PS Nurse Practitioner

PS Nurse Practitioner

The Advanced Practice Clinician (physician assistant/nurse practitioner) role in the Division of Transplant Surgery provides care to patients at the University of Utah Hospital. Individual will provide care for kidney, pancreas and liver transplant recipients, general surgery patients and will also participate in inpatient pre-liver transplant evaluations. This is an inpatient APC role. The Transplant Surgery service currently consists of 4 Attending Surgeons, 7 inpatient APCs and 2 outpatient APCs.

As a patient-focused organization, the University of Utah Health Sciences exists to enhance the health and well-being of people through patient care, research and education. Success in this mission requires a culture of collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. The Health Sciences Center seeks faculty and staff who are committed to the values of compassion, collaboration, innovation, responsibility, integrity, quality and trust that are integral to our mission.

This position is considered Category I:
Mandatory and required on-campus or health care facilities to support on-site operations. Employees hired into this category will be required to be physically located at the work site if they are healthy and without COVID-19 symptoms.

• 14 shifts per month (12 hour shifts), including holidays, nights and weekends.
• Multidisciplinary inpatient rounding, pre and postoperative care, and hospital discharges.
• Assist in the operating room as needed—for kidney, pancreas, liver transplant, laparoscopic/robotic hernia repairs, liver resections, peritoneal dialysis catheter insertions/removals, nephrectomies (current estimated need is 1-3 days a month).
• Develops treatment plans in conjunction with attending physicians to provide optimal patient management.
• Maintains all required documentation for patient care.
• Orders consultations and interacts with members of other specialty medical teams.
• Cover consultations from the emergency department or other hospital services.
• Respond to outpatient messages and telephone calls.
• Participate in continuing medical education to include specialty and sub-specialty meetings, clubs, boards and conferences.
• Assist in the collection for research projects.
• Participate in special projects and committee functions including Division meetings and education conferences.
• Participates in and presents Morbidity and Mortality presentations.
• Participates in kidney and liver transplant selection committees.

• Licensure to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in the State of Utah.

• Certification in ACLS, BLS, NRP or ATLS may be required by your department or by privileging criteria.
• Utah State prescriptive privileges.
• Licensure is obtained by completing a Master's degree in Nursing or equivalency (the only equivalency to the Master's degree is current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner) and a National Certification that requires the successful completion of a nationally accredited examination.
• UHPPM 1-56 requires that newly hired non-physician providers apply for credentialing and privileging at the time of hire.
• This position is patient-sensitive and must fulfill all associated requirements. We protect our patients, coworkers and community by requiring all patient-sensitive employees to be immunized according to CDC standards and hospital policy. Limited exemptions may be made for documented medical contraindications or religious beliefs that object to vaccinations.

Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.

This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.