Physician Assistant - Nephrology

BASIC FUNCTION AND RESPONSIBILITY

Provide clinical evaluation and ongoing medical follow-up for patients with chronic renal failure under the supervision of the Internal Medicine Nephrology Physician primarily in the Nephrology Outpatient Clinic and Center and Satellite Hemodialysis Unit sites. Services will include participating in the outpatient services by assisting in the management of pre-ESRD patients and other renal diagnoses, supporting patients receiving chronic renal dialysis, and working with surgeons and interventional radiologists for vascular access.  Services will also include participating in the care of ESRD patients undergoing Hemodialysis as part of the UI Healthcare System.  This will be a full-time outpatient position but will require at least one year of training on the inpatient ESRD service to clinically orient and prepare for the role in MSC.

CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Clinical:

• Function independently and/or collaboratively as a member of an interdisciplinary team to plan, deliver, and evaluate health care for renal patients.

• Provide clinical services and continuity of renal care in the Nephrology Outpatient Clinic.

• Make rounds on a regularly scheduled basis for dialysis outpatients, including regular travel to the satellite hemodialysis units. This includes hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients at our home dialysis unit. Address health problems of outpatients, write prescriptions, participates in regular patient reviews, and patient care conferences.

• Write initial dialysis orders, alter existing dialysis orders per patient labs, or as medically necessary. Assess, examine, and write dialysis