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