Advanced Practice Professional - Mercer Medical Group Urology - Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Advance Practice Professional (APP) Position

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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Position Summary:

The Advance Practice Professional (APP) is an individual with clinical/surgical urology expertise. The APP completes comprehensive patient health evaluations (including biological, social and psychological assessments) in collaboration with the appropriate clinical/faculty team. The APP assesses and coordinates the educational and psychosocial needs of the urology patient and caretakers. The APP develops and reviews the plan of care with the other members of the clinical team, participates in directing that care, and coordinates peri-operative care discharge planning (as applicable) and appropriate post hospital and ambulatory follow up.

The APP participates in the education of residents and medical/nursing students and performs diagnostic procedures and therapeutic procedures. The APP participates in all aspects of the global management of the urology patient throughout the system.

Provide healthcare services consistent with state law and the requirements of the professional licensing or certification authority and/or hospital privileges, where applicable. Such service may include but is not limited to.

Minimum Qualifications for Nurse Practitioner:

Education, Certification, and/or Licensure:

1. Graduate of a CCNE accredited nursing program with Master's Degree in Nursing.

2. National Certification by one of the recognized APRN Certification Centers.

3. Licensure; or eligibility for licensure, as a professional Registered Nurse and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in West Virginia.

4. American Heart Association BLS Certification required with additional Advanced Life Support training at the discretion of the department.

Experience:

1. Clinical/surgical urology experience preferred.

2. Eligible new graduates will be considered.

Preferred Qualifications:

Education, Certification, and/or Licensure:

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. Manages comprehensive and individualized care for urology patients and their families in the inpatient phase of hospitalization (as applicable), immediate post discharge, and in the ambulatory setting.

2. Completes daily rounds; consults and/or pre-procedure urology evaluations.

3. Completes integrated assessments.

4. Participates in peri-operative management of patient.

5. With the collaboration of urology faculty or by following established clinical Guidelines and Protocols, orders additional tests or consults as deemed appropriate.

6. Performs and communicates results of diagnostic tests following established clinical guidelines and scope of practice.

7. Consults and communicates with clinic and hospital staff regarding abnormal findings in the evaluations of patients.

8. Performs succinct comprehensive clinical evaluations and documents findings in medical record.

9. Facilitates patient discharge/follow up by coordinating appropriate services and tests prior to discharge necessary for outpatient follow-up appointments in the clinic (as applicable).

10. Performs necessary procedures following established clinical guidelines and protocols for urological and scope of practice (SOP).

11. Manages comprehensive and individualized care through the inpatient and immediate post-discharge phase of the patient's hospitalization and in the outpatient setting (as applicable).

12. Develops a comprehensive individualized plan of care for urology patients, which includes…