Yale New Haven Health

Integrated hospital system with academic affiliations

Advanced Practice Provider – Vascular Surgery - Ambulatory

Advanced Practice ProvidersUpdated on Nov 10

Full-timeNew Haven, CT, USA

About the Job

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited Nurse Practitioner or accredited Physician Assistant program.
A minimum of one year of Advanced Practice Provider experience in an inpatient, surgical, or acute care setting is required.
Evidence of current competence to practice as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Physician Assistant, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, or Certified Nurse Midwife must be obtainable through appropriate reference letters during the Medical Staff appointment process.
For the Physician Assistant pathway, hold active certification from the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants and a Connecticut State Physician Assistant license. Hold ACLS/BLS certification and a DEA license when indicated for the position profile; PALS certification is required when indicated for pediatric positions, and NRP certification when indicated for neonatal care.
For the Nurse Practitioner pathway, hold a Connecticut State Registered Nurse license, a Connecticut State Nurse Practitioner license, and board specialty certifications appropriate for the position profile. Hold ACLS/BLS certification and a DEA license when indicated for the position profile; PALS certification is required when indicated for pediatric positions, and NRP certification when indicated for neonatal care.
Additional licensure, certifications, or continuing education credits may be required during employment based on the position and area of specialty.

Responsibilities

Assess, triage, and therapeutically manage patient and family needs throughout the disease process as part of an interdisciplinary team, providing care from diagnostic through prognostic matters in inpatient, ambulatory, or outpatient settings.
Collaborate with attending supervising or collaborating physicians in accordance with state law, hospital regulations, policy, protocols, and clinical pathways; provide autonomous team-based care where applicable.
Obtain medical histories, perform physical examinations, review and order diagnostic and therapeutic tests and radiologic results, and formulate and manage patient treatment plans.
Perform procedures and prescribe treatment and medications in accordance with institutional and state guidelines, scope, specialty, and professional competency standards; autonomously manage certain patient populations where applicable.
Function as first or second assistant on operative cases when within the position scope and educational prerequisites, using fine motor skills and manual dexterity.
Perform other clinical duties consistent with departmental and operational goals, professional training, practice guidelines, and responsibilities, including responding to emergencies within health-system parameters.
Educate patients and families on care and available resources, including admission instructions, treatment plans, potential side effects of treatments and medications, and discharge plans in collaboration with the supervising or collaborating physician.
Provide psychosocial support to patients, family members, and significant others as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Document appropriately in accordance with hospital and regulatory requirements and protect information in all media from unauthorized access, modification, destruction, or disclosure.
Ensure compliance with patient-related healthcare regulatory requirements, standards, and recommendations.
Engage in projects that maintain and advance professional competency and maintain employee requirements established by hospital policy.
Serve as a clinical resource for new house staff and provide service-specific orientation pertinent to clinical education.
Report safety events and near misses, demonstrating high-reliability organizational behaviors.
Serve as a clinical preceptor for Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant students and other healthcare professionals, and mentor pre-PA/NP candidates where applicable.
Collaborate on research, quality assurance, and performance improvement projects and assist with forming protocols for clinical practice or furthering educational and clinical expertise.

Desired Qualifications

Clinical working experience as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in the relevant specialty or service line is preferred, but not required.
Experience in vascular surgery is strongly preferred.
Experience in vascular surgery, acute care surgery, trauma surgery, surgical critical care, or other inpatient surgical specialties is preferred.
Comfort managing patients across the continuum of care, including inpatient consultations, postoperative follow-up, and ambulatory vascular surgery practice.
Experience with complex vascular patient populations is preferred.
Strong interdisciplinary communication and care coordination skills.

Overview

Posting Title: APP - Vascular Surgery (Ambulatory)
Location: 330 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday - Days
Scheduled Hours: 40
Position Type: Full-time
EMR System: EPIC

Overview:

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the Yale New Haven Health System Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

Why Choose Yale New Haven Health?

Excellent work environment – Flexible schedules to ensure work-life balance. Keeping the patient at the center of everything we do, we focus on improving clinical care, outcomes, patient satisfaction, safety, value, clinical research, and education. Our efforts reach beyond the walls of our hospitals to care for our communities, too.

Career Advancement – Unlock your potential and embrace exciting opportunities for professional growth and career advancement within our esteemed healthcare system!

Compensation Package – Enjoy an enhanced compensation package. If you're looking for a challenging and rewarding career where you can make a real difference, we want you on our team.

Relocation Assistance – We recognize how vital a smooth transition is, and with our relocation assistance, your journey can be seamless.

Benefits- Competitive salary, comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance. Pension plan matched tax-sheltered annuity plan and Roth contributions.

Employment Perks- Employee wellness initiatives and support programs. Professional development and continuing education opportunities. Yale New Haven Health includes Yale New Haven, Bridgeport, Greenwich, Lawrence + Memorial, and Westerly hospitals; several specialty networks; and Northeast Medical Group, a physician-led multi-specialty group with over 1,000 physicians. Intriguing cities with something for everyone, whether you love arts, history, parks or delicious food.

