Sr. Physician Assistant, Surgery - Variable

About the role

The position of Senior Physician Assistant in the Department of Surgery at UCI Health, School of Medicine, Irvine, California, requires a highly competent, independent yet team-oriented individual. The role involves managing and coordinating all inpatient care of surgical patients, primarily located at the new hospital in Irvine.

Responsibilities

• Evaluating care and ordering diagnostics
• Creating a treatment plan
• Participating in inpatient sign out/hand-off
• Rounding and communicating with surgery teams/residents/attending physicians
• Conducting surgical consultations on potential surgical patients
• Rescuing surgical patients from the ED and ICU
• Coordinating procedures (scheduling operations and other procedures)
• Admitting and discharging patients (admission H&P, orders, discharge summary, instructions, and medications)
• Triage phone calls from patients and nurses
• Reviewing critical labs and following up with patients and medical staff
• Obtaining comprehensive medical histories, performing physical examinations/assessments, and exploring patient's health needs in a trauma-informed manner
• Identifying, treating, and managing hospitalized patients
• Participating in comprehensive care of patients in inpatient settings and providing multi-disciplinary care coordination, treatment, education, monitoring, and communication with patients and referring physicians
• Assisting in the operating room, working closely with surgeons and other healthcare professionals

Requirements

• Ability to obtain UCIMC Allied Health Professional Privileges prior to hire
• HIPPA and other training completion as required by Medical Center
• Annual TB screening and any applicable test to meet JCAHO requirements
• Privacy, confidentiality, and security policies and procedures related to Protected Health Information (PHI) or other sensitive and personal information
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships across the program and UCI Health System
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships across the organization
• Exercise diplomacy and flexibility in interacting with physicians, nurses, other paramedical personnel, administrators, emergency and law enforcement officers
• Communicate medical information to a broad variety of people, both in person and over the telephone
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prepare clear medical reports, laboratory data, and progress notes
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Exercise diplomacy and flexibility in interacting with physicians, nurses, other paramedical personnel, administrators, emergency and law enforcement officers
• Communicate medical information to a broad variety of people, both in person and over the telephone
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prepare clear medical reports, laboratory data, and progress notes
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Exercise diplomacy and flexibility in interacting with physicians, nurses, other paramedical personnel, administrators, emergency and law enforcement officers
• Communicate medical information to a broad variety of people, both in person and over the telephone
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prepare clear medical reports, laboratory data, and progress notes
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Exercise diplomacy and flexibility in interacting with physicians, nurses, other paramedical personnel, administrators, emergency and law enforcement officers
• Communicate medical information to a broad variety of people, both in person and over the telephone
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prepare clear medical reports, laboratory data, and progress notes
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Exercise diplomacy and flexibility in interacting with physicians, nurses, other paramedical personnel, administrators, emergency and law enforcement officers
• Communicate medical information to a broad variety of people, both in person and over the telephone
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prepare clear medical reports, laboratory data, and progress notes
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Exercise diplomacy and flexibility in interacting with physicians, nurses, other paramedical personnel, administrators, emergency and law enforcement officers
• Communicate medical information to a broad variety of people, both in person and over the telephone
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prepare clear medical reports, laboratory data, and progress notes
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Exercise diplomacy and flexibility in interacting with physicians, nurses, other paramedical personnel, administrators, emergency and law enforcement officers
• Communicate medical information to a broad variety of people, both in person and over the telephone
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prepare clear medical reports, laboratory data, and progress notes
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Exercise diplomacy and flexibility in interacting with physicians, nurses, other paramedical personnel, administrators, emergency and law enforcement officers
• Communicate medical information to a broad variety of people, both in person and over the telephone
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prepare clear medical reports, laboratory data, and progress notes
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Exercise diplomacy and flexibility in interacting with physicians, nurses, other paramedical personnel, administrators, emergency and law enforcement officers
• Communicate medical information to a broad variety of people, both in person and over the telephone
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prepare clear medical reports, laboratory data, and progress notes
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Exercise diplomacy and flexibility in interacting with physicians, nurses, other paramedical personnel, administrators, emergency and law enforcement officers
• Communicate medical information to a broad variety of people, both in person and over the telephone
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prepare clear medical reports, laboratory data, and progress notes
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Exercise diplomacy and flexibility in interacting with physicians, nurses, other paramedical personnel, administrators, emergency and law enforcement officers
• Communicate medical information to a broad variety of people, both in person and over the telephone
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prepare clear medical reports, laboratory data, and progress notes
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Exercise diplomacy and flexibility in interacting with physicians, nurses, other paramedical personnel, administrators, emergency and law enforcement officers
• Communicate medical information to a broad variety of people, both in person and over the telephone
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prepare clear medical reports, laboratory data, and progress notes
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Exercise diplomacy and flexibility in interacting with physicians, nurses, other paramedical personnel, administrators, emergency and law enforcement officers
• Communicate medical information to a broad variety of people, both in person and over the telephone
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prepare clear medical reports, laboratory data, and progress notes
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Exercise diplomacy and flexibility in interacting with physicians, nurses, other paramedical personnel, administrators, emergency and law enforcement officers
• Communicate medical information to a broad variety of people, both in person and over the telephone
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prepare clear medical reports, laboratory data, and progress notes
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Exercise diplomacy and flexibility in interacting with physicians, nurses, other paramedical personnel, administrators, emergency and law enforcement officers
• Communicate medical information to a broad variety of people, both in person and over the telephone
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prepare clear medical reports, laboratory data, and progress notes
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Exercise diplomacy and flexibility in interacting with physicians, nurses, other paramedical personnel, administrators, emergency and law enforcement officers
• Communicate medical information to a broad variety of people, both in person and over the telephone
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prepare clear medical reports, laboratory data, and progress notes
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Exercise diplomacy and flexibility in interacting with physicians, nurses, other paramedical personnel, administrators, emergency and law enforcement officers
• Communicate medical information to a broad variety of people, both in person and over the telephone
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prepare clear medical reports, laboratory data, and progress notes
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Exercise diplomacy and flexibility in interacting with physicians, nurses, other paramedical personnel, administrators, emergency and law enforcement officers
• Communicate medical information to a broad variety of people, both in person and over the telephone
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prepare clear medical reports, laboratory data, and progress notes
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Exercise diplomacy and flexibility in interacting with physicians, nurses, other paramedical personnel, administrators, emergency and law enforcement officers
• Communicate medical information to a broad variety of people, both in person and over the telephone
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prepare clear medical reports, laboratory data, and progress notes
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Exercise diplomacy and flexibility in interacting with physicians, nurses, other paramedical personnel, administrators, emergency and law enforcement officers
• Communicate medical information to a broad variety of people, both in person and over the telephone
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prepare clear medical reports, laboratory data, and progress notes
• Maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Maintain a work pace