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| n | 1 | Job Description: | n | 1 | UCSF physician assistants (PAs) are advanced practice providers (APPs) who possess the education, na |
| > | tional board certification, California licensure, knowledge, clinical skills, and experience necessa | ||||
| > | ry to provide evidence-based patient care in their area of clinical practice. They provide routine, | ||||
| > | acute, critical, and specialty care as defined by their granted privileges/standardized procedures. | ||||
| > | These may include performing non-invasive or invasive procedures and operative first assist. | ||||
| 2 | UCSF physician assistants (PAs) are advanced practice providers (APPs) who possess the education, na | ||||
| > | tional board certification, California licensure, knowledge, clinical skills, and experience necessa | ||||
| > | ry to provide evidence-based patient care in their area of clinical practice. They provide routine, | ||||
| > | acute, critical, and specialty care as defined by their granted privileges/standardized procedures. | ||||
| > | These may include performing non-invasive or invasive procedures and operative first assist. UCSF PA | ||||
| > | s are guided by and follow California regulations and the UCSF Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regul | ||||
| > | ations, and Policies *. They are authorized to exercise those privileges specifically granted to the | ||||
| > | m by the Committee on Interdisciplinary Practice (CIDP), Executive Medical Board (EMB), and Governan | ||||
| > | ce Advisory Council (GAC),* and are expected to provide clinically indicated care that meets the app | ||||
| > | licable standard of care. *UCSF-hired APPs whose UCSF clinical responsibilities require patient care | ||||
| > | at facilities/locations outside of UCSF Medical Center and Clinics must abide by California regulat | ||||
| > | ions and are expected to provide clinically indicated care that meets the applicable standards of ca | ||||
| > | re. Additionally, they must be credentialed and privileged and follow the Bylaws, Rules and Regulati | ||||
| > | ons, and Policies of those facilities/locations. Examples include but are not limited to Langley Por | ||||
| > | ter Psychiatric Hospital (LPPH), Marin Health, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, UCSF Health | ||||
| > | Saint Francis & St. Mary’s Hospitals and Clinics, Washington Hospital, and Zuckerberg San Francisco | ||||
| > | General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG). | ||||
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| t | 4 | Qualifications: | t | 3 | UCSF PAs are guided by and follow California regulations and the UCSF Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules an |
| > | d Regulations, and Policies*. They are authorized to exercise those privileges specifically granted | ||||
| > | to them by the Committee on Interdisciplinary Practice (CIDP), Executive Medical Board (EMB), and Go | ||||
| > | vernance Advisory Council (GAC),* and are expected to provide clinically indicated care that meets t | ||||
| > | he applicable standard of care. | ||||
| 5 | Required Qualifications - Graduation from a PA Program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commis | 4 | |||
| > | sion on Education for the PA (ARC-PA). - Physician Assistant (less than five (5) years of experience | ||||
| > | as a Physician Assistant):- Two (2) years of recent orthopedic experience within the last five (5) | ||||
| > | years. - Physician Assistant Senior (five (5) or more years of experience as a PA)- Five (5) years i | ||||
| > | n Outpatient Orthopedic Specialties. - Prefer orthopedic inpatient experience in addition to the abo | ||||
| > | ve. Preferred Qualifications - Five (5) years or greater PA experience in orthopadics within the pas | ||||
| > | t five years, including independent ambulatory patient encounters across all specialties of orthoped | ||||
| > | ics. - Experience with inpatient management of orthopedic patients. - Able to perform joint aspirati | ||||
| > | ons and injections - Able to interpret X-ray and MRI images of the shoulders, hips, knees, elbow, wr | ||||
| > | ist, hand and spine License/Certification : 1. California Physician Assistant (PA) License without r | ||||
| > | estriction 2. National Board Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physicia | ||||
| > | n Assistants (NCCPA) 3. California Driver License (if required for position) 4. Drug Enforcement Adm | ||||
| > | inistration (DEA) Registration with Schedules 2, 2N, 3, 3N, 4, and 5 registered to a California addr | ||||
| > | ess 5. American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification 6. Additional require | ||||
| > | d AHA certifications: ACLS 7. Additional required certifications (such as ENLS): None UCSF Medical C | ||||
| > | enter and Campus requires certain healthcare providers to be credentialed. In most cases this is don | ||||
| > | e through its Office of Medical Affairs & Governance (OMAG) prior to the first working day. Credenti | ||||
| > | aling and approval of the Standardized Procedures takes between 60-90 days but can vary. | ||||
| 5 | *UCSF-hired APPs whose UCSF clinical responsibilities require patient care at facilities/locations o | ||||
| > | utside of UCSF Medical Center and Clinics must abide by California regulations and are expected to p | ||||
| > | rovide clinically indicated care that meets the applicable standards of care. Additionally, they mus | ||||
| > | t be credentialed and privileged and follow the Bylaws, Rules and Regulations, and Policies of those | ||||
| > | facilities/locations. Examples include but are not limited to Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital ( | ||||
| > | LPPH), Marin Health, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, UCSF Health Saint Francis & St. Mary’ | ||||
| > | s Hospitals and Clinics, Washington Hospital, and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trau | ||||
| > | ma Center (ZSFG). | ||||