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General Surgery and Trauma Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Job Description
Position Status: Full time
Shift: First Shift (Days - Less than 12 hours per shift)
Location: United States of America
Hours per week: 40
Job Information
The General Surgery and Trauma Advanced Practice Provider (APP) provides advanced patient care in the acute care setting, operating room, and clinic based on educational preparation and/or certification in the practitioner role to a specific patient population. Care goals include promotion of healing, and prevention of illness and recidivism. The APP assumes the management of patients, functioning in both an independent and collaborative role with the physician, case manager, and other members of the health care team. The APP performs select procedures, designs individualized treatment plans, evaluates outcomes, and modifies the treatment plan as needed in accordance with established management protocols and regulating bodies. The APP facilitates the transition of patients between service units and provides/coordinates complex patient and family teaching.
Work Environment
The delivery of professional nursing care at Stormont-Vail Health is guided by Jean Watsons Theory of Human Caring and the theory of Shared governance, both of which are congruent with the mission, vision, and values of the organization.
Education and Qualifications
- Must be a graduate of an accredited PA/APRN program.
- Meets educational preparation or other qualifications within specified time frames as determined/outlined by specific department policy.
- Surgical first assist experience.
- Preferred experience with general surgery or trauma patient population.
- Preferred skills and abilities include:
• Registered Nurse competencies as designated by Federal and State organizations and as outlined in SVH policy.
• Demonstrates and maintains expertise in the performance of selected procedures as specified by management protocols.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Exhibits professionalism by assisting with research, educating others, and leadership in practice.
Licenses and Certifications
- Registered Nurse - KSBN
- Must have valid APRN licensure.
- Be certified as a nurse practitioner by a recognized national certifying body that has established standards for nurse practitioners.
- Required or additional certification may be required in certain patient care settings or populations.
Job Responsibilities
Work closely with surgeons in providing patient care across the continuum (clinic, inpatient, operating room, emergency/trauma bay) by performing consultation, evaluation, and provisional management of the patient with general surgery needs or traumatic injuries.
Design and evaluate individualized treatment plans, collaborate with the consulting/ancillary services, and coordinate care including admission, transfers, and discharges. Consult with members of the health care team for emergency problems to expedite resolution/disposition.
Participate in hospital rounds, trauma service rounds, review and interpret laboratory/radiologic studies and vital signs. Analyze data to identify health/illness problems, the human responses to actual or potential health/illness problems, variations from the norm in diagnosis, emergent problems, and complications. Intervene as appropriate in collaboration with the general surgery and trauma service teams.
Assist with surgical procedures in the operating room and other designated locations. Tasks include assisting in providing exposure by retraction or suctioning, handling tissue, providing hemostasis, suturing, and using instruments to include laparoscopic camera operation.
Provide documentation of services provided in compliance with established medical records, medical staff, and billings procedures. This may include history and physical, consultation, progress notes, discharge summaries, or other necessary documentation.
Exercise initiative, problem solving, decision making. Demonstrate a dedication to lifelong learning and personal growth in knowledge and medical skills.
Remote Work Capability
- On-Site
- No Remote
- No Supervisory Responsibility
- No Budget Responsibility
Physical Demands
- Balancing: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
- Carrying: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
- Climbing (Stairs): Rarely less than 1 hour
- Crawling: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Crouching: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination: Frequently 3-5 Hours
- Feeling: Frequently 3-5 Hours
- Grasping (Fine Motor): Frequently 3-5 Hours
- Grasping (Gross Hand): Frequently 3-5 Hours
- Handling: Frequently 3-5 Hours
- Hearing: Frequently 3-5 Hours
- Kneeling: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
- Lifting: Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 50 lbs
- Operate Foot Controls: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Pulling: Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 50 lbs
- Pushing: Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 50 lbs
- Reaching (Forward): Frequently 3-5 Hours up to 50 lbs
- Reaching (Overhead): Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 50 lbs
- Repetitive Motions: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
- Sitting: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
- Standing: Frequently 3-5 Hours
- Stooping: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
- Talking: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
- Walking: Frequently 3-5 Hours
Work Environment Hazards
- Burn: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Chemical: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Combative Patients: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
- Dusts: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Electrical: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Explosive: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Extreme Temperatures: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Infectious Diseases: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
- Mechanical: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Needle Stick: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
- Noise/Sounds: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
- Other Atmospheric Conditions: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Poor Ventilation, Fumes and/or Gases: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Radiant Energy: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Risk of Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
- Risk of Exposure to Hazardous Drugs: Occasionally 1-3 Hours
- Hazards (other): Rarely less than 1 hour
- Vibration: Rarely less than 1 hour
- Wet and/or Humid: Rarely less than 1 hour
Equal Opportunity Employer
Stormont Vail is an equal opportunity employer and adheres to the philosophy and practice of providing equal opportunities for all employees and prospective employees, without regard to the following classifications: race, color, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, uniformed service, disability or genetic information. This applies to all aspects of employment practices including hiring, firing, pay, benefits, promotions, lateral movements, job training, and any other terms or conditions of employment. Retaliation is prohibited against any person who files a claim of discrimination, participates in a discrimination investigation, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment act based upon the above classifications.