Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - PRN Nocturnist - Cardiac Surgery - Colorado Springs, Col

Description

At UCHealth, our mission is simple - to improve lives. That starts with you. We improve lives through fresh ideas, innovative approaches and an unwavering commitment to world-class care.

UCHealth Medical Group and Our well-established and highly regarded Cardiothoracic Surgery program in Colorado Springs, CO are ready to welcome a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to their team. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, interested in working PRN and focused on excellent patient care. At UCHealth, we believe each person is extraordinary, and together, we make extraordinary possible.

REQUIRED:

- 3+ years of Cardiology or Cardiothoracic Surgery ICU and floor patient management.

- Our ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, works well in a team environment, and is able to work autonomously and collaboratively in a high-acuity setting.

Responsibilities

- Rounding and management of overnight CVICU/floor patients.

- Participate in multi-disciplinary care planning and quality assurance initiatives.

- Provides direct care, counseling, history and physical examinations, and teaching to the adult cardiac surgical patient population in the inpatient setting.

- Orders, interprets, and evaluates appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests

- Develops appropriate plans of care and follow-up based on the outcomes of diagnostic, laboratory, and physical examination findings

- Orders medications and writes prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures

- Consistently provides high quality and timely documentation

- Performs bedside procedures as are appropriate to the patient population

- Discusses patient data with other physicians and professionals as appropriate in a multidisciplinary setting

- Demonstrates expert clinical judgment skills to function in an independent role

- Completes continuing medical education as per state regulations and national registry requirements to maintain and enhance skills and clinical competence

- Additional duties and responsibilities as required by the department/division

We know how fast the world of healthcare is changing, and we push ourselves to stay ahead of the curve. The UCHealth Medical Group is physician led and employs nearly 2,000 physicians and advanced practice providers who aim to anticipate and address patients' every health need. We call on providers in every career stage and specialty to lead and provide direction for the future of healthcare ly today.

This position will be open for a minimum of 3 days and will remain open until a top candidate is identified.

We are unable to support visa candidates for this position.

Requirements for Physician Assistants

+ Master's Degree in Physician Assistant Studies

+ Unrestricted license to practice as a Physician Assistant in the State of Colorado.

+ Physician Assistant Certification (PA-C) issued by the National Commission for Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) is required for hire and must be maintained throughout employment

+ Unrestricted Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) permit to prescribe all medications commonly prescribed in the course of practice.

+ Eligible to provide services reimbursable services and maintain provider status with Medicare and Medicaid.

+ Eligible to provide services with no sanctions or exclusion from either the Health and Human Services/Office of Inspectors General (HHS/OIG) or the General Services Administration's (GSA) List of Parties Excluded from Federal Programs.

+ Unrestricted medical staff membership, with appropriate practice privileges.

+ Prescriptive authority as appropriate, per medical staff service privileging process.

+ Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross.

Requirements for Nurse Practitioners

+ Full or provisional prescriptive authority eligibility is required. Provider must apply for prescriptive authority as a condition of employment.

+ Master's degree in Nursing and graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program

+ Nurse Practitioner Certification issued by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or Nurse Practitioner Certification issued by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB) is required for hire and must be maintained throughout employment.

+ Unrestricted Nurse Practitioner license issued by the State Board of Nursing in the state of practice or compact privileges under the multi-state Nurse Licensure Compact agreement

+ Unrestricted medical staff membership, with appropriate practice privileges

+ Unrestricted Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) permit to prescribe all medications commonly prescribed in the course of practice.

+ Eligible to provide services reimbursable services and maintain provider status with Medicare and Medicaid.

+ Eligible to provide services with no sanctions or exclusion from either the Health and Human Services/Office of Inspectors General (HHS/OIG) or the General Services Administration's…