NP) Nurse Practitioner - Hepatology

Payroll

Title:

NURSE PRACT 2

Department: MEDICINE/Gastro

Hiring Pay Scale: $84.59 - $118.37 / Hour

Worksite:
La Jolla

Appointment Type:
Career

Appointment Percent: 100%

Union: NX Contract

Total Openings: 1

Work Schedule:

Days, 8-Hour Shifts, Monday-Friday

UC San Diego Health is a Magnet designated organization, which is a prestigious recognition that applies to only 10% of all U.S. hospitals. Magnet is the "gold standard" for nursing excellence and is based on strengths in five key areas, which include transformational leadership, structural empowerment, exemplary professional practice, new knowledge, innovation and improvements and empirical outcomes. UC San Diego Health has held its Magnet status since 2011.

Under general supervision, the Hepatology Nurse Practitioner (NP) - Research provides comprehensive, independent care to patients with chronic, advanced, and medically complex liver disease within a fast-paced high-volume ambulatory specialty practice. The NP provides independent clinical assessment and management of new and established hepatology patients, including patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), viral hepatitis, cirrhosis and its complications, portal hypertension, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and liver transplant-related conditions.

Responsibilities include conducting diagnostic evaluations, developing and modifying treatment plans, prescribing and managing therapies, monitoring disease progression, coordinating specialty and procedural care, and recognizing situations requiring physician consultation or escalation.

This is an experienced APP role requiring a high degree of clinical autonomy, advanced clinical judgment, and the ability to independently manage medically complex patients across the continuum of hepatology care.

The NP performs comprehensive histories and physical examinations; orders, reviews, and interprets diagnostic testing; develops and implements individualized treatment plans; prescribes and manages therapies; provides patient education and counseling; and coordinates diagnostic, procedural, specialty, and longitudinal follow-up. The NP will independently manage a patient panel in the ambulatory setting and collaborate closely with hepatologists, APPs, nurses, pharmacists, dietitians, transplant teams, research teams, and other multidisciplinary providers to ensure timely, coordinated, and comprehensive care.

The NP provides longitudinal management for patients with chronic and advanced liver disease, including high-complexity medical decision-making, diagnostic review, medication management, patient counseling, and multidisciplinary care coordination. The NP reviews hepatology-specific diagnostics, including liver imaging, elastography/Fibro Scan, MRI/MRE, laboratory studies, pathology, and liver biopsy results to guide evidence-based treatment and ongoing disease management.

High-Volume Ambulatory Practice and Patient Access

The NP independently manages a high-volume ambulatory practice that includes new consultations, follow-up visits, urgent referrals, telehealth encounters, and ongoing disease management. The role supports division-wide patient access initiatives by helping maintain timely appointments, continuity of care, quality outcomes, documentation standards, and efficient clinic throughput.

• Management of urgent hepatology referrals and clinical concerns
• Diagnostic testing and results
• Medication management
• Epic In Basket and MyChart communications
• Patient education and counseling
• Telehealth visits, including video and telephone encounters
• Timely and accurate clinical documentation

The NP is expected to exercise independent clinical judgment within an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approach to patient care. Other duties may be assigned based on clinical, operational, patient access, and programmatic needs.

MASLD Research Center and Clinical Research

The NP will participate in hepatology-related clinical research and protocol-driven care through the MASLD Research Center, including supporting patients enrolled in clinical trials, assisting with protocol-specific clinical management, coordinating with investigators and research coordinators, and helping ensure continuity between research activities and clinical care. The NP may participate in protocol-driven assessments, review clinical and research-related diagnostic information, provide ongoing disease management, and…