Full-Time
Advanced Practice Professional
Outpatient
Updated on 8/17/2026
WVU Medicine
No salary listed
Wheeling, WV, USA
In Person
Bachelor's, Master's
Category
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1) |
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Required Skills
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Patient Education
Requirements
- Graduate of a Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education accredited nursing program with a Master’s Degree in Nursing, for the nurse practitioner pathway.
- National certification by one of the recognized Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Certification Centers, for the nurse practitioner pathway.
- Licensure or eligibility for licensure as a professional Registered Nurse and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in West Virginia, for the nurse practitioner pathway.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification is required, with additional Advanced Life Support training at the department’s discretion.
- A bachelor’s or master’s degree as a Physician Assistant is required, for the physician assistant pathway.
- Graduate of an Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant approved Physician Assistant training program is required.
- Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants is required.
- Licensure or eligibility for licensure by the West Virginia Board of Medicine or West Virginia Board of Osteopathic Medicine, for the physician assistant pathway.
- Proficiency with computers.
- The role requires strength and/or stamina for lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, positioning patients, standing, walking, and carrying patients, materials, and equipment weighing 40 or more pounds.
- The role involves working closely with others, protracted or irregular hours, biohazards, infectious diseases, deceased persons, hands in water, and electrical hazards associated with patient-care equipment.
Responsibilities
- Manage comprehensive and individualized care for neurology patients and their families in the ambulatory setting.
- Complete acute assessments, pre-procedure evaluations, surgical evaluations, and ongoing follow-up in the ambulatory setting.
- Complete integrated and comprehensive evaluations and treatment or surgical plans.
- Order additional tests or consultations in collaboration with neurology faculty or under established clinical guidelines and protocols, as appropriate to scope of practice.
- Perform diagnostic tests and communicate their results under established clinical guidelines and within scope of practice.
- Consult and communicate with clinic and hospital staff regarding abnormal patient evaluation findings.
- Perform comprehensive clinical evaluations and document findings in the medical record.
- Coordinate appropriate services and tests before admission and for outpatient follow-up appointments.
- Develop individualized plans of care for neurology patients, including teaching, disposition planning, follow-up, and referrals to other healthcare team members.
- Provide care for patients across the age continuum permitted by the practitioner’s education and certification.
- Identify unstable or complex neurology patient-care situations and facilitate appropriate interventions in the clinic or hospital.
- Recognize emergency situations and initiate effective emergency care.
- Evaluate neurology patients and coordinate follow-up procedures and tests in the ambulatory setting; provide acute and ongoing ambulatory neurology care.
- Assist with collecting outcome measures.
- Use critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning in clinical decision-making to identify, evaluate, and manage the individual needs of patients and families.
- Use equipment safely.
- Base decisions and actions on relevant scientific principles, established standards of care, and research findings.
- Use teaching and learning theory and appropriate teaching strategies to educate nursing staff, hospital staff, students, patients, families, and the community.
- Promote an environment that supports learning by responding to patient and family preferences, priorities, and readiness to learn.
- Update the professional knowledge base throughout the year.
- Complete all identified clinical competencies.
- Serve as a resource for staff caring for neurology patients.
- Provide educational programs to professional and paraprofessional personnel in the area of expertise.
- Participate in community programs and distribute literature as appropriate in the area of expertise.
- Document plans of care, interventions, and evaluations clearly and concisely for every patient visit in the medical record, following approved hospital and University Health Associates policies and documentation compliance standards.
- Collaborate with leaders and staff to achieve outcome-based improvements in patient care.
- Provide leadership in developing and implementing changes in neurology practice that positively affect patient outcomes.
- Work collaboratively with medical and nursing staff to solve problems and provide professional support.
- Participate in and initiate interdisciplinary approaches to patient care, program development, and education, and serve as a professional role model.
- Promote innovation in the expanded role of care delivery to neurology patients and families during inpatient hospitalization and in the ambulatory setting.
- Participate in and provide leadership for committees and task forces.
- Document hours and submit billing reports as appropriate.
- Review and interpret neurology data from patient registries, clinical and financial reports, length of stay, access to care, and cost-per-case reports, and recommend or implement changes as necessary.
- Participate in clinical trials and research studies with the Principal Investigator.
- Assist neurology faculty, administrators, and directors in collecting outcome measures.
- Perform other assigned duties and projects.
Desired Qualifications
- Neurology or acute care experience is preferred.
- A master’s-level degree as a Physician Assistant is preferred.