The Department of Radiology

Advanced Practice Provider, Interventional Radiology

The Department of Radiology in the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio is seeking an Interventional Radiology Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our faculty.

Job purpose: assist with patient care and follow up of interventional radiology (IR) patients and function as an integral member of the health care team in the IR department.

Job duties and responsibilities:

Review the daily IR schedule and place orders for follow up according to the plan of the physician, communicate with the IR clinic staff regarding the plan so the clinic staff can get the patient scheduled.

Meet with the patient/family post-procedure (major cases) to provide contact information and answer questions regarding the procedure, helping to ensure the patient has what they need before being discharged.

Assist with peer-to-peer review by telephone for cases pending insurance approval, i.e. for CT/MRI or procedural approval.

Supervise IR LVN position and provide a yearly evaluation.

1) Establish and facilitate consult service for Vascular Interventional Radiology Services

2) Inpatient and outpatient procedures

3) Inpatient IR placed Drain/tube management including but not limited to:

4) Triage inpatients prior to inpatient IR procedures

5) Follow up after inpatient IR procedures

6) Field calls from referring inpatient/ER teams and facilitates communication with IR physicians when indicated

7) Field calls/emails from IR schedulers/nurses regarding patient procedures

8) Outpatient procedure protocols/image review with physicians

9) Post procedural assessment and symptom management on patients in PACU or IR recovery area

10) Assisting with informed consent for patients prior to IR procedures

11) Assist in IR clinic on occasion

12) Other duties as assigned

Education:

Master’s degree with nurse practitioner certification (Family or Acute Care).

Master’s degree with physician assistant certification.

Experience:

Previous inpatient hospital experience preferred. Prior experience with procedural radiology is helpful.

Working conditions:

Radiology Department, Multispecialty Research Hospital.

Please visit the UT Health candidate portal https://wp.uthscsa.edu/careers/ to apply for position #26000181. Please include your current resume and 3 letters of references.

UT Health San Antonio is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer including protected veterans and persons with disabilities. All faculty appointments are designated as security sensitive positions.