Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner (Acute Care) Cardiothoracic Surgery III- Indian River

                    

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Job Title

Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner (Acute Care) Cardiothoracic Surgery III- Indian River

                        

Location

Vero Beach

                    

Facility

CC Indian River

                     

Department

Cardiovascular Surgery Practice-Indian River Hospital

                      

Job Code

001433

                     

Shift

Days + Call

                       

Schedule

7:00am-7:00pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join our team. The PA or NP will join a team of 2 Advanced Practice Providers and 3 attending surgeons.

Responsibilities include:

• Comprehensive evaluation, treatment, and documentation of all cardiothoracic surgery patients in the Pre-operative, intraoperative and postoperative periods as well as follow up after discharge to insure there is continuity of care in patient management.

• Rounding in the ICU and on the floor (usual patient load per PA 2-3). Patient evaluation and treatment after team discussion with supervising physician as well as clear and concise documentation in the electronic medical records, placing orders on patients, following up on orders completion. This will include daily progress notes, consult notes, discharge summaries and patient education.

• Must display integrity, professionalism, and functions in a stressful setting, maintaining a respectful attitude and teamwork mentality.

• Continuously seek opportunities for clinical and professional advancement in the field by gaining new skills and maintaining pertinent certifications.

• Operating Room: Perform conduit harvesting for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (Endoscopic and open vein and radial artery), first assist during Cardiac and thoracic cases. Cases include CABG, Valve repair and replacements, Aortic aneurysm replacements, aortic dissections. Also, there will be an opportunity and the need for cross coverage with thoracic surgery cases including open and minimally invasive esophagectomies and lung resections via VATS.

• Office Responsibilities: See patients for clinic visits, small office procedures, returning phone calls and providing education and clarification to the patients and their family members using all the tools available.

Schedule: 12 hour shifts 7am – 7pm/ Variable Schedule.  Call is evenly distributed among the entire team (Expected 1:3)

Preferred Experience: 3 years of CT surgery experience is preferred, but not required. Newly licensed PAs and NPs will be considered, especially with cardiothoracic clinical rotations.

Responsibilities:

• Conducts thorough medical histories, performs complete physical examinations (where indicated), initiates appropriate lab, radiology tests or other special tests required for evaluation of illness, and scrutinizes lab data to establish a record of the patient's current health status and to develop a working diagnosis and treatment plan.  Works in collaboration with the health care team.
• Performs and interprets common laboratory, radiologic, cardiographic and other routine diagnostic procedures used to identify pathophysiologic processes as credentialed and privileged by the Medical Executive Committee and the Governing Body of the applicable hospitals.
• Performs routine and specialized procedures as credentialed and privileged by the Medical Executive Committee and the Governing Body of the applicable hospitals.
• May prescribe and monitor medications as allowed by license through applicable state board and Cleveland Clinic policies.
• Educates patients and answers questions regarding their disease, treatments, related drug and treatment side effects and hazards.
• Participates in medical team rounds; collaborates with nursing, medical and other healthcare team members regularly to ensure quality patient care.
• Refers patients to specialists as appropriate for consultation or for specialized health resources and treatment.
• Ensures continuity of care by