Advanced Practice Provider -Urology(Outpatient)

BHMG Lifespan Physician Group, Inc., d/b/a Brown Health Medical Group; Longmont (CO); On-site; USD 128,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

Brown University Health in Providence, RI is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider (APP) to join the urology outpatient team. You will deliver continuity of care to patients and families, collaborate with urologists, and serve as an educator and liaison across the care continuum.

Responsibilities include evaluating patients, ordering tests, developing treatment plans, performing procedures, and participating in on-call duties.

Qualifications

• Current Rhode Island licensure as a CRNP/PA.
• Minimum of 2 years acute or ambulatory care experience as Advanced Practice Provider.
• Urology experience preferred.
• Current DEA licensure.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Desire to learn and work in Urology.
• Interest in continuous learning and willingness to work across several Urologic subspecialties as needed.

Responsibilities

• Performs complete evaluations on patients.
• Orders and interprets appropriate lab, x-ray and special studies.
• Establishes a working diagnosis based upon acquired data.
• Develops a treatment plan for urological conditions in accordance with current urology practice and in conjunction with the urologist.
• Implements therapeutic intervention.
• Provides appropriate follow-up care.
• Exercises judgment on conditions requiring consultation, referral or evaluation by the supervising urologist or other healthcare professionals.
• As part of the care team, sees post-operative patients on behalf of assigned Urologic surgeon.
• Collaborates with supervising surgeon on patient care as needed.
• Office Duties: Sees follow-up patients and provides problem-oriented intervention for their urological conditions, assists in care, treatment and follow-up as needed.
• Performs and/or assists in office procedures, including transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) volume studies, urodynamics, cystoscopies, post-void residual (PVRs) evals, difficult catheterizations, post-op voiding trails and other necessary procedures.
• Orders and interprets lab, x-ray, special studies and clinical procedures and provides appropriate care and follow-up.
• Performs on-call duties for urology.
• Evaluates, screens and counsels patients on health maintenance and promotes utilization of community resources.
• Manages databases.
• Performs quality assurance.

Skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Ability to learn across subspecialties

Education

Rhode Island licensure as CRNP/PA

Tools

DEA licensure

Job description

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) will provide the urology patient and their family with continuity of care. The APP will act as an integral part of the outpatient care team. The practitioner will also act as an educator and a liaison to other health care providers providing care across the care continuum. This position will be a part of a Provider Pod Care Team Model and will work collaboratively with assigned Urologists in the practice.

Responsibilities

• Performs complete evaluations on patients.
• Orders and interprets appropriate lab, x-ray and special studies.
• Establishes a working diagnosis based upon acquired data.
• Develops a treatment plan for urological conditions in accordance with current urology practice and in conjunction with the urologist.
• Implements therapeutic intervention.
• Provides appropriate follow-up care.
• Exercises judgment on conditions requiring consultation, referral or evaluation by the supervising urologist or other healthcare professionals.
• As part of the care team, sees post-operative patients on behalf of assigned Urologic surgeon.
• Collaborates with supervising surgeon on patient care as needed.
• Office Duties: Sees follow-up patients and provides problem-oriented intervention for their urological conditions, assists in care, treatment and follow-up as needed.
• Performs and/or assists in office procedures, including transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) volume studies, urodynamics, cystoscopies, post-void residual (PVRs) evals, difficult catheterizations, post-op voiding trails and other necessary procedures.
• Orders and interprets lab, x-ray, special studies and clinical procedures and provides appropriate care and follow-up.
• Performs on-call duties for urology.
• Evaluates, screens and counsels patients on health maintenance and promotes utilization of community resources.
• Manages databases.
• Performs quality assurance.

Minimum Qualifications

• Current Rhode Island licensure as a Certified Registered Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner.
• Minimum of 2 years acute or ambulatory care experience as Advanced Practice Provider required.
• Urology experience preferred.
• Current DEA licensure.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Desire to learn and work in Urology.
• Interest in continuous learning and willingness to work across several Urologic subspecialties as needed.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

Exposed to surgical procedures and patient care environments. Regularly experiences mental/visual fatigue from job pressures.

Independent Action

Performs independently within the departments policies and practices. Refers specific complex problems to the supervisor when clarification of the departmental policies and procedures are required.

Supervisory Responsibility

None.

Pay Range: $127,504.00-$161,782.40

EEO Statement

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

Location: 195 Collyer Street - N/A Providence, Rhode Island 02903 Work Type: M - F 8am - 5pm Work Shift: Day Daily Hours: 8 hours Driving Required: No

As Rhode Island's largest health system and private employer, Brown University Health is the state's premier provider of health services and includes the only Level I Trauma Center for southeastern New England. Today, more than 20,000 people work at Brown University Health and bring their unique skills, experiences, and compassion to their jobs every day. Formed in 1994, Brown University Health is a not-for-profit health system based in Providence, RI comprising three teaching hospitals of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University: Rhode Island Hospital and its Hasbro Children's; The Miriam Hospital; and Bradley Hospital, the nation’s first psychiatric hospital for children; Newport Hospital, Saint Anne's Hospital and Morton Hospital, community hospitals offering a broad range of health services; Gateway Healthcare, the state’s largest provider of community behavioral health care; and Brown Health Medical Group, the largest multi-specialty practice in Rhode Island.

Brown University Health is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity of cultural background, race, gender, age, religion, identity, ability, and perspectives - we are actively committed to a diverse workforce that represents the patients and community that we serve.

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