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

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.

• Graduate of a CCNE accredited nursing program with Master’s Degree in Nursing.
• National Certification by one of the recognized APRN Certification Centers.
• Licensure; or eligibility for licensure, as a professional Registered Nurse and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in West Virginia.
• American Heart Association BLS Certification required with additional Advanced Life Support training at the discretion of the department.
• Clinical/surgical urology experience preferred. Eligible new graduates will be considered.

• Bachelor’s Degree as Physician Assistant or Master’s Degree as Physician Assistant required.
• Graduate of an ARC-PA approved Physician Assistant (PA) training program required.
• Certification by the National Commission for Certification of Physician Assistants required.
• Must be licensed or eligible for licensure by the WV Board of Medicine or WV Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
• American Heart Association BLS Certification required with additional Advanced Life Support training at the discretion of the department.

• Master’s level degree as Physician Assistant preferred.

• 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.
• Completes daily rounds; consults and/or pre‑procedure urology evaluations.
• Completes integrated assessments.
• Participates in peri‑operative management of patient.
• With the collaboration of urology faculty or by following established clinical Guidelines and Protocols, orders additional tests or consults as deemed appropriate.
• Performs and communicates results of diagnostic tests following established clinical guidelines and scope of practice.
• Consults and communicates with clinic and hospital staff regarding abnormal findings in the evaluations of patients.
• Performs succinct comprehensive clinical evaluations and documents findings in medical record.
• 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).
• Performs necessary procedures following established clinical guidelines and protocols for urological and scope of practice (SOP).
• 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).
• Develops a comprehensive individualized plan of care for urology patients, which includes teaching, discharge planning/follow‑up and necessary referral to other members of the health care team as necessary.
• Participates in physician rounds and consultations (as applicable).
• Identifies unstable or complex urology patient care situations and facilitates appropriate intervention in the clinic and/or hospital setting.
• Facilitates patient discharge and/or postoperative care by coordinating appropriate services and tests prior to scheduled outpatient follow‑up appointments (as applicable).
• While in the clinic setting, assists in the collection of outcome measures (as applicable).
• Recogn…