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Advanced Practice Provider 4 - Neurosurgery Downtown

Advanced Practice ProvidersUpdated on Nov 10

Full-timeJacksonville, FL, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A High School Diploma or GED is required.
A master's degree from a Nursing Practitioner program or Physician Assistant program is required.
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse licensure or Physician Assistant licensure in Florida or Georgia is required at hire.
Basic Cardiac Life Support certification is required at hire.
Two years of experience in critical care, Labor & Delivery, emergency department, or operating room care settings is preferred.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification is preferred.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification is preferred at hire.
New graduates in Orthopedics must acquire a Drug Enforcement Administration registration within 90 days of hire.
Call coverage may be required.

Responsibilities

Provide medical services within scope of practice under the supervision of a physician licensed in Florida or Georgia.
Provide care primarily in inpatient and/or critical care, Labor & Delivery, and/or emergency department settings, with more than 50% of the role in an inpatient hospital-based setting.
Perform or assist with higher-complexity procedures in an office, inpatient unit, operating room, or emergency department, and potentially perform first-assist functions in the operating room.
Participate in meetings, functions, events, and committees as part of an interdisciplinary health care team.
Care for patients with neuroendovascular conditions, including acute strokes and subarachnoid hemorrhage, in critical care and outpatient settings.
Scrub in or provide first assistance during neuroendovascular procedures as appropriate.
Monitor or manage medical and invasive devices and place devices within scope of practice; manage pre- and postoperative and pre- and post-procedure patient care.
Evaluate and triage patients in the specialty or subspecialty, including taking histories, performing physical examinations and diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, forming differential diagnoses, ordering ancillary studies, making medical decisions, and providing treatment and stabilization.
Develop comprehensive health management plans in collaboration with physicians, pharmacists, and other medical professionals, including progress notes, discharge summaries, and consults; facilitate patient participation in health care decisions.
Contribute to the development, implementation, and expansion of programs and initiatives, including research and quality improvement activities as appropriate.
Participate in professional development and introduce practice innovations where applicable.
Enter clinical information into patient medical records accurately and promptly in accordance with billing compliance guidelines; document and close encounters, patient portal messages, and other electronic medical record communications according to institutional requirements.
Educate and counsel patients and families about health care, including routine health maintenance.
Respond to consults, handle discharge planning, and routinely schedule procedures.
Travel up to 25%.

Overview

Job Duties

An Advanced Practice Provider IV (APP IV) is a direct patient care provider licensed in the State of Florida and/or Georgia

and provides medical services to patients as defined by their scope of practice and under the supervision of a physician

licensed to practice medicine in the State of Florida/Georgia.

Clinical Area: Provides care primarily in the inpatient and/or critical care, Labor & Delivery and/or emergency department

settings; > 50% inpatient hospital-based setting.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Performs or assist with procedures of higher complexity in office, inpatient unit, operating room, or emergency department. May perform first assist functions in the operating room setting. Call coverage may be required specific to departmental needs

• Actively participates in meetings, functions, events, and committees, as well as in a team of interdisciplinary health care providers

• Will directly care for patients with all types of neuroendovascular pathology including acute strokes, SAH…in both critical care and outpatient setting

• Opportunity to scrub in/first assist in Neuroendovascular procedures.

• Monitoring or management of medical/ invasive devices and placement of devices within scope of practice. May manage care of Pre-/ post- operative and pre-/ post- procedure patients.

• Conducts high level evaluation and triage specific to the specialty/ subspecialty including patient histories, performs physical examinations and/or diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, differential diagnoses, ordering of ancillary studies, medical decision making, treatment and stabilization.

• Formulates comprehensive health management plans for patients in collaboration with physicians, pharmacists, and other medical professionals to include progress notes, narrative discharge summaries, consults, etc. Facilitates patient participation in making health care decisions.

• Contributes to the development, implementation, and expansion of programs and initiatives, including participation in research activities, quality improvement projects, etc., as appropriate. Participates in professional development opportunities and introduces innovation in practice where applicable.

• Enters pertinent clinical information in the patient’s medical record in a timely and accurate manner and in accordance with established compliance billing guidelines. Documents and closes open encounters, My Chart messages, and other EMR communications in accordance with institutional requirements.

• Educates and counsels patients/families regarding their health care, including routine health maintenance.

• Calls and responds to consults, handles discharge planning, and schedules procedures routinely.

• Additional duties as assigned

Qualifications

Experience Requirements

2 years Critical Care, Labor & Delivery /ED/OR care settings preferred

Education Requirements

High School Diploma or GED required

Masters Nursing Practitioner required or

Masters Physician Assistant program required

Certification/Licensure

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse(APRN) Licensure required at time of hire or

Physician Assistant (PA) Licensure in State of Florida/Georgia required at time of hire

Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required at time of hire

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) preferred

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) preferred at time of hire

New Grads in Orthopedics must acquire DEA within 90 days of hire

May be required to take call coverage

Travel up to 25%

UFJPI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace

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