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General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, USA
Onsite or Remote
Flexible Hybrid
Work Schedule
A varied schedule; Monday - Friday, including some weekends
Posted Date
02/04/2025
Salary Range: $124600 - 289400 Annually
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
22092

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Physician Advisor provides physician leadership and clinical expertise related to coordination of patient care, length of stay and level of care management, care variation management, patient flow/throughput management, ancillary services utilization and clinical documentation improvement.  The Physician Advisor reviews clinical cases to provide a physician perspective towards decisions on care coordination, patient status, care progression, patient access (authorization), care variation management and clinical documentation.  

Job Qualifications

Minimum Education/Training/Licensure Required:

·         Graduate of an accredited medical school

·         Completion of specialty residency (e.g. Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine)

·         Qualify for membership as a member of UCLA Health Medical Staff (including Licensure)


Experience, Skills and Abilities:

·         Five years of hospital utilization management experience, with demonstrated success in quality improvement

·         Leadership and fiscal management skills, with the ability to create and maintain a goal-oriented climate of teamwork, collaboration and consistent achievement of objectives.

·         Advanced analytical, critical thinking, organizational and problem-solving skills, with in-depth ability to develop and pursue goals, integrate complex and sometimes disparate functions and develop and apply innovative solutions.

·         Advanced knowledge of all relevant healthcare information technology for functions within areas of responsibility.

·         Maintains knowledge of best practices, relevant systems and data management techniques and methodologies.

·         Demonstrated knowledge of a broad scope of relevant regulatory requirements, as well as legislative, accreditation, licensing and compliance environments.



As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.