Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA): General Urology I

ccf; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleveland Clinic Health System in Vero Beach seeks a PA-C or Family NP to join our Urology Practice team, delivering compassionate adult patient care in general urology.

The role requires APRN/PA licensure, completion of an accredited program (MSN or PA studies), and offers a weekday schedule with no weekends or on-call, focusing on clinical excellence and teamwork.

Qualifications

• APRN: MSN or higher nursing degree required upon hire or within 3 years for external hires.
• PA: Graduate of an ARC-approved Physician Assistant Program.
• Master's degree in Physician Assistant Studies and/or state license for practice.

Responsibilities

• Conducts thorough medical histories and exams to establish patient health status and treatment plans.
• Collaborates with physicians and medical team to ensure quality patient care.
• Performs routine procedures and assists in more complex cases as needed by the urology team.
• Provides patient education on disease, treatments, and preventive health.

Education

MSN or higher nursing degree

APRN program

ARC-approved PA program

Job description

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives - beginning with our own. That s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

Job Title

Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA): General Urology I

Location

Vero Beach

Facility

Indian River Hospital

Department

Urology Practice Dr Tardiff-Indian River Hospital

Job Code

001134

Shift

Days

Schedule

7:00am-5:00pm

Job Details

APRN PA I General Urology, Indian River

Family/ Adult/ Acute Care Certified

Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm

NO weekends, evenings, on-call.

The Cleveland Clinic Indian River Urology Department has an exciting opportunity for a PA-C or Family Nurse Practitioner to join our team of extremely supportive caregivers, serving the adult population with our outstanding urological teams.

Experience APRN PA Preferred although newly licensed considered, especially with surgical or urological experience or clinical rotations.

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
• Refers patients to specialists as appropriate for consultation or for specialized health resources and treatment.
• Ensures continuity of care by serving as a liaison between patient and other members of the multi-disciplinary care team or with other specialty areas as necessary.
• Performs research follow-up studies.
• Assists in data analysis.
• Participates in quality monitoring thru the review of records and treatment plans for patient outcomes on a periodic basis to assure quality care.
• Facilitates appropriate length of stay, discharge planning and compliance with regulatory standards for inpatient management.
• May serve as clinical preceptor for PA/APRN students and other health professionals.
• May serve as Faculty for onboarding new employees.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education

• APRN: EDUCATION : Effective 05/01/2014: MSN or higher graduate degree in nursing required upon hire or within 3 years of hire for external hires and internal hires moving from a non-APRN licensed role to an APRN licensed role. Graduate of an accredited ARPN graduate program.
• PA EDUCATION: Graduate of an A.R.C.-approved Physician Assistant Program.
• Master's degree in Physician Assistant Studies and/or applicable state license through the State Medical Board for certificate to practice.

Certifications

• APRN: Currently licensed as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in applicable state. RN licensure required only if mandated by applicable state.
• National certificatio