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Job Summary:

To provide comprehensive medical care for radiation oncology patients under the direct supervision of a board-certified/board-eligible radiation oncologist. The Physician Assistant (PA) position functions as an advanced practice practitioner in an outpatient setting, promoting the health of radiation oncology patients requiring care.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other assignments, projects and duties may be required:

Provide effective patient care through sound judgement in assessing, planning, implementing, documenting, and evaluating care.

Duties performed:

+ Obtain thorough medical histories.

+ Perform initial evaluations and physical examinations on new and follow-up radiation oncology patients.

+ Order appropriate diagnostic studies

+ Review diagnostic test results and implement appropriate treatment.

+ Interpret and analyze medical data.

+ Establish diagnoses.

+ Formulate and implement treatment plans, as well as modify treatment plans when appropriate.

+ Assist with prescribing medications and treatment regimens within their scope of knowledge and as indicated for treatment.

+ Provide education to patients and caregivers about their diagnosis and treatments.

+ Assist the Supervising Physician in the evaluation and management of patients.

+ Limited at-home call.

Experience:

Preferred: A minimum of one year of clinical experience as an APP.

+ Degree requirements as defined by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), required for clinical certification for physician assistants.

+ Graduate of a Physician Education Assistant training program approved by the Council of Medical Education of the American Medical Association.

License and Certification:

+ Current certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.

+ Current Physician Assistant license from the Texas Medical Board.

+ Eligible to be granted limited prescriptive authority by the State of Texas.

_Kelsey-Seybold Clinic accepts H-1B Visas_

About Kelsey-Seybold Clinic

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is Houston's premier multispecialty group practice, founded in 1949 by Dr. Mavis Kelsey in Houston's renowned Texas Medical Center. More than 850 physicians and allied health professionals practice at over 40 locations in the Greater Houston area. Kelsey-Seybold offers quality medical care in more than 65 medical specialties. The organization operates the largest freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center in the state of Texas and offers state-of-the-art Varian TrueBeam and Varian Edge radiation therapy technology at a nationally accredited Cancer Center. An accredited Sleep Center, comprehensive laboratory services, advanced imaging, and diagnostics, 18 onsite Kelsey pharmacies and one specialty pharmacy, and MyKelseyOnline, a secure patient portal, are part of its comprehensive offerings. Kelsey-Seybold partners with major insurers to offer value-based commercial health plans and is in-network with major insurance plans. KelseyCare Advantage, a Medicare Advantage plan offered to Houston-area beneficiaries and affiliated with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, has achieved an overall rating of 5-out-of-5-stars as part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid CMS annual assessment for eight consecutive years, including 2024.

Kelsey-Seybold has been recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as the nation’s first accredited Accountable Care Organization and a Level 3 (highest) Patient-Centered Medical Home. Kelsey-Seybold has many physicians in the Greater Houston area certified for excellence in diabetes and heart and stroke care by the NCQA. In addition to these recognitions, Kelsey-Seybold is home to a nationally accredited Breast Diagnostic Center, and Endoscopy Center.

_Kelsey-Seybold Clinic strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by organizational policy or by federal, state, or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. Kelsey-Seybold is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and desires priority referrals of protected veterans._

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by organizational policy or by federal, state, or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. Kelsey-Seybold is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and desires priority referrals of protected veterans.