Physician Assistant / APC - Urology - Kelsey-Seybold - Main Campus

UnitedHealth Group•Houston, TX

17h•Onsite

About The Position

Explore opportunities with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, part of the Optum family of businesses. Work with one of the nation’s leading health care organizations and build your career at one of our 40+ locations throughout Houston. Be part of a team that is nationally recognized for delivering coordinated and accountable care. As a multi-specialty clinic, we offer care from more than 900 medical providers in 65 medical specialties. Take on a rewarding opportunity to help drive higher quality, higher patient satisfaction and lower total costs. Join us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together. Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is actively recruiting an APC/APP to assist physicians and existing PAs in the Urology clinic. This APC/APP will work closely with our Fellowship Trained FPMRS (Urogynecologist) in an outpatient clinical setting treating both general and female urologic conditions. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills and will work as a team player in the department; interact in a positive manner with ancillary staff; be responsive to referring physicians and support the philosophy of the group practice. Qualified candidates must be available between the hours of M-F, 8a-5p. And have the flexibility to rotate to various satellite clinics from their home base sit Position Highlights: Practice outpatient Urology with flexibility of performing hospital- based responsibilities. Primarily, assisting the physician in evaluation and management of clinic patients to include performing histories and physical examinations on new patients; autonomously providing ongoing care for assigned patients; active participant in virtual health platform, screening patients to determine need for further health care and/or admission; performing in office procedures; ordering diagnostic studies such as laboratory tests, x-rays, and any other studies necessary for the care of patients Evaluation and management of operative patients to include performing pre-operative testing and counseling as well as post-operative care in clinic An interest in learning office-based procedures (PTNS, Testopel, Catheter changes, Prostate Biopsies, Cystoscopy) Pessary Fitting and Maintenance Maintaining EPIC documentation guidelines per Clinic policy What makes an Optum career different? As the largest employer of Advanced Practice Clinicians, we have a best-in-class employee experience and enable you to practice at the top of your license We believe that better care for clinicians equates to better care for patients We are influencing change collectively on a national scale while still maintaining the culture and community of our local care organizations We grow talent from within. No matter where you want to go- geographically or professionally- you can do it here You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Requirements

Graduate from an Accredited School of Physician Assistant Studies
Certification through the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
Current Physician Assistant licensure by the Texas State Medical Board

Nice To Haves

Bilingual (English/Spanish) fluency

Responsibilities

assisting the physician in evaluation and management of clinic patients to include performing histories and physical examinations on new patients
autonomously providing ongoing care for assigned patients
active participant in virtual health platform, screening patients to determine need for further health care and/or admission
performing in office procedures
ordering diagnostic studies such as laboratory tests, x-rays, and any other studies necessary for the care of patients
Evaluation and management of operative patients to include performing pre-operative testing and counseling as well as post-operative care in clinic
An interest in learning office-based procedures (PTNS, Testopel, Catheter changes, Prostate Biopsies, Cystoscopy)
Pessary Fitting and Maintenance
Maintaining EPIC documentation guidelines per Clinic policy