Senior Physician Assistant - Burbank Urology

Description The UCLA Department of Urology is looking to fill the role of a Sr. Physician Assistant (PA).

The Sr. PA is expected to provide exemplary patient care consistent with the UCLA Health CICARE Service Excellence. This individual will independently review medical histories, evaluate patients in clinic and via telemedicine, perform comprehensive physical examination, review laboratory and imaging results, formulate treatment plans, manage prescriptions, and provide patient education.

  The PA will manage clinical questions by telephone and Epic in-basket, perform procedures as needed, and manage clinical issues that arise following procedures and surgeries, address prescription-related issues such as prior authorization, and carry out related tasks for the UCLA Department of Urology under the supervision of the attending urologists.

 I ncumbent must be self directed and function with minimal direct supervision.

Salary range: $91.76-$123.45/hourly

Qualifications

Active license to practice as a Physician Assistant in

California and must possess certification as Certified Physician Assistant

through AAPA -required Master's degree in Physician Assistant Program-required Minimum of 3 experience as an Advanced Practice Provider in a urology setting-strongly preferred  Current BLS certification from AHA or ARC- required Ability to operate, navigate computer systems to obtain lab

results, log clinic visits, and input/retrieve data-required Knowledge of disease processes and treatments in patients

with urologic problems-required Ability to perform urologic tests and procedures-required    Demonstrated ability to orient, train, monitor and oversee

clinical support staff in patient care responsibilities-required   Ability to assess unique needs of individual faculty

practices and to determine appropriate patient care requirements-required   Possess interpersonal skills and effectively communicate

with patients, their families, members of the health care team, the lay and

professional community-required   Ability to perform patient assessments and take appropriate

actions-required Ability to exhibit flexibility in adjusting to changing

demands and requirements, prioritizing assignments to complete work in a timely

manner when there are changes in workloads, assignments, or deadlines-required   Skill in teaching patients, families and groups of health

professionals using appropriate audiovisual materials-required   Skill in writing patient notes, progress reports,

correspondence, consent forms and other patient materials and in editing

written material for grammatical correctness-required   Ability to create and document protocols and procedures.

Strong organizational skills to create patient treatment plans-required   Skill in venipuncture-required   Ability to work independently, set goals and objectives,

prioritize work activities-required Ability to determine when to function independently and

when to request physician intervention-required   Ability to assess patients' need for information and

emotional support and to meet, either directly or by referral, any needs

identified-required   Knowledge of University

policies/procedures related to functions and responsibilities of the position-required   Knowledge of EMR systems-required   Bilingual in Spanish-preferred $91.76-123.45 Hourly M-F, 8a-5p

Salary : $92 - $123