NP​/PA​/CNS Inpatient Neurosurgery

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Rotating – 12 Hour (United States of America) Looking for набор 0.9 FTE Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant or Clinical Nurse Specialist) on the inpatient neurosurgery service. The service covers 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including weekends and holidays. It is a collaborative model consisting of APPs and house staff providing care for patients with neurosurgery diagnoses in the ICU and on the floors.

Common diagnoses include CNS tumors, movement disorders, intracranial hemorrhages, and spine pathology. This position offers the opportunity to be involved in every aspect of neurosurgical care including initial diagnosis, treatment, and pre‑operative and post‑operative care.

Responsibilities include complete/comprehensive history and physical examination, ordering and interpretation of diagnostic studies, and prescribing appropriate treatments in collaboration with the attending physician. Other responsibilities include consultation with specialist physicians and other team members regarding findings/changes in patient condition and performing procedures per policy. There are many opportunities for learning including teaching on rounds, weekly conferences, monthly staff meetings, and clinical care conferences.

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) functions under this Nurse Practitioner Job Description approved by the Interdisciplinary Practice Committee (IDPC). The NP provides routine care and management of the patient with acute and chronic complaints, in collaboration with the supervising physician, and through implementation of standardized procedures. Specific functions pertaining to the Service, Clinic or Department are established by the NP and his/her supervising physician(s), and approved by the appropriate medical and nursing administrators, the IDPC, the Credentials & Privileges Committee, the Stanford Hospital and Clinics (SHC) Medical Executive Committee and the SHC Board Credentials, Policies and Procedures Committee.

LEVEL I | LEVEL II | LEVEL III
FLSA Status:
Exempt | Exempt | Exempt
Job Code: 400077 | 400169 | 400170

LEVEL I:
Entry level
LEVEL II:
Meets Career Ladder criteria for NP II
LEVEL III:
Meets Career Ladder criteria for NP III

Stanford Health Care

• Provide only those medical services which you are competent to perform, consistent with your education, training and experience, performed under physician supervision.
• Consult with a physician regarding any task, procedure or diagnostic problem that exceeds your competence or refer such cases to a collaborating physician.
• Evaluate and treat patients with acute and chronic complaints and health maintenance concerns, according to written standardized procedures.
• Obtain complete histories and perform pertinent physical exams, assess findings on new and return patients.
• Perform or request and evaluate diagnostic studies as indicated.
• Administer, order, furnish and prescribe medications, and collect specimens for routine laboratory tests and therapeutic procedures.
• Order physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, radiology examinations and nursing services.
• Perform designated procedures after demonstrating competency, according to standardized procedures.
• Obtain informed consent as indicated.
• Initiate arrangements for hospital admissions and discharges and complete appropriate paperwork.
• Enroll patients in investigational studies approved by the IRB, and order necessary tests and medications.
• Assist the supervising physician in the operating room as a RN First Assistant under the surgeon’s supervision.
• Recognize age‑specific needs of patients.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families and community members from diverse backgrounds.
• Recognize situations requiring immediate physician attention and initiate life‑saving procedures when necessary.
• Facilitate coordination of inpatient and outpatient care and services.
• Ensure…