The Physician Assistant will primarily be responsible for evaluating patients seen for follow-up visits.  Although this person will at times be working independently, consultation with clinic physicians should be sought in difficult cases.  

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Conduct patient evaluations with a focus on ear, nose, and throat conditions.

• Perform physical examinations of the head, neck, ears, nose, and throat, with chest auscultation when appropriate.

• Provide clinical assessments and formulate differential diagnoses related to ENT conditions.

• Develop and implement individualized treatment plans, ensuring accurate documentation and clear communication with patients.

• Prescribe medications within prescriptive authority, including antibiotics, decongestants, bronchodilators, mucolytics, and oral/inhaled steroids.

• Order and interpret diagnostic studies relevant to ENT care, such as audiograms, CT scans, and other imaging or laboratory tests.

• Collaborate with supervising ENT physicians on complex or challenging cases to ensure optimal outcomes.

At SCENT, we offer advanced ear, nose and throat care for the entire family. Our board-certified physicians see patients for a range of ENT concerns and have subspecialty training in pediatric ENT, sleep medicine, allergy and otology, facial trauma and head and neck surgery.

Our practice features a full complement of leading-edge, on-site diagnostics including digital CT, ultrasound, endoscopy, sleep study, dizziness and balance testing, allergy testing, hearing evaluations, stroboscopy, spirometry and more.

• Endoscopic Procedures
• Immunotherapy
• Sleep Studies
• Dizziness
• Ear Infection
• Hearing Loss
• Pharmacotherapy
• Rush Immunotherapy
• Airway Reconstruction

• Sinus Surgery
• Allergy Testing
• In-Office CT Scanning
• Laryngoscopy
• Voice Clinic
• Thyroidectomy
• Head and Neck Cancer Surgery
• Tonsillectomy
• Ear Tubes
• Sleep Condition Treatment
• Hearing Aids