Surgery - Advance Practice Clinician - Lansdale Hospital

Job Details

Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

• Attend morning sign-out with the residents and attendings as part of the surgery team.
• Manage surgery patients including documentation: history and physicals, order placement, brief operative notes, progress notes, discharge summaries.
• Prescribe medications, including narcotics, under Federal & State prescribing laws.
• Perform surgery consults and evaluations in the Emergency Room.
• Attend unit-based safety briefings when indicated.
• Provide preadmission testing communication with elective surgery patients.
• Collaborate with preadmission testing nurses regarding elective surgery patients.
• Collaborate with nurses and ancillary staff from various areas within the hospital.
• Provide OR first assistant coverage, including skills for open, laparoscopic, and robotic procedures.
• Carry hospital-issued phone and address issues, perform consults.
• Work with the resident team to cover the needs of the surgery service line.
• Round on patient, write progress notes, evaluate laboratory and imaging data.
• Perform suturing, drain removal, abscess drainage, wound care, skin biopsy, and minor procedures.
• Attend monthly/quarterly programmatic meetings in-person or via Zoom.
• Staggered work schedule with coverage until 10pm Monday-Friday.
• Saturday and Sunday full coverage, on average one weekend per month.
• Holiday full coverage, shared among the APC team (New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day).
• Coverage at Jefferson Lansdale Hospital for patient care and preadmission testing communication.
• Ensure strong communication among team including APCs, physicians, floor nursing staff, OR staff, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Efficient use and navigation of the electronic medical record “EPIC”.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and triage duties and patient care.
• Possess strong communication skills.
• Be flexible and adaptable to change.
• Maintain professional appearance and follow code of conduct as per hospital guidelines.
• Complete mandatory education yearly.
• Maintain professional licensures and certifications.

• Master’s Degree.
• National Board Certification as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.
• BLS certification.

Rotating (United States of America)

Regular

100 Medical Campus Drive, Lansdale, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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