Senior Physician Assistant - Radiation Oncology

UC San Diego is seeking a Sr. Physician Assistant - Radiation Oncology to join the team at Jacobs Medical Center. In accordance with advanced practice standards, this role is responsible for providing comprehensive health assessments, constructing medical histories, performing physical examinations, and managing patient care in radiation oncology. The successful candidate will collaborate with attending physicians using interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches to support patient populations presenting with chronic or episodic health problems.

Practice Info

• Jacobs Medical Center

• Cancer Center

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive health assessment of patients receiving radiation oncology services.

• Conduct in-depth interviews with patients and/or family.

• Construct comprehensive medical histories, performing initial and periodic physical examinations.

• Review imaging.

• Manage the care of patients.

• Follow standardized advanced practice procedure guideline.

• Assess and provide medical care as appropriate for patient care populations.

• Collaborate with attending physician, to utilize context of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches to patient care.

Compensation

• $81.73 - $107.67 / Hour

• Annual Full Pay Range: $170,652 - $224,815

Shift & Schedule

• Career Appointment

• 100% Appointment Percent

• Union: HX Contract

• Days, 10-Hour Shift, Monday-Friday

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.

• Current ART certification, or BLS/CPR and ACLS certifications at time of hire with commitment to get ART within six (6) months of hire date.

• A minimum of one (1) year of recent work experience as a licensed Physician Assistant in Oncology.

• Demonstrated ability to understand the medical as well as psychosocial needs of a patient population with cancer.

• A high level of professionalism and excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Ability to function as part of an interdisciplinary team.

• Excellent assessment skills and ability to make clinically sound decisions in a fast paced constantly changing environment.

• Experience in quality improvement (Preferred).

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

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

• Due to advanced practice credentialing eligibility, clinical advanced practice experience must be within the last two years.

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

• Required to comply with our Policy on Vaccination Programs.

• Life-support certifications (BLS, NRP, ACLS, etc.) must include hands-on practice and in-person skills assessment; online-only certification is not acceptable.

• Employees may be subject to drug screening.

• Final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.