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Description

The incumbent in collaborative practice with Director of the Men's Health Clinic, the attending physician, and the Sr. Physician Assistant Supervisor, will be responsible for providing clinical assessment, patient care management and treatment services for The Men's Clinic at UCLA, a subspecialty reproductive and sexual medicine practice within the UCLA Department of Urology. The Department of Urology services include general urology, urologic oncology, andrology, pediatric urology, kidney transplantation, and pelvic reconstruction surgery. The Sr. PA employed by the Department of Urology will evaluate patient, reviewing medical history, and perform an appropriate physical exam in an ambulatory setting. Incumbent will consult with attending physician as appropriate. The Sr. PA will be responsible for communication and feedback with patients, families, referring physicians and attending physicians . Incumbent must be self directed and function with minimal direct supervision.

Salary range: $82.4- $110.87/hourly

Qualifications

+ Active license to practice as a Physician Assistant in California and must possess certification as Certified Physician Assistant through NCCPA-required

+ Current BLS Certification from AHA or ARC- required

+ Ability to operate, navigate computer systems to obtain lab results, log clinic visits, and input/retrieve data. - required

+ Knowledge of disease processes and treatments in patients with urologic problems- preferred

+ Ability to perform urologic tests and procedures - preferred

+ Demonstrated ability to orient, train, monitor and oversee clinical support staff in patient care responsibilities- required

+ Ability to assess unique needs of individual faculty practices and to determine appropriate patient care requirements - required

+ Possess interpersonal skills and effectively communicate with patients, their families, members of the health care team, the lay and professional community - required

+ Ability to perform patient assessments and take appropriate actions - required

+ Ability to exhibit flexibility in adjusting to changing demands and requirements, prioritizing assignments to complete work in a timely manner when there are changes in workloads, assignments, or deadlines - required

+ Skill in teaching patients, families and groups of health professionals using appropriate audio visual materials -- required

+ Skill in writing patient notes, progress reports, correspondence, consent forms and other patient materials and in editing written material for grammatical correctness - required

+ Ability to create and document protocols and procedures -required

+ Strong organizational skills to create patient treatment plans- required

+ Ability to work independently, set goals and objectives, prioritize work activities-required

+ Ability to determine when to function independently and when to request physician intervention-required

+ Ability to assess patients' need for information and emotional support and to meet, either directly or by referral, any needs identified-required

+ Knowledge of University policies/procedures related to functions and responsibilities of the position-required

+ Knowledge of EMR systems-required

+ Bilingual in Spanish-preferred

+ Master's degree in Physician Assistant Program-required

+ Minimum of 2-5 yrs experience as APP -required (Urology experience, preferred)

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