Physician Assistant / - Urology - Kelsey-Seybold - Main Campus

Explore opportunities with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, part of the Optum family of businesses. Work with one of the nation's leading health care organizations and build your career at one of our 40+ locations throughout Houston. Be part of a team that is nationally recognized for delivering coordinated and accountable care. As a multi-specialty clinic, we offer care from more than 900 medical providers in 65 medical specialties. Take on a rewarding opportunity to help drive higher quality, higher patient satisfaction and lower total costs. Join us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is actively recruiting an APC/APP to assist physicians and existing PAs in the Urology clinic. This APC/APP will work closely with our Fellowship Trained FPMRS (Urogynecologist) in an outpatient clinical setting treating both general and female urologic conditions. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills and will work as a team player in the department; interact in a positive manner with ancillary staff; be responsive to referring physicians and support the philosophy of the group practice. Qualified candidates must be available between the hours of M-F, 8a-5p. And have the flexibility to rotate to various satellite clinics from their home base sit

Position Highlights:

• Practice outpatient Urology with flexibility of performing hospital- based responsibilities. Primarily, assisting the physician in evaluation and management of clinic patients to include performing histories and physical examinations on new patients; autonomously providing ongoing care for assigned patients; active participant in virtual health platform, screening patients to determine need for further health care and/or admission; performing in office procedures; ordering diagnostic studies such as laboratory tests, x-rays, and any other studies necessary for the care of patients
• Evaluation and management of operative patients to include performing pre-operative testing and counseling as well as post-operative care in clinic
• An interest in learning office-based procedures (PTNS, Testopel, Catheter changes, Prostate Biopsies, Cystoscopy)
• Pessary Fitting and Maintenance
• Maintaining EPIC documentation guidelines per Clinic policy

Required Qualifications:

• Graduate from an Accredited School of Physician Assistant Studies
• Certification through the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
• Current Physician Assistant licensure by the Texas State Medical Board

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bilingual (English/Spanish) fluency

About Optum

Optum is the health care technology and innovation company of the UnitedHealth Group enterprise along with UnitedHealthcare. We’re a global organization that’s evolving health care so everyone can have the opportunity to live their healthiest life. With our hands across all aspects of health, we'll provide you with a rewarding career that enables you to grow in the directions that best fit your passions. This is your opportunity to be part of a team that’s dedicated to Caring. Connecting. Growing together.