Full Job Description
Job Posting: Physician Assistant – Otology (ENT)
Location: University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Dept of Otology (ENT), UPMC Mercy.
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM (No nights, weekends, or call)
Role: Outpatient clinic with hospital rounding and OR responsibilities.
Preferred Experience: ENT, OR, and/or Inpatient/consult experience.
Sign-On Incentives Available!
What Can You Bring to UPMC?
- Contribute to UPMC’s mission of Life Changing Medicine.
- Set the standards for the level and quality of care for the care delivery team.
- Provide patient care activities for a group of patients and their families through independent judgment, communication, and collaboration with all team members.
- Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients, and their families to achieve desired patient outcomes.
- Demonstrate a commitment to the community and to your health care profession.
What UPMC Can Do for You:
- A career path that provides you with the right experience to be successful now and in the future.
- Health and welfare benefits including medical, vision, dental, life and disability insurance, and an exceptional retirement program.
- Work-life balance with PTO, wellness programs, and paid parental leave.
- Competitive pay including base pay, merit, and premium pay.
Responsibilities:
- Apply principles of acceptable professional practice.
- Formulate a plan of care for patients, involving them as partners and considering their individual needs.
- Practice solid communication skills, articulating and translating the patient’s condition to other care providers.
- Ensure comprehensive patient documentation to promote communication between caregivers.
- Demonstrate critical thinking in all areas of professional practice.
- Build and maintain relationships with patients, families, and colleagues.
- Identify opportunities for clinical quality and workplace improvement.
- Apply evidence-based practice regularly.
- Serve on or lead teams that launch innovations in patient care or support a healthy workforce.
- Demonstrate a passion for developing others and precept students and learners.
- Analyze clinical and behavioral situations to identify learning opportunities.
- Support continuous learning in the clinical area by sharing research and materials.
- Serve as a recognized leader in clinical expertise, teaching, specialized resources, and/or evidence-based practice.
- Assist with the coordination of follow-up care for post-op patients.
- Provide trach care and develop improved treatment plans for post-operative patients.
- Standardize care and management algorithms and educate residents.
- Assist with patient issues on all head and neck patients.
Special Skills and Abilities Required:
- Ability to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with all stakeholders.
- Ability to work productively and effectively within a complex environment.
- Handle multiple/changing priorities and specialized equipment.
- Critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
- Good clinical judgment.
- Mobility and visual manual dexterity.
- Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and positioning of patients.
Join us at UPMC and see what being an Advanced Practice Provider can do for your career!
Qualifications:
- Graduate of an ARC-PA accredited Physician Assistant program.
- Eligible for licensure.
- CPR certification required within 30 days of hire (AHA standards).
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or Basic Life Support (BLS) or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
- Physician Assistant (PA) or Physician Assistant Osteopathic.
- Physician Assistant Certified (NCCPA).
- Act 33, Act 34, and Act 73 FBI Clearances with renewal.
Diversity and Inclusion:
UPMC is committed to diversity and inclusion, with Employee Resource Groups such as PRIDE Health and UPMC ENABLED (Empowering Abilities and Leveraging Difference) Network supporting our diversity strategy.
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran