Advanced Practice Provider - Surgery

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A Brief Overview
The Advanced Practice Provider is responsible f or providing quality care for patients and increasing patient access and satisfaction. Standard tasks to be performed by a NP/PA as specified by the Ohio State Board of Medicine and UH entity specific Medical Bylaws:

What you will do

Seeking a full-time Advanced Practice Provider (APRN or PA) to work in collaboration with general surgeons at UH Lake West Medical Center to support the elective general surgery service. The schedule is Monday thru Friday (8 hours/day) from 7a-330p. Role to include admitting, consulting, and rounding on general surgery patients with a focus on facilitating discharges. Opportunity for independent outpatient post-op clinic. Prior surgical APP experience is preferred but will consider new graduates.

* Initiates and maintains positive relationships w/pts/customers (10%)

* Initiates and maintains positive relationships w/co-workers (10%)

* Takes responsibility for self-development and supports a learning environment (10%)

* Displays commitment to the mission of the hospital and its values (10%)

* Performs patient assessment and assigns diagnosis based on recorded assessment data and current scientific and current research (20%)

* Establishes plan of care and implements interventions in accordance w/carepaths, protocols, and standards of care and current research (15%)

* Collaborates w/other health care providers in an interdisciplinary approach to provide care to the patient and family (5%)

* Contributes to the educational development of staff, patients, family and self (5%)

* Demonstrates progressive leadership and effective management (5%)

* Provides education through role modeling and in-services to meet identified learning needs and to promote professionalism (5%)

* Advances own professional development through self-directed learning, continuing education and participation in peer review (5%)