PS Physician Assistant

The University of Utah • Salt Lake, UT

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The University of Utah Department of Surgery is seeking 2 Advanced Practice Clinicians to work as night time inpatient hospitalists caring for surgical oncology patients at the Huntsman Cancer Hospital. General: Huntsman Cancer Institute and the University of Utah are respectively, an NCI funded Comprehensive Cancer Center and nationally top-10 ranked academic medical center in quality, safety and accountability by Vizient, Inc. (formerly the University Health System Consortium). As a patient-focused academic organization, Huntsman Cancer Institute and the University of Utah Health Sciences exist to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. With a Vision of: Passionate individuals and teams, delivering a cancer-free frontier through scientific discovery and human touch. Success in this vision requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. The Health Sciences Center seeks faculty and staff who are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, diversity, integrity, and quality and trust that are integral to our mission. The Department of Surgery at the University of Utah and Huntsman Cancer Hospital highly values Advanced Practice Clinicians ( APC ) in our clinical operations in both inpatient and ambulatory practice. The Department’s oncologic services lines are looking for an Advanced Practice Clinician (NP/PA) who is a patient focused, self-motivated provider who has the ability to work effectively in an academic team environment. Our APCs are an important member of our team and work collaboratively with the team physicians. In addition to working in a world class institution with excellent benefits, there is ongoing education, practice standards guided by evidence-based research, and opportunities for project and research involvement. Job Summary: The Department of Surgery, in collaboration with the Huntsman Cancer Hospital Oncology surgeons’ group, located primarily at the Huntsman Cancer Hospital, is seeking advanced practice clinicians to join the team. These APCs will function as nighttime hospitalists providing inpatient care for the Department of Surgery’s admitted cancer patients. The APC will have responsibilities for preliminary nighttime patient assessments, triage of questions and care requests from nursing, communication with the primary team, initial review of new surgical consults… in collaboration with the admitting attending surgeon.

Requirements

• Current licensure to practice as a Physician’s Assistant from the State of Utah.
• To obtain licensure requires graduation from an AMA approved Physician Assistant program.
• Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.
• This position is patient-sensitive and must fulfill all associated requirements.
• We protect our patients, coworkers and community by requiring all patient-sensitive employees to be immunized according to CDC standards and hospital policy. Limited exemptions may be made for documented medical contraindications or religious beliefs that object to vaccinations.

Nice To Haves

• Utah State prescriptive privilege preferred.
• Certification in ACLS / BLS / NRP / ATLS may be required by your department or by privileging criteria.
• Specialty experience is preferred on a position-by-position basis.
• UHPPM 1-56 requires that newly hired non-physician providers apply for credentialing and privileging at the time of hire.

Responsibilities

• Evening/night coverage of urgent patient care issues of the Department of Surgery patients admitted to the Huntsman Cancer Hospital.
• Assistance with inpatient nursing needs and nighttime inpatient consultations.
• Assist in operating room as needed, for evening emergent return to OR cases
• Shared responsibility for teaching residents, medical students and APC students
• Possible active participation in developing and implementing research or quality improvement measures
• Participation in team sign-out with the primary team resident each evening.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees