Physician Assistant

Required Qualifications

• Graduation from a PA Program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the PA (ARC-PA).
• Physician Assistant (less than five (5) years of experience as a Physician Assistant):
  • Two (2) years of recent orthopedic experience within the last five (5) years.
• Physician Assistant Senior (five (5) or more years of experience as a PA)
  • Five (5) years in Outpatient Orthopedic Specialties. 
  • Prefer orthopedic inpatient experience in addition to the above. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Five (5) years or greater PA experience in orthopadics within the past five years, including independent ambulatory patient encounters across all specialties of orthopedics.
• Experience with inpatient management of orthopedic patients.
• Able to perform joint aspirations and injections
•  Able to interpret X-ray and MRI images of the shoulders, hips, knees, elbow, wrist, hand and spine

License/Certification : 

1. California Physician Assistant (PA) License without restriction
   2. National Board Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
   3. California Driver License (if required for position)
   4. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Registration with Schedules 2, 2N, 3, 3N, 4, and 5 registered to a California address
   5. American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
   6. Additional required AHA certifications:  ACLS
   7. Additional required certifications (such as ENLS): None

UCSF Medical Center and Campus requires certain healthcare providers to be credentialed. In most cases this is done through its Office of Medical Affairs & Governance (OMAG) prior to the first working day. Credentialing and approval of the Standardized Procedures takes between 60-90 days but can vary.