Nurse Practitioner , Surgery

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The position of Nurse Practitioner 2 in the Department of Surgery requires a highly competent, independent yet team-oriented individual who will be immersed in the management and coordination of all inpatient care of surgical patients, primarily located at our new hospital in Irvine, California. The surgical patients will include general surgery and specialty surgical services on all levels of care, including the intensive care unit.

Inpatient surgical services include colorectal surgery, ENT, general surgery, gynecology, hand surgery, minimally invasive surgery, plastic surgery, surgical oncology, thoracic, urology, vascular. Duties include consults and inpatient care and management, evaluating care, ordering diagnostics and creating a treatment plan, participating with inpatient sign-out/hand-off at the beginning and end of shift, rounding and communicating with the surgery teams, residents, attending physicians.

The nurse practitioner will be responsible for surgical consultations on potential surgical patients and will be involved in resuscitations of surgical patients from the ED and ICU. Responsibilities include coordination of procedures (including scheduling operations and other procedures) and follow-up, admit and discharge patients (including admission H&P, orders, discharge summary, instructions, and medications) when appropriate. The nurse practitioner will triage phone calls from patients and nurses, review critical labs, follow up results, obtain comprehensive medical histories, perform initial and daily physical examinations and assessments, and explore patient’s health needs in a trauma-informed manner.

The nurse practitioner will identify, treat, and manage hospitalized patients. The nurse practitioner should demonstrate an advanced level of medical knowledge, clinical/technical competence, sound clinical judgment, professional communication skills, timely and compliant documentation, and is responsible for professional development and competency validation. The nurse practitioner will participate in the comprehensive care of patients in the inpatient settings and provide multidisciplinary care coordination, treatment, education, monitoring, and communication with patients and referring physicians.

In addition, Nurse Practitioners with RNFA credentials may assist in the operating room, collaborating closely with surgeons and the surgical team to ensure high-quality patient care throughout surgical procedures.

Functions as appropriate to their “scope of practice” (In general, the “scope of practice” includes the management of chronic stable medical conditions, routine care, acute or critical care, and medical and surgical procedures per their approved standardized procedure). Familiarity with statute for their licenses is necessary. Approved privileges are unique to each person and are unlikely to include all privileges. The NP professional may provide patient care in age groups based on educational preparation and at all Health licensed settings and affiliates.

The NP has responsibility for the standards of care for their specified patient population and evidences self-direction and accountability both to quality of care and in the development of their role within all Health locations and affiliates. Advanced Practice Practitioners (APP) are required to be credentialed to practice and be privileged through Medical Staff to function in their clinical role.

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