NP/PA - Vascular Surgery

Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Description:

TRINITY HEALTH ANN ARBOR HOSPITAL

POSITION PURPOSE

The Vascular Surgery NP/PA Surgery provides health care services under the direction of collaborating surgeons in the Department of Surgery under the direction of the Advanced Practice Professional team (APP). Under the direction of the surgeon and the Director of APPs, the NP/PA is responsible for coordinating the health care plan for the assigned patient population by collaborating with consulting physicians and health care professionals. The NP/PA carries out physician orders and maintains the continuum of care through the coordination and integration of all phases of patient care, guided by progress notes, consults, care plans, critical pathways, managed care guidelines, best practice protocols, evidenced based care, and the utilization review processes. In partnership with the supervising physician, the NP/PA evaluates care based on quality and core measures, access and cost effectiveness. The NP/PA contributes to excellence in patient care by focusing on age specific, developmental and spiritual needs and serving as a role model in patient care, consulting, teaching, and leadership.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical care for Vascular Surgery patients:

• Formulate and implement medical plans of care for acute management of all Surgery (inpatient, emergency department, and consult) patients with collaborating physicians.
• Assist with evaluation and triage of emergency room patients.
• Provide direct clinical services for surgical patients according to established protocols, using evidence-based practice and clinical practice standards, under the supervision of the collaborating physicians.
• Patient work-up, including history and physical examination with ordering of appropriate laboratory tests, x-ray studies and other diagnostic studies as indicated.
• Completion of daily hospital work rounds including pre and post operations and charting of progress notes as required or as assigned.
• Completion of discharge summaries, chart rounds, staffing conference summaries and consults as directed by service needs.
• Participation in the care of off-service patients as indicated by supervising physician request.
• Order appropriate diagnostic and laboratory data under the direction of the supervising physician and communicate results to physicians and other health care providers.
• Assess changes in patient status and institutes routine and emergency interventions to stabilize patients under the direction of the supervising physician and APP team.
• Document plan of care and patient progress in medical records and narrative summaries.
• Evaluate and document patient outcomes and revises the plan under the direction of collaborating physicians in association with other specialty consultants.
• Help facilitate discharge planning along with patients, families, other members of the health care team and referral agencies.

Collaborative role with other disciplines:

• Act as the daily central liaison to all health care team members for patient care concerns
• Coordinate speech, physical and occupational therapies
• Participate in patient care conferences and peer quality review with collaborating physician, consulting medical teams, and other health care disciplines

Education Focus:

• Explain the purpose, preparation and potential effects of the procedure to patient and families
• Provide pre-operative teaching and discharge planning to patients and families.
• Design, instruct, and review information and programs pertinent to the inpatient and outpatient surgical population.
• Participate on hospital, nursing and medical committees as designated.
• Serve as a hospital resource to staff, patients, and families.
• Develop and implement a personal continuing education program to maintain current knowledge of surgical care and associated medical concerns.
• Maintain good rapport and cooperative relationships.
• Approach conflict in a constructive manner.
• Help to identify problems, offer solutions, and participate in their resolution.
• Maintain the confidentiality of information acquired pertaining to patients, physicians, employees and visitors to Trinity Health Ann Arbor.
• Discuss patient and hospital information only among appropriate personnel appropriately private places.
• Follow all HIPAA policies and procedures.
• Behave in accordance with the Mission, Vision, and Values of the Trinity Health System.
• Adhere to Trinity Health "Performance Standards - Focus on Others."
• Assume responsibility for performance of job duties in the safest possible manner, to assure personal safety and that of coworkers, patients and families.
• Report all preventable hazards and unsafe practices including near misses and actual errors either to management or using the Trinity Health anonymous reporting system (MIDAS).

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE

NP Education:

Master's Degree in clinical nursing from an accredited Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program with emphasis on area of certification/licensure.

NP Licensure:

Current certification by a nationally accredited professional nursing organization such as American Credentialing Center (ANCC) or American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). Successfully pass the certification exam from accredited certifying organization approved by the Michigan Board of Nursing relative to the CNP's designated specialty. Acceptable certifications: Acute Care Adult Gerontology Acute Care and Adult NP. Alternate certifications prior to January 2019 may be accepted or approved if currently practicing at a Trinity Health facility or if there is adequate clinical experience in subspecialty area.

PA Education:

Requires graduation from an ARC-PA accredited PA program.

PA Licensure:

Current License/Certification as Physician Assistant with the State of Michigan.

Experience:

Surgical experience preferred, but we are willing to train the right candidate.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Interpersonal skills necessary to initiate and maintain collegial relationships with coworkers and therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Analytic skills necessary to perform principal duties and responsibilities of job description.
• Ability to concentrate and pay close attention to detail for up to eighty percent of work time when planning and performing professional nursing care.
• Ability to walk and stand continuously for 50% of time, ability to sit for 50% of time.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.