Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA): General Surgery II

ccf; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Cleveland Clinic Indian River's General Surgery team as an Advanced Practice Provider (PA/NP) in inpatient surgery. You will round on inpatient consults, manage admissions and discharges, and assist in the operating room as part of a collaborative surgical team.

The role emphasizes developing comprehensive care plans and working with surgeons to deliver high-quality patient care across shifts, including nights and on-call rotations.

Qualifications

• Inpatient general surgery experience or strong interest in inpatient surgical care.
• Ability to work with a multidisciplinary team and collaborating physicians.
• Proficiency in performing comprehensive histories and physical exams and developing care plans.

Responsibilities

• Rounding on inpatient consults and post-operative follow-ups.
• Managing patient admissions and discharges.
• First assisting in the operating room.
• Developing and implementing comprehensive care plans.

Education

NP/PA licensure

Job description

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Job Title

Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA): General Surgery II

Location

Vero Beach

Facility

Indian River Hospital

Department

General Surgery Practice-Indian River Hospital

Job Code

001128

Shift

Variable

Schedule

7:00am-5:00pm

Job Details

Join Our General Surgery Team at Cleveland Clinic Indian River

Position: Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner - Inpatient General Surgery

Cleveland Clinic Indian River is seeking a highly motivated and compassionate Advanced Practice Provider (APP)-either a Physician Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP)-to join our Inpatient General Surgery team.

In this collaborative role, the APP will work closely with our General Surgeons to deliver exceptional care to surgical patients.

Key responsibilities include:

• Rounding on inpatient consults and post-operative follow-ups
• Managing patient admissions and discharges
• Developing and implementing comprehensive care plans
• First assisting in the operating room

Schedule:

• M-F
• Nights, Weekend and holiday on-call rotations shared among team members

APRN: Nationally certified licensed healthcare provider who provides primary and/or specialty nursing and/or medical care in a variety of healthcare settings. Functions in collaboration with a physician according to an APRN protocol and specialty certification. Practice emphasizes health promotion, disease prevention and the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic health problems.

PA: Nationally certified licensed healthcare provider who provides primary and/or specialty medical care (the practice of medicine) in a variety of healthcare settings. Functions within the collaboration agreement of a Physician, as per regulatory requirements. Performs complete histories and physicals on patients of all ages to establish and record patient's current health status and to develop a working diagnosis and treatment plan to provide continuing medical care, including daily examinations, writing orders, chart notes, discharging patients and completing discharge summaries. This medical care may be in a variety of clinical settings. PAs in the Hospital care role provide outpatient and/or hospital based care to patients (more than 50% of their time) with complex, acute, and chronic health conditions. Outpatient/Hospital care PAs practice in a setting that requires the performance of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions to manage acute and chronic health problems.

Must have the ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities:

Conducts thorough medical histories, performs complete physical examinations (where indicated), initiates appropriate lab, radiology tests or other special tests required for evaluation of illness, and scrutinizes lab data on new and former clinic patients and hospital admissions to establish a record of the patient's current health status and to develop a working diagnosis and treatment plan.
Must be able to work with collaborating physician.
Performs and interprets, at least to the point of recognizing deviations from normal, common laboratory, radiologic, cardiographic and other routine diagnostic procedures used to identify pathophysiologic processes as privileged by CCF Credentialing Board.
Performs routine procedures such as injections, immunizations, suturing and wound care, managing simple conditions produced by infection or trauma, assisting in the management of more complex illness and injury which may include assisting surgeons in conducting operations and taking initiative in performing evaluation and therapeutic procedures in response to life- threatening situations, as privileged by CCF Credentialing Board.
May prescribe and monitor medications as allowed by prescriptive authority through applicable state Board of Nursing/Medicine and CCF policy.
Performs specialized procedures, including bone marrow aspirations, biopsies and harvest, blood draws, designated IV starts, spinal taps, thoracentesis and paracentesis as well as other specific procedures as directed by the physician, following approval by CCF Credentialing Board.
Provides information and answers routine questions of patients regarding their disease, including preventive health maintenance topics such as diet, weight, smoking and topics related to medical specialty, with basic recommendations.
Educates patients regarding their disease, treatments, related drug and treatment side effects and hazards.
Participates in medical team rounds; collaborates with nursing, medical and other healthcare team members regularly to ensure quality patient care
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