Advanced Practice Professional | Neurosurgery | Thomas Memorial Hospital | Inpatient and Outpat

Advanced Practice Professional | Neurosurgery | Thomas Memorial Hospital | Inpatient and Outpatient | APRN or PA-C

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Position Description

Job Title & Code: Advanced Practice Professionals – Neurosurgery with OR First Assist, Ambulatory – Thomas Memorial Hospital Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Department: Department of Neurosurgery

Reports To: Administrator, Faculty Supervisor/Department Director, Chairman of Neurosurgery

FLSA Status: Exempt

Position Summary: The Advanced Practice Professional (APP) has coordination and clinical skills required for the comprehensive management of neurosurgery patients, including biological, social, and psychological assessments. The primary responsibility is operative first assist and inpatient management duties as operative schedules allow, with comprehensive management in the outpatient/ambulatory setting. The APP coordinates involvement of medical specialty teams, reviews the plan of care, performs diagnostic/therapeutic procedures, and coordinates disposition planning and outpatient follow up care.

The APP participates in the education of residents and medical/nursing students.

• 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.
• Department Specific: APRN privileged as First Assist with RNFA certification.
• American Heart Association BLS Certification required with additional Advanced Life Support training at the discretion of the department.

• Neurosurgery or acute care experience.
• Eligible new graduates will be considered.

• AGACNP or FNP preferred.

• 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 neurosurgery patients and their families in the procedural and inpatient phase of hospitalization and in the ambulatory setting.
• Completes pre‑procedural/surgical evaluations. Serves in the perioperative arena including OR First Assist in the operating suite.
• Completes integrated assessments for perioperative patients and assists with inpatient management as OR schedules allow.
• With the collaboration of neurosurgery 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 patients’ presurgical, intraoperative and…