Physician Assistant​/Anesthesiology​/Connecticut​/Locum Tenens​/Pre-Admission Testing NP​/PA

Position: Physician Assistant / Anesthesiology / Connecticut / Locum Tenens / Pre-Admission Testing NP/ PA

Description

Advanced Practice Practitioner Pre-Admission Testing ? Pilot Program and Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Program Navigator in Danbury, CT (Fairfield County, 70 miles from NYC)

Western Connecticut Medical Group is seeking a full-time Advanced Practice Practitioner (APP) APRN/PA for the Pre-Admission Testing and Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Programs to join our established and busy employed practice at Danbury Hospital in Danbury, Connecticut, (Fairfield County). We are located about 70 miles northeast of New York City and near the border of Westchester and Putnam Counties in NY.

This is a newly created position for a growing department to work with about 30 physicians in the Anesthesia department and 2 APRNs. We offer a highly competitive compensation and benefits package, including allowances for CMEs and Dues expenses.
The ideal candidate will be a board-certified Advanced Practice Practitioner (APRN/PA) with at least two years? experience in either primary care/internal medicine, pain management or surgery. The position is Monday-Friday. No weekends, no holidays, or call.

Job Summary:

Provides medical care for patients and determines risk stratification pre-operatively in the pre-admission testing setting. The APP provides preoperative evaluation and management to patients. The APP Coordinates the clinical and administrative activities related to the office to ensure the delivery of quality and cost-effective patient care. The Advanced Practice Practitioner reports to the Clinical Director of the Pre-Admission Testing/Gibson Perioperative Surgical Home and Anesthesia Pain Service.

(GPS/PAT/APS). This position will evolve with the growth of the Pre-admission Testing/Gibson Perioperative Home and Evaluation & Management/Pilot program. In addition the Advanced Practice Practitioner will serve as the subject matter expert on the established ERAS principles and practices, educating all relevant stakeholders and direct patient care providers in the elements and benefits of ERAS principles and practices. This position works with all relevant stakeholders and direct patient care providers to create highly reliable systems to ensure all patients in the population of interest receive the elements of ERAS.

This position involves providing direct patient care throughout the perioperative process.

The Advanced Practice Practitioner evaluates all patients, prescribes any preoperative and postoperative medications. The Advanced Practice Practitioner develops and implements pain plans for patients with chronic pain pre-operatively. Refers complex pain management patients to the appropriate provider in the GPS/PAT or APS for post-operative pain management. The Advanced Practice Practitioner performs preoperative evaluations and determines risk stratification and optimization status of all patients.

Provides education to patients, staff and other healthcare providers. Performs audits, creates measurement systems to determine and ensure that ERAS elements are being completed in the patient population of interest, and tracks data to determine the success of the ERAS program.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with all professionals in the hospital to implement standards of care for the Evaluation & Management/Pilot and ERAS programs.
• Assists the Clinical Director of the GPS Perioperative Surgical Home, the Chair of Anesthesia, and other Chairs, in implementing and managing the activities of the Evaluation & Management/Pilot and ERAS Programs.
• Functions as a member of the interdisciplinary team to assess, secure, and coordinate appropriate services through the continuum of care (preop, intraop, postop)
• Supports the timely scheduling of appointments, diagnostic testing, and procedures
• Performs Pre-operative evaluations and determines risk stratification and optimization of pre-operative patients.
• Review current Lab/EKG/Pre-operative assessments and consult notes to ensure the patients are medically optimized prior to surgery.
• Evaluate all ERAS and Pilot E & M patients
• Educates patients about their surgery, prescribed treatment, possible side effects of treatment and how to manage them.
• Ensures that accessibility to all relevant health information is provided to patients and/or caregivers

. Empowers patients, families, and caregivers to assume as much responsibility for their care as possible, within the constraints of age, illness, and other factors.

• Assists the Director in coordination of continuing education and participates in Departmental Meetings as well as ERAS and Pilot program meetings.
• Educates the clinical staff as needs are identified by the Director and Chairman.
• Fulfills all compliance responsibilities related to the position.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:

• This position requires a minimum formal education of Master?s degree, Board certified as an APRN/PA, BLS/ACLS certified, CT Controlled Substances registration, Federal DEA Registration and NPI number.

• • At least two years? experience as an Advanced…