Physician Assistant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Education, national board certification, California licensure, knowledge, clinical skills, and experience necessary to provide evidence-based patient care in their area of clinical practice.
• Must be credentialed and privileged and follow the Bylaws, Rules and Regulations, and Policies of facilities/locations outside of UCSF Medical Center and Clinics if required.
• Credentialing, privileging, and applying for health plan enrollment must be completed prior to the first working day.
• Must be credentialed through the Office of Medical Affairs and Governance (OMAG) and privileged through CIDP, EMB, and GAC for UCSF Medical Center and Clinics.
• Demonstrate competency through the focused professional practice evaluation (FPPE) process and submitted activity logs via the UC Me e-Log for procedure privileges.
• Familiarity with productivity metrics in their clinical practice.
• Demonstrate accountability for their own clinical practice.
• Participate in patient and staff education.
• Serve as resources for APPs, APP students/fellows, physician residents/fellows, nurses and other staff.
• Exhibit leadership skills.
• Engage in the mentoring of newly hired APPs.
• Adhere to all policies and procedures of UCSF Health in terms of HIPPA/Communication/Privacy/Code of Conduct, and any other UCSF or Med Center Policies, which includes meeting the encounter closure requirements of the Med Staff Bylaws.
• Mandatory attendance at APP UCSF Onboarding Sessions (5 X 2 hours over 12 months) for all new APP employees whether experienced or new to APP practice.
• Adhere to all scheduling and communication policies whether specific or as outlined in the collective bargaining agreement.
• Ensure they have met the chart review requirements of California SB337 as made available through the EHR (APEX).
• Maintain and be able to provide, upon request, an up to date Delegation Services Agreement as required by CA State law.
• Adults (includes adolescent and geriatric patients) - Outpatient

Responsibilities

• Work with physicians/surgeons/APP colleagues and other clinical and administrative staff to ensure efficient patient management based on accepted practice, including but not limited to, performing histories and physicals, pre-operative planning/coordinating with anesthesia/outside providers and PCPs as applicable, responding to change in patient status, providing needed prescriptions/evaluations/referral/treatments as permitted under their delegation of services agreement. Provide home health services and DME, DMV evaluations, referrals, consultations, PT, and order radiographic or diagnostic requests, specialized treatment privileges (e.g. chemotherapy with privilege certification). May also provide patient education, arrange follow-up appointments, and engage in any approved privileges the APP has completed the necessary proctoring or FPPE through OMAG prior to competency for independent practice and procedural activity.
• Evaluate, assess and create a documented plan of treatment per patient’s presenting HPI or established plan of care under the collaboration/supervision of an attending physician in the EHR.
• Answer clinically relevant patient medical advice calls or during bedside communications or coordination with health care professionals, patients and their families as necessary.
• Independently or in a shared visit model, evaluate routine, acute, critical, new patients, or specialty consultations when needed or required and discuss with attending and staff as appropriate.
• Interpret and act upon ordered tests, procedures, and radiographic studies.
• Assist in formulating and implementing protocols to improve efficiency in the clinical specialty.
• Effectively communicate with family or patients in person, telephone and/or other electronic modalities in a timely manner. Ensure in their absence, appropriate clinical coverage has been arranged for patient management and communication as appropriate.
• At all times adhere to all policies and procedures of UCSF Health in terms of HIPPA/Communication/Privacy/Code of Conduct, and any other UCSF or Med Center Policies, which includes meeting the encounter closure requirements of the Med Staff Bylaws.
• Mandatory attendance at APP UCSF Onboarding Sessions (5 X 2 hours over 12 months) for all new APP employees whether experienced or new to APP practice. Adhere to all scheduling and communication policies whether specific or as outlined in the collective bargaining agreement.
• Ensure they have met the chart review requirements of California SB337 as made available through the EHR (APEX).
• Some duties, essential or intrinsic to the job, but are performed routinely or periodically may be unique to the specific clinical services.
• Maintain and be able to provide, upon request, an up to date Delegation Services Agreement as required by CA State law.
• IF INPATIENT: Assist in formulating and implementing protocols to improve efficiency in the clinical specialty/service/pathways.
• IF INPATIENT: Engage in a timely and efficient discharge of patients on the inpatient service for which you are responsible.
• IF INPATIENT: Assist in coordinating patient transfers within and outside UCSF Health according to policy.
• IF INPATIENT: Be familiar with outcome metrics, guidelines, and expectations for providers in clinical specialty.
• IF INPATIENT: May be act as first assist in the OR.