Nurse Practitioner - Neurosurgery

Summary

The Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant is responsible for providing quality care to patients while under the supervision of a licensed physician.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

These duties and responsibilities described below represent the general tasks performed on a daily basis; other tasks may be assigned.

• Practice medicine within the scope of license, training, and credentialing

• Practice medicine in accordance with the current standards of care

• Practice medicine in accordance with the quality criteria adopted by the Medical Staff Bylaws

• Promote a safety-conscious workplace

• Evaluate and follow up with patients

• Complete patient charting and all required paperwork in a timely manner

• Participate in the development and/or review of office policies and support the Practice Manager in their duties

• Demonstrate the ability to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individual patient care appropriate to the age of the patients served by demonstrating a strong working knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span

• Communicate appropriately with the person served, regardless of age

• Attend required hospital-wide orientations, meetings, and in-services

• Demonstrate a commitment to flexible work scheduling when necessary to ensure patient care 

Qualifications: Toperformthisjobsuccessfully,anindividual mustbeabletoperform eachessentialduty satisfactorily. Therequirementslistedbelowarerepresentativeoftheknowledge,skill,and/orability. 

Reasonable accommodations may bemade toenable individualswith disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

EducationandExperience 

Minimum Required Education: Graduation froman accredited Physician's Assisting programwith successful completion of theNationalCertifying Examination administered by theNational Commission ofPhysician Assistants (NCCPA) or graduation froman accredited Nurse Practitioner programwith successful completion of the National Certifying Examination. 

PreferredEducation:Notapplicable 

Experience: 2+yearsasaPhysicianAssistant,orNursePractitioner,ispreferred 

Certificates, Licenses.Registrations 

Applicant mustpossess acurrent,unrestricted licenseto work asa NursePractitioner/PhysicianAssistant intheCommonwealthofVirginiaand/ortheStateofNorthCarolina,acurrentDEAcertificationwithout restrictions,and BLS