(PA) Sr. Physician Assistant -Abdominal Transplant - 140295

About the role

The Sr. Physician Assistant provides comprehensive inpatient medical management for liver and kidney transplant recipients, with primary responsibility for care during the early post-operative, long-term, and complex post-transplant phases.

Responsibilities

• Independently assess, diagnose, and manage high-acuity transplant patients, including interpreting transplant-specific laboratory data and diagnostic studies, and managing immunosuppression and transplant-related complications.
• Evaluate patients for escalation of care, perform procedures as credentialed, provide consultative services, and ensure accurate, timely documentation in the medical record.
• Collaborate with transplant surgeons, transplant hepatologists and nephrologists, and the multidisciplinary transplant team to ensure continuity and consistency of care across the inpatient setting.
• Assist in resolving complex clinical issues and communicate directly with surgeons, attending physicians, and other multidisciplinary team members.
• Provide education to transplant patients and families regarding post-transplant care, medication management, discharge planning, follow-up care, rejection risk, and recovery expectations, and serve as a clinical resource for inpatient nursing staff caring for transplant populations.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives, policy development, evidence-based practice, and professional activities, with evolving responsibilities as patient, system, and program needs change.

Requirements

Must be a graduate from a physician assistant program approved by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).

California Physician Assistant (PA) license.

Current PA Certification from NCCPA.

BLS/CPR certification at time of hire with commitment to get BART within six months of hire date.

Qualifications

• Minimum one (1) year of experience as a licensed Physician Assistant (PA) in transplant surgery, transplant nephrology, transplant hepatology, solid organ transplant, or adult critical care.
• Advanced clinical knowledge of solid organ transplant care, including post-operative management, immunosuppression protocols, transplant-related complications and rejection, and expected recipient outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex, high-acuity transplant patients in a fast-paced inpatient setting, with evidence-based, sound clinical judgment and appropriate escalation of care.
• Proven expertise in rapid patient assessment, stabilization, and escalation of care in fast-paced, high-acuity clinical environments.
• Strong understanding of transplant-specific pathophysiology, laboratory interpretation (normal and abnormal values), and medication management for transplant populations.
• Serve as a liaison between patients, families and the transplant multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrates strong analytical and problem-solving skills to assess complex patient situations, prioritize competing responsibilities, and implement timely, appropriate interventions or escalate when needed.
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with surgeons, physicians, multidisciplinary team members, patients, and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Builds collaborative relationships grounded in professionalism, kindness, and a shared commitment to high-quality patient care.
• Maintains a positive, solution-oriented approach to challenges, encourages teamwork and open communication, and remains receptive to feedback to support individuals and program growth.

Skills

Ability to at all times adhere to UCSD Health Medical Center (C.A.R.I.N.G.) Standards of Performance, and demonstrate the characteristics of professionalism in attire, attitude, conversation, behavior and attentiveness to others.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Annual Full Pay Range: $162,530 - $214,104 (will be prorated if the appointment percentage is less than 100%)

Hiring Pay Scale: $77.84 - $102.54 / Hour

Schedule

Days, 12-Hour Shifts, Sunday-Saturday