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| n | 1 | Job Description: | n | 1 | The Critical Care Physician Assistant is a licensed physician assistant who possesses the advanced e |
| > | ducation, knowledge, clinical skills and experience necessary to provide expert advanced practice in | ||||
| > | critical care. The primary responsibility of the Critical Care Physician Assistant (CCPA) is provid | ||||
| > | ing and directing care for patients in the adult ICUs at the UCSF Medical Center. The CCPA is respon | ||||
| > | sible for maintaining quality of care standards for all procedures and clinical care provided in the | ||||
| > | ICUs. The CCPA provides self-direction and accountability in the development of this role within th | ||||
| > | e medical center. | ||||
| 2 | The Critical Care Physician Assistant is a licensed physician assistant who possesses the advanced e | ||||
| > | ducation, knowledge, clinical skills and experience necessary to provide expert advanced practice in | ||||
| > | critical care. The primary responsibility of the Critical Care Physician Assistant (CCPA) is provi | ||||
| > | ding and directing care for patients in the adult ICUs at the UCSF Medical Center. The CCPA is resp | ||||
| > | onsible for maintaining quality of care standards for all procedures and clinical care provided in t | ||||
| > | he ICUs. The CCPA provides self-direction and accountability in the development of this role within | ||||
| > | the medical center. The CCPA shall provide medical care under the supervision of the Physician Dire | ||||
| > | ctor of Adult Critical Care Medicine and their individual collaborating physicians. The CCPA shall p | ||||
| > | rovide care in accordance with standardized procedures. The CCPA shall be proficient in the areas of | ||||
| > | arterial catheter insertion, central venous catheter insertion, ventilator management, sedation, an | ||||
| > | d pain control. The Medical Staff Office on a biannual basis grants privileges to practice at UCSF | ||||
| > | Medical Center. The CCPA may rotate through all of the focused care ICUs at the medical center inclu | ||||
| > | ding: cardiothoracic, neurologic, neurosurgical, medical, general surgical, and transplant. The CCP | ||||
| > | A shall work collaboratively with physician students, residents, fellows, and attending physicians. | ||||
| > | The CCPA will participate in the precepting of APP students and post graduate fellows. This position | ||||
| > | is scheduled for 12 hour rotating shifts from days to nights including holidays and weekends. | ||||
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| n | 4 | Department Description: | n | 3 | The CCPA shall provide medical care under the supervision of the Physician Director of Adult Critic |
| > | al Care Medicine and their individual collaborating physicians. The CCPA shall provide care in accor | ||||
| > | dance with standardized procedures. The CCPA shall be proficient in the areas of arterial catheter i | ||||
| > | nsertion, central venous catheter insertion, ventilator management, sedation, and pain control. The | ||||
| > | Medical Staff Office on a biannual basis grants privileges to practice at UCSF Medical Center. | ||||
| 5 | The Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider (CC APP) team at UCSF provides expert care in the adult | ||||
| > | intensive care units at UCSF Health. The CC APPs are an element of the interdisciplinary critical c | ||||
| > | are team that includes attending physicians, physicians in training, pharmacists, registered nurses, | ||||
| > | rehabilitation therapists, and UCSF students. The CC APPs provide care in all of the adult intensiv | ||||
| > | e care units including Cardiac, Neurologic, Medical, and Surgical intensive care units. These units | ||||
| > | provide care for patients undergoing cardiac surgery, organ transplantation, thoracic surgery, ortho | ||||
| > | pedic surgery, neurosurgical surgery, general surgery, or patients requiring complex medical managem | ||||
| > | ent. The CC APP team collaborates with the UCSF School of Nursing and supports the UCSF Surgical and | ||||
| > | Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship. The CC APP group is active in various quality | ||||
| > | improvement, cost reduction, and professional development projects. | ||||
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| t | 7 | Qualifications: | t | 5 | The CCPA may rotate through all of the focused care ICUs at the medical center including: cardiotho |
| > | racic, neurologic, neurosurgical, medical, general surgical, and transplant. The CCPA shall work col | ||||
| > | laboratively with physician students, residents, fellows, and attending physicians. The CCPA will pa | ||||
| > | rticipate in the precepting of APP students and post graduate fellows. This position is scheduled fo | ||||
| > | r 12 hour rotating shifts from days to nights including holidays and weekends. | ||||
| 8 | Required Qualifications: Graduation from a PA Program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commiss | ||||
| > | ion on Education for the PA (ARC-PA). - A minimum of one year of PA experience in adult critical car | ||||
| > | e medicine or completion of an accredited APP fellowship incorporating critical care. Preferred Qual | ||||
| > | ifications: - Completion of an accredited critical care practice transition program - A minimum of 2 | ||||
| > | years of recent experience as an inpatient Physician Assistant in an academic medical center Licens | ||||
| > | e/Certifications: 1. California Physician Assistant (PA) License without restriction 2. National Boa | ||||
| > | rd Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) 3. Ca | ||||
| > | lifornia Driver License (if required for position) 4. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Registra | ||||
| > | tion with Schedules 2, 2N, 3, 3N, 4, and 5 registered to a California address 5. American Heart Asso | ||||
| > | ciation (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification 6. Additional required AHA certifications: ACLS | ||||
| > | 7. Additional required certifications: ENLS | ||||