Physician Assistant Interventional Radiology

University of Maryland Faculty Physicians • Baltimore, MD

12h

About The Position

Under the direction and supervision of a licensed physician, the Physician Assistant provides patient care for FPI practices and performs professional duties and technical procedures in the specialty area. Duties include making initial diagnoses, ordering appropriate tests and treatment, and assisting in surgery where applicable. The role includes performing independent procedures and supporting more complex interventional radiology procedures, providing periprocedural and inpatient care, and conducting new and follow-up consultations. The Physician Assistant also provides hands-on procedural instruction, timely feedback, and support for onboarding and competency assessment of new advanced practice providers. Ability and willingness to teach are requirements of the position.

The position requires providing care appropriate to the ages of patients served, applying knowledge of growth and development across the lifespan, assessing age-specific patient needs, and providing care according to unit, area, and department policies and procedures. University of Maryland Faculty Physician’s Inc. offers a total rewards package supporting employees’ health, life, career, and retirement; additional benefits information is available at the referenced employee-benefits webpage. Salary depends on factors including geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, internal equity, responsibility, education, training, and other qualifications.

Requirements

• Graduation from a Physician Assistant Training Program approved by the Board of Physician Quality Assurance.
• National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) certification.
• Licensure as a Physician Assistant by the Maryland State Board of Physicians.
• Two or more years of post-graduate experience in interventional radiology, vascular or general surgery, orthopedics, urology, another surgical specialty, critical care, or another procedure-intensive setting.
• Demonstrated proficiency in ultrasound-guided vascular access and sterile bedside procedures.
• CPR certification.
• BLS certification.
• Eligibility for moderate sedation privileges and for Maryland CDS and federal DEA registration.
• Ability and willingness to teach.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of patients served, including knowledge of growth and development across the lifespan and the ability to assess and address age-specific needs.

Nice To Haves

• Prior interventional radiology experience at an academic or quaternary referral center.
• Experience with IV access, dialysis access, ultrasound- or CT-guided biopsy, and catheter exchanges.
• Documented experience precepting medical students, fellows, or PA students.
• Radiation safety or fluoroscopy operator training.
• Proficiency with EPIC and PACS.
• ACLS and/or other relevant certifications as required by the department.

Responsibilities

• Perform independent procedures including ultrasound-guided vascular access, PICCs, tunneled central venous catheters and implantable ports; ultrasound- and CT-guided biopsies; abscess and fluid collection drainage, drain exchange and removal; paracentesis and thoracentesis; nephrostomy, nephroureteral, biliary, and gastrostomy/GJ tube exchange; venography and dialysis access intervention; lumbar puncture and myelography; and joint injections and aspirations.
• Perform angiography and embolization, TIPS, thermal and non-thermal ablation, chemoembolization and radioembolization, thrombectomy, and lymphangiography, including arterial and venous access, wire and catheter management, and closure device deployment.
• Administer and monitor moderate sedation according to UMMC policy.
• Operate fluoroscopic, ultrasound, and CT guidance safely under ALARA principles.
• Provide periprocedural and inpatient care, including H&Ps, procedural candidacy and risk assessments, anticoagulation and antibiotic management per SIR guidelines, and informed consent.
• Round on the IR inpatient and consult service and complete orders, notes, and discharge summaries.
• Respond to urgent consults and manage post-procedure complications with appropriate escalation.
• Conduct new and follow-up consultations, support faculty clinic patients, plan treatment, educate patients, and provide surveillance.
• Provide hands-on procedural instruction and timely feedback, and support onboarding and competency assessment of new advanced practice providers.
• Provide patient care appropriate to the ages and developmental needs of patients served, in accordance with department policies and procedures.
• Make initial diagnoses, order appropriate tests and treatment, and assist in surgery where applicable.

Benefits

• Total rewards package supporting employees’ health, life, career, and retirement; further benefit details are provided on the linked employee-benefits webpage.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed