Physician Assistant, Vascular Interventional Radiology

UTMB Health seeks a highly motivated and team-oriented Physician Assistant to join its growing academic interventional radiology and image guided surgery service line. In this role, the provider will deliver comprehensive patient care across the full continuum of image-guided procedures, including inpatient consultation, outpatient clinic evaluation, and procedural assistance. The ideal candidate will possess strong clinical judgment, excellent communication skills, and a passion for helping build a modern procedural practice.

Practice Info

• Interventional radiology procedure suites, inpatient hospital units, outpatient clinics, pre procedure and post procedure recovery areas, and emergency or urgent care settings

• Academic procedural service line with multidisciplinary clinical environments across the health system

• Practice settings may involve standing for extended periods, assisting in sterile procedural environments, wearing radiation protection, and working in fluoroscopy based procedure rooms

Responsibilities

• Perform inpatient and outpatient clinical assessments, histories, and physical examinations for patients referred for image guided procedures

• Coordinate pre procedure preparation, triage consults, and determine procedural readiness in collaboration with the supervising interventional radiologist

• Participate in outpatient clinics, including new patient evaluations, follow up visits, and longitudinal care visits

• Obtain and document procedural consents and informed consents when permitted by state regulations, institutional policy, scope of practice, and supervising physician direction

• Assist interventional radiology attending physicians during image guided procedures and perform selected minor procedures only under physician supervision

• Manage post procedure follow up, review symptoms, complications, imaging and pathology results, and clinical outcomes

• Complete procedure related documentation, including procedure notes, brief operative notes, post procedure orders, and discharge instructions

• Participate in the teaching and education of medical students, residents, fellows, and other trainees in clinical and procedural activities

Shift & Schedule

• Weekday clinical and procedural coverage

• Outpatient clinic sessions

• Inpatient consult support

• Pre procedure and post procedure management

• Rotating coverage across campuses

• Potential evening, weekend, or call responsibilities depending on future service needs and institutional approval

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program

• Current Physician Assistant certification

• Eligibility for licensure as a Physician Assistant in the state of practice

• Eligibility for credentialing and privileging through the institution

• Current Basic Life Support certification

• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certification preferred or required within a defined period after hire

• Strong clinical judgment, professionalism, communication skills, and ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment

• Ability to function in a fast paced procedural, inpatient, outpatient, and academic clinical setting

• Prior experience in interventional radiology, vascular surgery, surgery, emergency medicine, critical care, hospital medicine, oncology, hepatology, nephrology, cardiology, wound care, or another procedural specialty preferred

• Practice within approved scope, institutional policy, approved privileges, and supervising physician direction