Nurse Practitioner​/Physician Assistant, Surgery Kidney

Category: Advanced Practice
Job Type: Full time
Shift: Day - 08 Hour
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Req: P
Employee Group: Exempt
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Remote Eligible: No
Department: MG Surgery Kidney
Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

40

At Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, we know world-renowned care begins with world-class caring. That's why we combine advanced technologies and breakthrough discoveries with family-centered care. It's why we provide our caregivers with continuing education and state-of-the-art facilities, like the newly remodeled Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. And it's why we need caring, committed people on our team - like you.

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Job : P

This is a Fixed Term position

The APP is responsible for management of outpatient kidney transplant patients with the multidisciplinary team. Provides direct patient care, evaluation and medical management, development of assessment and plans for patients in outpatient kidney transplant clinic. Completes the documentation and serves as the primary provider for patients seen via telemedicine, in person clinic, and outreach clinics. Receives phone calls from patients and patient families and triages and escalates patient care alongside the physician staff.

Participates in discharge planning and care coordination for transition of patient from inpatient to outpatient care. Completes lab review, medication management, immunosuppression management, and medical assessment of outpatient kidney transplant patients in person or over the phone. The APP is responsible for continuity of care and interfacing with other service lines for consultation when appropriate.

The APP is responsible for assisting in transition of care from outpatient to inpatient hospital admissions for kidney transplant patients and working with the inpatient Transplant Nephrology team to transition patient care from inpatient to outpatient. The APP works with other members of the multidisciplinary team including Physicians, Fellow, Residents, Social Work, Case Management, Nursing Staff, Pharmacy, Dietician, and other service line providers.

Assists with transition of care from inpatient to outpatient provider teams at time of discharge.

The APP is expected to participate in patient care conferences, pathology conferences, radiology conferences, and departmental education as well as selection meetings. Works collaboratively with other APPs on kidney transplant service to provide patient care coverage. Actively communicates with other APPs on the kidney transplant service, attending staff, support staff and resident/fellow staff. Provides education regarding kidney transplantation to nursing staff, students, residents.

This paragraph summarizes the general nature, level and purpose of the job.

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) positions are part of a collaborative team consisting of Attending Physicians, Fellows, and a team of advanced practice providers both NPs and PAs. The APP team is highly respected, we are seen as the go to team for the attendings. We actively participate in the education of fellows and visiting residents. Responsibilities for this role include: receiving sign-out from overnight team.

Pre-rounding on assigned patients, developing a plan of care for the day for that patient, present patients on rounds, write a daily note, you will be responsible for implementing the plan agreed upon on during rounds and responding to any issues raised by the nurses during the course of the day. The advanced practice provider is credentialed to perform the following procedures: intubation, central line placement, arterial line placement, chest tube insertion, PD…