Responsibilities

1. Clinical Care * The Physician Assistant (PA) or the Nurse Practitioner (NP) provides assessment, triage, and therapeutic management of patient/family needs throughout the disease process as an integral part of an interdisciplinary team. The NP/PA, whether the practice setting is the inpatient, ambulatory, or outpatient settings, provides optimal patient care, from diagnostic to prognostic matters. This individual works in collaboration with the attending supervising/collaborating physician(s) in accordance with state law and hospital regulations, hospital policy, protocols and clinical pathways and may provide autonomous team based care. * Obtains medical histories, performs physical examinations, reviews/orders diagnostic/therapeutic tests and radiologic results, formulates and manages patient treatment plans. The NP/PA may perform procedures, prescribe treatment and medications in accordance with institutional and state guidelines, as well as, when necessary for scope within specialty or professional competency standards. In some clinical specialties, the NP/PA may have autonomous practice managing certain patient populations. * The NP/PA may also function as first or second assistant on operative cases (as long as within position scope and job educational prerequisites are in place), using fine motor skills and manual dexterity. * Other clinical job duties may be applied in accordance with departmental and operational goals, training related to profession and practice necessitated guidelines and responsibilities, inclusive but not limited to responding to emergency situations within the YNHHS parameters
2. Patient Education & Psychosocial Support * The NP/PA will educate patients/families on care and recommended or available resources. In collaboration with the supervising/collaborating MD, this may be inclusive of admitting instructions, treatment plan, actual and potential side effects of treatments/medications, and discharge plan. * The NP/PA, as part of a multidisciplinary team, provides psychosocial support to patients, their family members, and significant others in a caring, ethical, and professional manner.
3. Information Management * The NP/PA ensures appropriate documentation within the accordance of hospital and regulatory requirements and protects information of all forms, whether computer-based, paper, film, voice, or other media from unauthorized access modification, destruction, or intentional or accidental disclosure.
4. Quality Management * The NP/PA is expected to demonstrate a high standard of moral and ethical behavior, professionalism, compassion, and commitment to patient care. * Ensures compliance with patient related healthcare regulatory requirements, standards and recommendations.
5. Professional Development * The NP/PA continuously engages in projects that maintain and advance professional competency. * The NP/PA serves as a clinical resource for new house staff and may provide service specific orientation pertinent to clinical education * Consistently demonstrates high reliability organizational behaviors through reporting safety events as well as near misses. * The NP/PA continuously engages in projects that maintain and advance professional competency. * Maintains all employee requirements determined by hospital policy. * The NP/PA may serve as a clinical preceptor for NP/PA students and other health care professionals and may serve as a mentor to pre-PA/NP candidates. * The NP/PA may collaborate on research, quality assurance and performance improvement projects, and assist with the formation of protocols that will be applied to clinical practice or further their educational and clinical expertise.

Qualifications

EDUCATION

Graduate from an accredited Nurse Practitioner or an accredited Physician Assistant Program.

EXPERIENCE

Prefer clinical working experience as a NP/PA within the given specialty/service line recommended, but none required. APRNs, PAs, CRNAs and CNMs are required to be appointed to the Affiliated Medical Staff of a YNHHS Hospital and credentialed through the Medical Staff process. Evidence of current competence to practice as {an APRN, PA, CRNA, CNM} via appropriate reference letters from physicians and other practitioners must be able to be obtained during the Medical Staff appointment process in order to be eligible.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

A minimum of one (1) year of Advanced Practice Provider experience in an inpatient, surgical, or acute care setting is required. Experience in vascular surgery is strongly preferred.
APP experience in vascular surgery, acute care surgery, trauma surgery, surgical critical care, or other inpatient surgical specialties
Comfortable managing patients across the continuum of care, including inpatient consultations, postoperative follow-up, and ambulatory vascular surgery practice
Strong interdisciplinary communication and care coordination skills
Experience with complex vascular patient populations preferred

LICENSURE

Active PA Certification by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), Connecticut State Physician Assistant License, ACLS/BLS Certified, when indicated for position profile DEA License, when indicated for pediatric position profile PALS, when indicated for neonatal care NRP Certification. Additional licensure, certifications and/or continuing education credits may be required during employment based on position and area of specialty.

OR Connecticut State Registered Nurse License, Connecticut State Nurse Practitioner License, Board specialty certifications, as appropriate for position profile ACLS/BLS Certified, when indicated for position profile DEA License, when indicated for pediatric position profile PALS, when indicated for neonatal care NRP Certification. Additional licensure, certifications and/or continuing education credits may be required during employment based on position and area of specialty.

Additional Information

To learn more, please email or schedule an interview with our In-House Provider Recruiter:

James Hammell

475-339-6050

[email protected]

EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran

YNHHS Requisition ID

194404

About the Company

Yale New Haven Health

Integrated hospital system with academic affiliations

Yale New Haven Health is a health system that operates five hospitals (Yale New Haven, Bridgeport, Greenwich, Lawrence + Memorial, Westerly) and provides access to a wide network of primary care physicians and specialists through Northeast Medical Group and Yale Medicine. Through its affiliation with Yale University and Yale School of Medicine, it connects patients to the latest medical treatments and research. Its facilities and outpatient locations enable coordinated care across a single organization that aims to be more patient-focused, more accessible, and more cost-effective. The system delivers care by combining hospital services, primary and specialty care, and advanced clinical relationships to integrate treatment with ongoing research and clinical trials, offering patients access to innovative therapies and personalized treatment options.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: New Haven, CT
Founded: 1996

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