DESCRIPTION

The Outpatient Neurology Physician Assistant will assess and manage patient health problems including actual and potential conditions within an outpatient Neurology clinic. Plan, implement and evaluate health care treatments. Under the supervision of an attending neurologist, assess laboratory findings including blood tests, electromyography, MRI, CT Scan and X-rays. Utilize critical thinking skills to individualize patient care in order to manage illness, promote well being, foster rehabilitative and disease preventive life style choices. Prescribe medications and supportive therapies to help maintain health. Communicate with patients, their significant others and their primary health care providers. Responsibilities include assessing individual participants health status, performing detailed neurological examinations, assessing current drug therapies and potential interactions, liaising with Primary health care providers, and interpreting laboratory results. Provide current information on neurology research developments and education regarding medications to both participants and ancillary staff. Communicate clinical findings to physicians, research scientists and lay persons on a weekly basis. Educate nurses and ancillary staff about disease processes, physical examination and history taking as well as detailed neurological examination. Serve as a resource for nurses and ancillary staff to aid with clinical queries. Provide telephone triage, including prescribing necessary pharmacological interventions, including providing emotional support to the patient significant others.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 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 certification at time of hire with commitment to get BART within six months of hire date.

• Must have six (6) months or more of recent clinical work experience as a Physician Assistant with neurology patients in the outpatient setting. Due to advanced practice credentialing eligibility, clinical advanced practice experience must be within the last two years gained through school or work experience.

• Possess knowledge of common neurological disorders and how to manage them, including knowledge of pharmaceutical treatments their side effects and interactions.

• Ability to take detailed medical history, perform physical examination and evaluate pertinent health deficits.

• Communication skills that will ensure effective record keeping, management of patients' health care needs and collaboration with other clinicians and study subjects.

• Experience with computerized databases including but not limited to Epic, MS Word, MS Excel, and/or PowerPoint.

• Ability to extract pertinent information from data in order to diagnose an individual's neurological disorder.

• Knowledge of FDA regulations and guidelines.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Relevant specialty certification.

• Experience with chronic neurologic conditions (i.e., Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis).

• Telephone triage experience.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

• Must be able to work various hours and locations based on business needs.

• Employment is subject to a criminal background check and pre-employment physical.

• Must be able to obtain UCSD Medical Staff privileges and maintain during employment.