Advanced Practice Provider – Preoperative Medicine

St. Charles Health System Inc.; Saint Charles (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Charles Health System in Missouri is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider in Preoperative Medicine to deliver comprehensive pre-surgical assessments, identify risks, and coordinate care with surgical, nursing and ancillary teams to ensure safe, efficient recovery.

The role requires medical management of acute and chronic conditions, patient education, and documentation; must hold NP or PA licensure and be able to prescribe and order tests.

Qualifications

• Approved NP or PA program and board certification.
• Active licensure and ability to prescribe in the appropriate state.
• Experience with EMR and patient care coordination.
• Commitment to safety, confidentiality, and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide preoperative medical evaluation and risk assessment.
• Coordinate care with surgical teams, nursing, and ancillary staff.
• Order tests, select treatments, and document care timely.
• Educate patients on procedures, recovery, and care plans.
• Maintain accurate records and ensure quality outcomes.
• Deliver care with professionalism and patient-centered approach.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Multi-tasking

Attention to detail

Education

Nurse Practitioner licensure

Physician Assistant licensure

Board certification required

Unrestricted licensure in practicing state

BLS certification

Tools

Epic EMR

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Advanced Practice Provider – Preoperative Medicine

Reports to: SCMG Clinical Division Director – Surgical Specialties

Department: St. Charles Health System

Date last reviewed: September 15, 2025

Our vision: Creating America’s healthiest community, together

Our mission: In the spirit of love and compassion, better health, better care, better value

Our values: Accountability, Caring and Teamwork

POSITION OVERVIEW

Provides medical care to patients that are preparing for surgery. The pre surgery evaluation is a comprehensive assessment of the patient’s overall health, identifying any potential risks and implementing any measures to minimize them. Such care includes evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and documentation of medical conditions to prevent complications and ensure timely recovery after surgery. Coordinates medical, surgical, ancillary, nursing, and other services to achieve the best and most cost-effective outcomes for patients under his/her care. Work Schedule: 10-hour days including follow-up Work location: Bend and Redmond

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES

• Clinical Duties:
  • Diagnose and treat diseases, injuries, and other disorders within Physician’s chosen specialty
  • Manage acute and chronic medical conditions.
  • Participate in patient education and promote patient wellness
  • Utilize and coordinate both on-site and referral based medical services when appropriate
  • Order or execute various tests, analyses, and diagnostic images to provide information on patient’s condition
  • Order, prescribe, and/or recommend drugs or other forms of treatment such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures
  • Document patient care in the proper form and in a timely manner
  • Promote good health and prevent illness.
  • Cooperate with other SCHS physicians and caregivers to ensure optimal patient care
• Be available to provide patient care services during scheduled workdays and manage in basket on all clinic days unless coverage is arranged.
• Behavioral Expectations:
  • Participates in creating a healing environment that supports all aspects of the care environment and the wholeness of each individual, patient and caregiver.
  • Provides and maintains a safe environment for caregivers, patients and guests.
  • Conducts all activities with the highest standards of professionalism and confidentiality.
  • Delivers first-rate customer service and/or patient care in a manner that promotes goodwill, and is timely, efficient and accurate, and courteous.
  • Complies with all applicable laws, regulations, policies, and procedures, supporting the health system’s corporate integrity efforts by acting in an ethical and appropriate manner, reporting known or suspected violations of applicable rules, and cooperating fully with all health system’s investigations and proceedings.

EDUCATION

Required:

• Successful completion of an approved Nurse Practitioner course of study and certification as appropriate to the incumbent’s license.
• Complete annual fire/safety, etc. education in-services as required.
• Attend mandatory educational offerings as described in SCHS policies/procedures and/or as required by other regulatory bodies.
• Complete annual CME as required to maintain license and appropriate Board certification.
• Complete in a timely manner assigned Computer Based Learning modules.
• Required: Unrestricted Physician Assistant and/or Nurse Practitioner licensure in the state of Oregon.
• Physician Assistant requires NCCPA certification.
• Nurse Practitioner requires AANC, NCC or AANP, AMCB certification.
• Unrestricted Federal DEA number registered in Oregon.
• Unrestricted ability to participate in Medicare / Medicaid, or other federal or state governmental health care programs.
• Valid driver’s license and the ability to meet SCHS driving requirements.
• Current BLS certification required.
• Maintain unrestricted ability to participate in Medicare / Medicaid, or other federal or state governmental health care programs.

EXPERIENCE

Preferred:

• Experience in hospital and outpatient practice environments providing care in Physician’s chosen specialty
• Epic EMR software experience

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Must be able to wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required to perform the job safely.

GENERAL

Must have excellent communication skills and ability to interact with a diverse population and professionally represent SCHS. Strong teamwork and collaborative skills. Ability to multi-task and work independently. Attention to detail. Excellent organizational skills, written and oral communication and customer service skills, particularly in dealing with stressful personal interactions. Intermediate to advanced proficiency with Electronic Medical Record systems. Intermediate in Microsoft applications (Word, Excel).

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Continually (75% or more): Use of clear and audible speaking voice and the ability to hear normal speech level.
• Frequently (50%): Sitting, standing, walking, lifting 1-10 pounds, keyboard operation.
• Occasionally (25%): Bending, climbing stairs, reaching overhead, carrying/pushing or pulling 1-10 pounds, grasping/squeezing.
• Rarely (10%): Stooping/kneeling/crouching, lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling 11-15 pounds, operation of a motor vehicle.
• Never (0%): Climbing ladder/step-stool, lifting/carrying/pushing or pulling 25-50 pounds, ability to hear whispered speech level.

Exposure to Elemental Factors

Never (0%): Heat, cold, wet/slippery area, noise, dust, vibration, chemical solution, uneven surface.

Blood-Borne Pathogen (BBP) Exposure Category

No Risk for Exposure to BBP

Schedule Weekly Hours: 40

Caregiver Type: Regular Shift: Is Exempt Position? Yes Job Family: NURSE PRACTITIONER or PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT Scheduled Days of the Week: Shift Start & End Time:

ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM OVERVIEW

St. Charles Health System is a private, nonprofit organization, dedicated to providing high-quality care and the latest in health care technology to the communities it serves. Headquartered in Bend, Ore., St. Charles is an integrated delivery system, with a strong focus on population health, that provides a full range of evidence-based health care services within a 32,000-square-mile area in Central and Eastern Oregon. The health system owns and operates a trauma level II, tertiary referral center in Bend, a trauma level III, type B rural hospital in Redmond, and trauma level IV critical access hospitals in both Prineville and Madras. As the largest employer in Central Oregon, St. Charles Health System and St. Charles Medical Group care for our communities in more than two dozen outpatient clinics and in more than 20 specialty areas of medicine.