Provide high-quality health care through active participation in pre-, intra-, and post-operative care for patients in Vascular Surgery Department via direct assessment and formulation/implementation of treatment plan under the guidance of the physicians. Performs complete pre-operative work-up on patients, including H & P and patient pre-operative teaching. Makes hospital rounds, assists with discharge planning, assumes on-call responsibilities, and education. Document in writing all care in patient's permanent medical record in accordance with accepted medical/legal standards. Provides all medical care in accordance with accepted practice standards, hospital/clinic protocols (including supervision by a physician), and State licensing guidelines.
Essential Functions:
- Provide direct assessment, diagnosis and formulation/ implementation of treatment plan for patients presenting with peripheral vascular arterial disease, including patients with claudication, End stage renal disease, Raynaud's syndrome and erythromyalgia .
- Outpatient responsibilities include histories and physicals, preoperative exams, ordering diagnostic studies and medications, screening referrals, scheduling surgeries, and post operative follow up and wound management.
- Significant time is spent handling patient inquiries regarding preoperative, intra operative and post operative care.
- Interpretation of non invasive arterial studies.
- Teach varicose vein classes.
- Provide direct assessment, diagnosis and formulation/ implementation of treatment plan for patients presenting with varicose vein and venous stasis.
- Outpatient responsibilities include histories and physicals, preoperative exams, ordering diagnostic studies and medications, application of the principles of compression therapy, screening referrals, scheduling surgeries, and post operative follow up.
- Significant time is spent handling patient inquiries regarding preoperative, intra operative and post operative care.
- Provide surgical services as a first assistant on venous procedures.
- Provide inpatient care by rounding on Vascular surgical patients during weekdays and/or weekends.
- Responsibilities include writing post operative orders, charting follow up notes, changing dressings, removing sutures, handling drainage tubes.
- Dictate all discharge summaries and write discharge orders for follow up care in the clinic.
- Provide surgical call coverage with vascular or cardiac surgery Allied clinician on regular department rotation with vascular surgeon.
- Review and manage vascular imaging results including US, CT scans, MRA, angiograms based on protocols for AAA, ELSG, Bypass grafts, dialysis access, carotid surgery or carotid stenting.
- Duties include ordering future appropriate diagnostic studies.
- Significant time is spent with data entry in local, regional, and/or national registries.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Graduate of approved PA or NP program with certification.
- Bachelor's degree as PA, NP or closely related field.
- National Certification
- State medical PA or NP License
- BCLS
- Annual recertification through CME as required by licensure
- Thorough and working knowledge of peripheral vascular diseases and wound care and their treatment.
- Working knowledge of state health care laws, licensing board regulations and controlled substance regulations.
- Important to know limitations and when to refer patients to the vascular surgeon.
- Ability to assess, diagnose and plan effective treatment for vascular surgical diseases and injuries.
- National Certification
- Ability to see large volume of patients on a daily basis, in both hospital and ambulatory settings.
- Ability to take evening and week end call as needed to support service needs
Preferred Qualifications:
- Minimum 2 years clinical surgical experience in vascular surgery.
- Graduate of ANA approved Nurse Practitioner training program.
- Master's degree as PA, NP or closely related field
- Additional training in wound care.
- Thorough and working knowledge of vascular diseases and venous disease and their treatment.
- Thorough and working knowledge of wound care and wound assessment and management, especially in diabetic feet, and chronic wounds.
- Working knowledge of state health care laws, licensing board regulations and controlled substance regulations.
- Important to know limitations and when to refer patients to the vascular surgeon.
- Ability to assess, diagnose and plan effective treatment for vascular surgical diseases and injuries.
- Ability to use appropriate procedural/testing equipment, to see large volume of patients, and to interface with large provider and support staff
- Excellent assistant surgical skills, especially with vascular procedures.
- Working knowledge of data registry
Salary range:
$53.20 - $78.18
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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