Advanced Practice Provider - Pre-Admission Testing - Thomas (SMG)

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Additional Job Description:

POSITION SUMMARY:    The Pre-Admissions Testing Advanced Practice Professional (APP), which may include Nurse Practitioners (NPs) or Physician Assistants (PAs), plays a key role in ensuring patients are medically optimized and safely prepared for surgical and procedural interventions. The APP conducts comprehensive pre-operative evaluations, coordinates necessary testing, and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to identify and mitigate risks prior to surgery. This role emphasizes patient education, evidence-based decision making, and seamless care transitions to improve perioperative outcomes and enhance patient experience. The APP participates in the education of residents and medical/nursing students.

Provide healthcare services consistent with state law and the requirements of the professional licensing or certification authority and/or hospital privileges, where applicable.  Such service may include, but are not limited to. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR NURSE PRACTITIONER:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. Graduate of a CCNE accredited nursing program with Master’s Degree in Nursing

2. National Certification by one of the recognized APRN Certification Centers

3. Licensure, or eligibility for licensure, as a professional Registered Nurse and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in West Virginia.

4. CNOR Certification.

5. BLS Certification required with additional Advanced Life Support training at the discretion of the department. 

6. Department Specific:  APRNs requesting to be privileged as First Assists in perioperative services will be required to have  

ANOR approved RNFA Certification.   

7. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) at the discretion of the department. 

EXPERIENCE:

1. Eligible new graduates will be considered.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. Acute care, surgical or orthopedic experience preferred. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. Bachelor’s Degree as Physician Assistant, or Master’s Degree as Physician Assistant required. 

2. Graduate of an ARC-PA approved Physician Assistant (PA) training program required.

3. Certification by the National Commission for Certification of Physician Assistants required.

4. Must be licensed or eligible for licensure by the WV Board of Medicine.

6. BLS Certification required with additional Advanced Life Support training at the discretion of the department.

7. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) at the discretion of the department.

EXPERIENCE:

1. Eligible new graduates will be considered.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. Master’s level degree as Physician Assistant preferred.

EDUCATION:

1. Acute care, surgical or orthopedic experience preferred. 

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position.  They are not intended to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties.  Other duties may be assigned.

1. Manages comprehensive and individualized care for orthopedic patients and their families in the inpatient phase of hospitalization and immediate post discharge and in the ambulatory setting.

2. Completes daily rounds; consults and/or pre-procedure/evaluations (as applicable). Participates peri-operative patient care which may include (but is not limited to) first assisting in the operative suite.

3. Completes integrated assessments.

4. With the collaboration of orthopedic faculty or by following established clinical Guidelin