What are the responsibilities and job description for the Urology Physician Assistant / Associate Job with First Physicians Group in Sarasota, FL position at PracticeLink?
First Physicians Group of Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System is seeking a Certified Physician Assistant or Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner to join our Sarasota Urology Group.
The primary function of the PA |NP role is to provide evidence-based, compassionate, and high-quality direct patient care with a focus on outpatient urology. The PA | NP should be comfortable working both independently and in collaboration with other members of a multidisciplinary team.
Opportunity Highlights:
The primary function of the PA |NP role is to provide evidence-based, compassionate, and high-quality direct patient care with a focus on outpatient urology. The PA | NP should be comfortable working both independently and in collaboration with other members of a multidisciplinary team.
Opportunity Highlights:
- 4-10 hour shifts/week.
- Provide urologic services in an outpatient setting.
- Clinic visits to include simple new patient, follow-up, pre and post operative,
- Hospital rounding as needed
- Provide patient/family education.
- Order laboratory and diagnostic testing and interpret results.
- Perform outpatient office procedures.
- Prescribe, administer, and dispense medications and other treatments.
- Coordinates treatment and makes appropriate referrals to other health providers as necessary.
- Manage tasks, patient call backs and communicating results.
- 1:7 weekend call for coverage of both FPG practice and hospital (combination of phone and in person).
- Spotlighted as "high performer" in urology and prostate cancer surgery for 2024 - 2025 in U.S. News "Best Hospitals" list.
- Nationally recognized care at the Brian D. Jellison Cancer Institute receiving the highest level of accreditation by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC).
- CMS 5-Star rated hospital for overall quality. The only hospital in Florida and one of just 17 hospitals in the U.S. to earn the five-star rating in every reporting period since the program’s inception in 2016.
- Earned straight “A” Grades for Patient Safety from Leapfrog since 2016.
- Earned Magnet Nursing Recognition five times from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) since 2003. Sarasota Memorial has remained the only hospital in the region with Magnet recognition for the past 20 years.
- Graduation from an accredited master’s degree program
- Current board certification
- Active or eligibility for licensure by the State of Florida
- BLS
- DEA Certificate
- Urology experience preferred.
- Ability to work independently.
- Competitive salary
- No contract or non-compete clause, candidates sign offer letters only.
- Full array of benefits offered including health, dental, vision, long term disability, PTO, 403B Retirement Plan, and much more.
- As an employee of a public, State of Florida organization, Advanced Practice Providers are entitled to sovereign immunity.
- We are a Nonprofit 501(c)(3). Employees can participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program when employed by the group.
- No state income tax in Florida.