Description
The UCLA Department of Urology is looking to fill the role of a Sr. Physician Assistant (PA). The Sr. PA is expected to provide exemplary patient care consistent with the UCLA Health CICARE Service Excellence. This individual will independently review medical histories, evaluate patients in clinic and via telemedicine, perform comprehensive physical examination, review laboratory and imaging results, formulate treatment plans, manage prescriptions, and provide patient education. The PA will manage clinical questions by telephone and Epic in-basket, perform procedures as needed, and manage clinical issues that arise following procedures and surgeries, address prescription-related issues such as prior authorization, and carry out related tasks for the UCLA Department of Urology under the supervision of the attending urologists. Incumbent must be self directed and function with minimal direct supervision. Salary range: $91.76-$123.45/hourly
Qualifications
- Active license to practice as a Physician Assistant in
California and must possess certification as Certified Physician Assistant
through AAPA -required - Master's degree in Physician Assistant Program-required
- Minimum of 3 experience as an Advanced Practice Provider in a urology setting-strongly preferred
- Current BLS certification from AHA or ARC- required
- Ability to operate, navigate computer systems to obtain lab
results, log clinic visits, and input/retrieve data-required - Knowledge of disease processes and treatments in patients
with urologic problems-required - Ability to perform urologic tests and procedures-required
- Demonstrated ability to orient, train, monitor and oversee
clinical support staff in patient care responsibilities-required - Ability to assess unique needs of individual faculty
practices and to determine appropriate patient care requirements-required - Possess interpersonal skills and effectively communicate
with patients, their families, members of the health care team, the lay and
professional community-required - Ability to perform patient assessments and take appropriate
actions-required - Ability to exhibit flexibility in adjusting to changing
demands and requirements, prioritizing assignments to complete work in a timely
manner when there are changes in workloads, assignments, or deadlines-required - Skill in teaching patients, families and groups of health
professionals using appropriate audiovisual materials-required - Skill in writing patient notes, progress reports,
correspondence, consent forms and other patient materials and in editing
written material for grammatical correctness-required - Ability to create and document protocols and procedures.
Strong organizational skills to create patient treatment plans-required - Skill in venipuncture-required
- Ability to work independently, set goals and objectives,
prioritize work activities-required - Ability to determine when to function independently and
when to request physician intervention-required - Ability to assess patients' need for information and
emotional support and to meet, either directly or by referral, any needs
identified-required - Knowledge of University
policies/procedures related to functions and responsibilities of the position-required - Knowledge of EMR systems-required
- Bilingual in Spanish-preferred
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University of California - Los Angeles Health
Jul 26, 2026