CO Physician Assistant (Urology)

About the Role

The Physician Assistant (PA) is an independent health care provider working cooperatively within a multi-disciplinary health team and is responsible for providing comprehensive care to patients with urologic diseases. This role will partner with faculty physicians to deliver Hopkins-quality, continuous care to patients who are drawn from local, national and international locales and often require coordination of multidisciplinary care.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform complex, standardized patient care procedures including interviewing patients, taking medical histories, performing physical examinations, ordering laboratory tests, making tentative diagnosis, and prescribing appropriate treatments
• Educate patients and/or their families to promote wellness, prevent health problems, maintain current health and intervene in acute or chronic illness
• Prescribe and regulate medications per provider-Physician institutional agreements
• Record and document health assessment data necessary to maintain, coordinate and/or expedite required services
• Ensure patient and physician calls are returned in a timely manner and all patient interactions (phone, conversations, visits, etc) are documented appropriately
• Function as liaison between the urology team and primary care providers, nurse case managers, inpatient personnel and health care professionals in other specialties
• Triage phone calls, answer questions from patients including instructions, medications, refills, biopsies, test results and other aspects of clinical care
• Call patients with results according to protocol
• Act as mentor and/or consultant to nurses, physicians, students, and other health care professionals
• Assume responsibility for own professional development and remains current in clinical practice by attending relevant continuing education
• Manage-operate independent clinic, provide intervention as needed and triage complex cases appropriately
• Coordinate scheduling of complicated patient treatment
• Assume responsibility and accountability for time management, professional relationships and interpersonal interactions
• Regularly attend all outpatient clinics
• Assist physician with patient management in the clinic
• Assess and/or manage follow-up plans specific to the patient's needs
• Consistently request consultations with appropriate departments when necessary
• Work collaboratively and provide leadership to optimize team performance and patient outcomes

Research Responsibilities

• Assist with NIH/POCRI funded clinical trials studying transrectal versus transperineal prostate biopsy
• Help recruit, consent, and follow-up subjects
• Perform data processing and analysis
• Design/develop research protocols, develop SOP and oversee study related activities for one or more studies

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• Certification by the NCCPA or similar national certifying body
• Completion of a CAAHEP certified Physician Assistant program
• Licensed as PA in State of Maryland or other state where practicing
• Current CPR certification
• Must maintain current licensure and certification during duration of employment
• Completion of the JHH credentialing process is required prior to start date
• Experience may be considered in lieu of bachelor's degree, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula; additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience working in Urology preferred

Schedule

Full-time, Monday through Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Pay

$100,000 - $152,900 annually ($115,000 targeted; commensurate with experience)