Advanced Practice Professional-Acute Surgery RMH

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Reynolds Memorial Hospital (RMH) time type:
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The West Virginia University Health System, the state’s largest health system and largest private employer, comprises 18 hospitals throughout the state and bordering states. In addition, it includes five institutes, as well as providing management services for other local hospitals through affiliate agreements.
Whether you are caring for our patients at one of the critical access hospitals, community sites, regional or academic medical centers, we are all one WVU Health System.
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Job Description:

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* MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

**** EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:
*** Graduate of accredited physician assistant program
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* * Graduate of accredited nurse practitioner program with completion of additional RNFA course.
* West Virginia certification and/or license as required.
* ACLS certification.
** CORE

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

** The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position.  They are not intended to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties.  Other duties may be assigned.
1. Performs history and physical examinations on inpatients and outpatients in the hospital if appropriate.  Establishes a presumptive diagnosis, the general workup of the patient (by ordering appropriate laboratory studies) and be responsible under the physician’s supervision for the management of the patient’s problems following diagnosis.
2. Assists in hospital rounds.  Makes complete entries in the medical record, writes record progress notes, and records verbal orders on the order sheet, relayed from the supervising physician.  The order will be reviewed and countersigned by the supervising physician or his designated physician.  
3. Initiates appropriate laboratory, radiologic, and special examinations for tests required for the evaluation of illness.
4. Communicates with patients regarding their problems, under the instructions of the supervising physician.
5. Provides counseling and instruction to patients regarding the patient’s health related problems.
6. Prepares and dictates discharge summaries of the hospitalization of the patient if assisted with the patient’s surgery and made rounds on the patient.
7. Maintains annual CPR certification.
8. Functions as first and second assist on major and minor surgery as directed by the supervising physician in the hospital.
9. Manages medical emergencies and initiate appropriate therapy until the arrival of a physician.
10. Assists in the training of health personnel in certain diagnostic, therapeutic, and clinical techniques, as directed by the supervising physician.
11. Participates in appropriate continuing medical education programs.
12. Performs clinical procedures under the direction and/or supervision of the supervising physician.  Procedures which are permitted must be noted in the individual job description and approved by the supervising physician, the departmental directors, the medical executive committee, and the board of directors of the hospital.
13. Evaluates patients in the emergency room under supervision of the emergency/trauma center physician and informs attending physician of pertinent findings and assist in developing diagnostic and therapeutic treatment plan.
14. Rotates on-call as required for emergent surgeries and responds to trauma pages in the emergency department providing assistance as necessary.
15. Rotates on-call as required on medical or surgical service performing patient evaluation, informing attending physician of pertinent findings and assisting in developing diagnostic and therapeutic treatment plan.
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