Description

Under the guidance of a supervising physician and within the physician's scope of practice, the physician assistant works collaboratively with other care team members to evaluate, educate, and provide health care services to patients. The physician assistant will work closely with Department leadership in the development and implementation of physician support services, including management of in-basket messages for primary care physicians.

Salary range : $72.77-97.92/hourly

Qualifications

• Graduated from an accredited PA Program- Required -(Master's degree in Physician Assistant Program - Preferred )

• Current California Physician Assistant License- required

• Current Basic Cardiac Life Support certificate from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross- required

• National Board Certification- required

• Skill in analyzing information, problems, situations, practices, and procedures to recognize alternatives and provide solutions-required

• Knowledge to problem-solve with other members of the Patient Communication Center team and to effect change toward improvement of clinic services.

• Skill in setting priorities while managing multiple commitments and projects as well as ensuring team is meeting goals -required

• Skill in verbal communication to clearly convey complex problems and proposals in a variety of situations-required

• Demonstrated ability to maintain composure when confronted by difficult situations and to respond professionally-required

• Demonstrated ability to creatively integrate competing demands of a multidisciplinary setting into a productive working environment-required

• Ability to establish cooperative working relationships with administrators, physicians, peers, and the public-required

• Skill in recognizing an emergency or high priority situation and taking appropriate and immediate action-required

• Advanced organizational skills to ensure a workable, efficient office -required

• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to effectively work with a diverse team of individuals in group settings-required

• Experience with various computer software and hardware including word-processing, knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, CareConnect, and the internet -required

• Typing skills to prepare forms and correspondence with speed and accuracy-required

• Familiarity with UCLA Health system, working knowledge of University policies and procedures - preferred

• Advanced clinical knowledge of medical diagnoses, procedures, protocols, treatments, and terminology-required

• Ability to interpret laboratory data and make decisions according to protocol-required

• Skill in recognizing an emergency or high priority situation and taking appropriate and immediate action-required

• Knowledge of what comprises the medical history and skill in the history-taking process and providing follow up care as needed.-required

• Knowledge of when specific diagnostic tests are indicated according to written protocol.-required

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