Senior Physician Assistant - Santa Monica Urology

Kidney; Santa Monica (CA); Hybrid; USD 127,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

UCLA Health seeks a Sr. Physician Assistant in Urology to deliver exemplary patient care under CICARE standards.

The PA will review histories, evaluate patients in clinic and via telemedicine, and formulate comprehensive treatment plans with minimal supervision. The role includes managing prescriptions, patient education, and handling post‑op issues and prior authorizations, with duties supported by Epic in-basket.

Qualifications

• Active license to practice as a Physician Assistant in California
• Master's degree in Physician Assistant Program
• Minimum of 3 years experience as an Advanced Practice Provider in a urology setting (preferred)
• Current BLS certification from AHA or ARC
• Knowledge of EMR systems and ability to navigate to obtain lab results and chart visits
• Ability to perform urologic tests and procedures
• Ability to create and document protocols and patient treatment plans
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred

Responsibilities

• Review medical histories and evaluate patients in clinic and via telemedicine
• Perform comprehensive physical examinations and review lab/imaging
• Formulate treatment plans and manage prescriptions
• Provide patient education and address prescription issues and prior authorizations
• Manage telephone queries and Epic in-basket; oversee clinical staff as needed

Skills

Patient care

Telemedicine

Epic in-basket

Education

Master's degree in Physician Assistant Program

CA PA license

BLS certification

Tools

Epic EMR

Job description

The UCLA Department of Urology is looking to fill the role of a Sr. Physician Assistant (PA).

The Sr. PA is expected to provide exemplary patient care consistent with the UCLA Health CICARE Service Excellence. This individual will independently review medical histories, evaluate patients in clinic and via telemedicine, perform comprehensive physical examination, review laboratory and imaging results, formulate treatment plans, manage prescriptions, and provide patient education.

The PA will manage clinical questions by telephone and Epic in-basket, perform procedures as needed, and manage clinical issues that arise following procedures and surgeries, address prescription-related issues such as prior authorization, and carry out related tasks for the UCLA Department of Urology under the supervision of the attending urologists.

I ncumbent must be self directed and function with minimal direct supervision.

Salary range: $91.76-$123.45/hourly

Qualifications

• Active license to practice as a Physician Assistant in California and must possess certification as Certified Physician Assistant through AAPA -required
• Master's degree in Physician Assistant Program-required
• Minimum of 3 experience as an Advanced Practice Provider in a urology setting-strongly preferred
• 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-required
• Ability to perform urologic tests and procedures-required
• 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 audiovisual 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. Strong organizational skills to create patient treatment plans-required
• Skill in venipuncture-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

UCLA Health is a world-renowned health system with four award-winning hospitals and dozens of primary care practices, specialty practices, urgent care centers and other ancillary locations throughout metro Los Angeles.

Through the efforts of our outstanding people, we have become Los Angeles’ trusted provider of exceptional, compassionate patient care.