Cardiac Surgery NP — Inpatient Care & OR Collaboration

University of California - Irvine Health; California; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

University of California - Irvine Health seeks a Nurse Practitioner PD in the Department of Surgery to manage inpatient care for cardiac surgery patients. The role involves evaluating patients, ordering studies, and developing treatment plans across ICU and hospital wards.

You will participate in rounds, hand-offs, and coordinate with surgeons, residents, and nursing staff, with RNFA privileges potentially assisting in the OR. Strong communication and confidentiality are essential.

Qualifications

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the program and UCI Health System.
• Exercise diplomacy and flexibility in interacting with physicians, nurses, administrators.
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job.
• Clear communication of medical information to a broad variety of people, in person and over the telephone.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Writing skills to prepare clear medical reports, lab data and progress notes; maintain a suitable work pace.
• Adhere to privacy, confidentiality, and security policies and procedures related to Protected Health

Responsibilities

• Provide inpatient care across all levels of acuity for cardiac surgery patients, including ICU.
• Perform inpatient consultations; evaluate patients; order and interpret diagnostic studies; develop and implement treatment plans.
• Participate in inpatient sign-out/hand-off and coordinate patient care with the cardiac surgery team.
• Coordinate patient admissions and discharges, including history, orders, discharge instructions, and medications.
• Review critical labs and diagnostics; triage calls and obtain comprehensive histories.
• Coordinate procedures and surgeries; assist in operating room with RNFA credentials when applicable.

Skills

Team collaboration

Diplomacy

Customer service

Medical communication

Written communication

Verbal communication

Documentation skills

Job description

University of California - Irvine Health seeks a Nurse Practitioner PD in the Department of Surgery to manage inpatient care for cardiac surgery patients. The role involves evaluating patients, ordering studies, and developing treatment plans across ICU and hospital wards.

You will participate in rounds, hand-offs, and coordinate with surgeons, residents, and nursing staff, with RNFA privileges potentially assisting in the OR. Strong communication and confidentiality are essential.