Advanced Practice Provider; APRN​/PA; General Neurology Consult - Inpatient

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Advanced Practice Provider (APRN/PA) - General Neurology Consult
- Inpatient 2

The Medical College of Wisconsin's Department of Neurology is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to support the General Neurology Inpatient Service located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at Froedtert Hospital.

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) works as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team who will contribute to excellence in program administration, patient care, patient safety, research, quality improvement, and teaching.

The Department of Neurology is fortunate to have several fellowship-trained Neurologists specializing in Stroke and General Neurology, who can provide state-of-the-art treatments. The clinical expertise assembled in the Department of Neurology had resulted in JCAHO certification of Froedtert Hospital as the first Primary Stroke Center in Wisconsin in 2004.

• Practice inpatient on the General Neurology and Consult service serving at Froedtert Hospital-Main Campus as the primary location.
• Support the General Neurology service by collaborating with a team of physicians, fellows, and residents to accept the transfer of patients from the Neuro ICU or alternative services, provide care for primary General neurology patients, assess new consults, follow-up on established consults, and discharge patients with complex general neurologic problems. The primary patient population includes seizure/status epilepticus, mild, moderate, and severe traumatic brain injury, acute/chronic polyneuropathies, myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis, undifferentiated encephalopathy/altered mental status, meningitis/encephalitis, primary/secondary brain mass, hydrocephalus, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and spinal cord injury.
• Practice both autonomously and with physician oversight from the General Neurology attending to provide inpatient care by managing complex neurological issues, oversee non neurological acute medical problems, discuss and develop active treatment plans, follow-up on laboratory and imaging results, prescribe multi-modal treatments including schedule II-V controlled substances (requires DEA certification), transcribe progress and transfer notes, and develop complex discharge plans including synthesis of a discharge summary, follow-up appointments, patient education, and medication reconciliation.
• Perform bedside procedures including but not limited to Lumbar Puncture.
• Facilitates and communicates with various inpatient teams, patients, patient families, and house staff to promote continuity of care across the continuum of care.
• Attend inpatient Neurology floor Care Coordination Rounds (CCRs) every afternoon in tandem with the Vascular service APP and additional care team members including the charge nurse, social work, therapies, dietician, and case management. Involvement provides a multi-disciplinary approach to determine a patient's recommended disposition, equipment needs, transportation needs, placement needs, and psychosocial needs. Additionally, the APP will share existing medical barriers to a patient's discharge and relay information discussed from the multidisciplinary care team rounds to the members of the General Neurology team.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary care team including resident physicians, physician fellows, medical students, APP students and complete comprehensive grand rounds on the General Neurology service to develop active patient care and discharge plans. Additional responsibilities include assessing new and established consult patients and completing discharges of primary patients in tandem with the resident physicians and APPs.
• Attend Neuro…