Physician Assistant, In & Outpatient Diabetes/Endocrinology (40 hrs)

Physician Assistant, Inpatient & Outpatient Endocrinology
Key Responsibilities:
Outpatient:

• Up to 20 hours of direct patient-facing clinical time per week (when not on full inpatient weeks), distributed across several days, with some visits conducted virtually
• Patients/visit types
  • Peri-operative diabetes consults
  • Consults for patients eligible for teplizumab infusions for type 1 diabetes
  • Consults for obesity and prediabetes
• Non-patient-facing work, including coordinating care for perioperative diabetes plans, teplizumab infusions for early stage T1D, outpatient diabetes day treatment referrals, prediabetes triage/e-consults
• Possible expansion to well-defined areas in outpatient Endocrinology beyond diabetes (e.g., thyroid)

Inpatient:

• Attend inpatient diabetes rounds and diabetes consult rounds with the inpatient diabetes team and diabetes attending
• Take first call (fellow/PA diabetes pager) and write notes for diabetes consult patients
  • The PA will fully discuss cases with diabetes attending, and all notes will be attested by the diabetes attending
• Communicate with primary services and the multidisciplinary inpatient diabetes team via secure chat
• Update the handoff document for the diabetes service and sign out to the on-call fellow
• Provide some cross-coverage for the diabetes service during occasional outpatient week afternoons when fellows are in clinic
• Possible expansion to well-defined areas in inpatient Endocrinology beyond diabetes (e.g., thyroid, stress-dose steroids)

Schedule: 40 hours per week. 5 Weekdays per week, approximate hours 8a-5p (differ on inpatient vs. outpatient weeks); no weekends
Overall structure

• Up to 2 weeks per month fully inpatient, primarily with the inpatient diabetes team
• 2-4 weeks per month in ambulatory activities, including outpatient clinics in perioperative diabetes care, prediabetes, and early stage type 1 diabetes (T1D), with associated clinical and administrative activities

Professional Development Opportunities

• Robust BCH hospital-wide PA network
• Opportunities for involvement with hospital-wide committees and workgroups
• Participate in clinical innovation, quality improvement, and patient safety initiatives and projects
• Attendance at Division of Endocrinology conferences
• Participation in working groups for related topics, e.g. peri-operative management care, diabetes immunology, and triage process improvement

Minimum Qualifications
Education:

• Masters in Physician Assistant Studies (NCCPA-accredited program)

Experience:

• 1-3 years of advanced practice clinician work experience, preferred
• Prior inpatient experience preferred
• Ability to work independently within an inter-professional team
• Strong communication and organizational skills

Licensure/ Certifications:
Current Massachusetts License to practice as a Physician Assistant

The posted pay range is Boston Children’s reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting.

Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.