Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant, General Surgery

Company Description

At Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, we know world-renowned care begins with world-class caring. That's why we combine advanced technologies and breakthrough discoveries with family-centered care. It's why we provide our caregivers with continuing education and state-of-the-art facilities, like the newly remodeled Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. And it's why we need caring, committed people on our team - like you. Join us on our mission to heal humanity, one child and family at a time.

Job ID: P144391-2885

Job Description

This is a Fixed Term position

Department Duties

The General Surgery NP/PA position is part of a collaborative team model of care consisting of pediatric general surgeons and advanced practice providers who provide care for patients with a wide range of pediatric surgical diagnoses.  This position is located at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Palo Alto, CA.  This position will work with the general surgery inpatient service, working in tandem with team members to primarily manage pediatric surgery patients.

General surgery patients range from premature infants to young adults.  Common conditions seen include emergency, acute, and chronic surgical conditions, infant and congenital surgical conditions, colorectal and intestinal conditions, tumors, and vascular lesions and vascular associated syndromes.  The general surgery department also has numerous specialty outpatient programs including aerodigestive and airway reconstruction center, adolescent bariatric surgery, chest wall program, colorectal and bowel management program, intestinal failure and short gut program, and pilonidal disease program.

Role responsibilities include collaborating with the physician team to primarily manage general surgery inpatients, new patients consult, triage calls from inpatient team members, and coordinating discharge needs. 

Learning opportunities include weekly educations conferences, monthly APP Grand Rounds, and radiology and case conferences.  Additional opportunities include involvement in the local and broader APP community at both Stanford Children’s Health and with national organizations.

The ideal candidate is a motivated and self-directed practitioner with excellent communication skills, clear judgment, and extensive attention to detail.  Previous general surgery experience is preferred but not required.

JOB SUMMARY

This paragraph summarizes the general nature, level and purpose of the job.

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) positions are part of a collaborative team consisting of Attending Physicians, Fellows, and a team of advanced practice providers both NPs and PAs. The APP team is highly respected, we are seen as the go to team for the attendings. We actively participate in the education of fellows and visiting residents. Responsibilities for this role include: receiving sign-out from overnight team. Pre-rounding on assigned patients, developing a plan of care for the day for that patient, present patients on rounds, write a daily note, you will be responsible for implementing the plan agreed upon on during rounds and responding to any issues raised by the nurses during the course of the day. The advanced practice provider is credentialed to perform the following procedures: intubation, central line placement, arterial line placement, chest tube insertion, PD drain placement, chest tube removal, pacing wire removal.

Nurse Practitioner (NP): The Nurse Practitioner functions under the general Nurse Practitioner Standardized Process Protocol approved by the Interdisciplinary Practice Committee (IDPC). The Nurse Practitioner provides routine care and management of the patient with acute and chronic complaints, in collaboration with the supervising physician and through implementation of standardized procedures. Specific functions pertaining to the Service, Clinic or Department are established by the Nurse Practitioner and the supervising physician(s), and approved by the appropriate medical and nursing administrators, the IDPC, and the Stanford Hospital and Clinics (SHC) Medical Executive Board and Board of Directors.

Physician Assistant (PA): The Physician Assistant functions under the general Physician Assistant Role Description approved by the Interdisciplinary Practice Committee (IDPC). Specific functions pertaining to the Service, Clinic or Department are established by the Physician Assistant and his or her supervising physician(s), and approved by the appropriate medical and nursing administrators, the IDPC, and the Stanford Hospital and Clinics (SHC) Medical Board and Board of Directors.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

The essential functions listed are typical examples of work performed by positions i