APP (NP/PA/CNS), Inpatient Neurosurgery - .90 FTE

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Rotating - 12 Hour (United States of America)

Looking for a 0.9 FTE Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant or Clinical Nurse Specialist) on the inpatient neurosurgery service. the service covers 24 hours a day, seven days per week, including weekends and holidays. It is a collaborative model consisting of APPs and housestaff providing care for patients with neurosurgery diagnoses in the ICU and on the floors.

Common diagnoses include, CNS tumors, movement disorders, intracranial hemorrhages, and spine pathology.
This position offers the opportunity to be involved in every aspect of neurosurgical care including initial diagnosis, treatment, and preoperative and postoperative care.

Responsibilities include complete/comprehensive history and physical examination, ordering and interpretation of diagnostic studies, and prescribing appropriate treatments in collaboration with the attending physician. Other responsibilities include consultation with specialist physicians and other team members regarding findings/changes in patient condition and performing procedures per policy.
There are many opportunities for learning including teaching on rounds, weekly conferences, monthly staff meetings, and clinical care conferences.

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview
The Physician Assistant (PA) functions under this Physician Assistant Job Description approved by the Interdisciplinary Practice Committee (IDPC). Specific functions pertaining to the Service, Clinic or Department are established by the PA and his/her supervising physician(s), and approved by the appropriate medical and nursing administrators, the IDPC, the Credentials & Privileges Committee, the Stanford Hospital and Clinics (SHC) Medical Executive Committee and the SHC Board Credentials, Policies and Procedures Committee.

Locations
Stanford Health Care

What you will do

• Employees must abide by all Joint Commission requirements including, but not limited to, sensitivity to cultural diversity, patient care, patients’ rights and ethical treatment, safety and security of physical environments, emergency management, teamwork, respect for others, participation in ongoing education and training, communication and adherence to safety and quality programs, sustaining compliance with National Patient Safety Goals, and licensure and health screenings.
• Employees must perform all duties and responsibilities in accordance with the C-I-CARE Standards of the Hospital. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions.
• C-I-CARE
  Executes world class practices of service and patient care in support of C-I-CARE standards.
• Uses C-I-CARE templates and the following components for all communication with patients and staff:
  CONNECT with people by calling them their proper name, or the name they prefer (Mr., Ms., Dr.)
  INTRODUCE yourself and your role
  COMMUNICATE what you are going to do, how long it will take, and how it will impact the patient
  ASK permission before entering a room, examining a patient or undertaking an activity
  RESPOND to patient’s questions or requests promptly; anticipate patient needs
  EXIT courteously with an explanation of what will come next.
• A PA may provide only those medical services which he/she is competent to perform, which are consistent with the PA’s education, training and experience, and which are delegated by a supervising physician who is responsible for the patients cared for by that PA. A PA shall consult with a physician regarding any task, procedure or diagnostic problem which the PA determines exceeds his/her level of competence or shall refer such cases to a supervising physician.
  Scope of Practice
  1). Evaluates and treats patients with acute, chronic complaints and health maintenance concerns related to specialty.
  2). Obtains complete histories and performs pertinent physical exams with assessment of normal and abnormal findings on new and return patients.
  3). Performs or requests and evaluates diagnostic studies as indicated upon evaluation of the patient.
  4). Administers medications according to the formulary protocol or upon patient-specific approval from the supervising physician, or transmits orally or in writing on a patient’s record, a prescription from the supervising physician to a person who may furnish such medication. All controlled substances in Schedules II-V inclusive require a patient-specific approval by a supervising physician in adv