Advanced Practice Professional - Mercer Medical Group Urology - Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

About the role

The West Virginia University Health System, the state’s largest health system and largest private employer, comprises 18 hospitals throughout the state and bordering states. In addition, it includes five institutes, as well as providing management services for other local hospitals through affiliate agreements.

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Responsibilities

• Manages comprehensive and individualized care for urology patients and their families in the inpatient phase of hospitalization (as applicable), immediate post discharge, and in the ambulatory setting.
• Completes daily rounds; consults and/or pre-procedure urology evaluations.
• Completes integrated assessments.
• Participates in peri-operative management of patient.
• Orders additional tests or consults as deemed appropriate.
• Performs and communicates results of diagnostic tests following established clinical guidelines and scope of practice.
• Consults and communicates with clinic and hospital staff regarding abnormal findings in the evaluations of patients.
• Facilitates patient discharge/follow up by coordinating appropriate services and tests prior to discharge necessary for outpatient follow-up appointments in the clinic (as applicable).
• Performs necessary procedures following established clinical guidelines and protocols for urological and scope of practice (SOP).
• Develops a comprehensive individualized plan of care for urology patients, which includes teaching, discharge planning/follow-up and necessary referral to other members of the health care team as necessary.
• Identifies unstable or complex urology patient care situations and facilitates appropriate intervention in the clinic and/or hospital setting.
• Facilitates patient discharge and/or postoperative care by coordinating appropriate services and tests prior to scheduled outpatient follow up appointments (as applicable).
• Evaluates the effectiveness of the urology patient/family teaching and collaborates with the nursing and clinical staff in the completion of education plan.
• Recognizes emergency situations and initiates effective emergency care.
• Documents the plan of care, interventions and evaluations in a clear and concise manner for every patient visit in the patient’s medical record following approved hospital/UHA policies and compliance standards for documentation.
• Documents all interventions in the patient’s medical record following approved hospital/UHA policies and compliance standards for documentation.
• Collaborates with other leaders and staff to effectively achieve patient outcome based improvements in care.
• Serves as a resource person for staff caring for the urology patient.
• Mentors nursing personnel in all levels of clinical practice.
• Serves as a professional role model.
• Participates and provides leadership for committees and task forces.
• Applies information from Performance Improvement activities, changing practice as necessary, to improve care provided to patients.
• Reviews and interprets urology data from sources such as patient registries, clinical and financial reports, length of stay, access to care, and cost per case reports and recommends/implements changes as necessary.
• Participates in clinical trials and research studies with the Principal Investigator.
• Affords assistance in the collection of outcome measures.

Qualifications

• Graduate of a CCNE accredited nursing program with Master’s Degree in Nursing.
• National Certification by one of the recognized APRN Certification Centers.
• Licensure; or eligibility for licensure, as a professional Registered Nurse and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in West Virginia.
• American Heart Association BLS Certification required with additional Advanced Life Support training at the discretion of the department.
• Minimum Qualifications For Nurse Practitioner: Clinical/surgical urology experience preferred. Eligible new graduates will be considered.
• Minimum Qualifications For Physician Assistant: Bachelor's Degree as Physician Assistant or Master's Degree as Physician Assistant required. Graduate of an ARC-PA approved Physician Assistant (PA) training program required. Certification by the National Commission for Certification of Physician Assistants required. Must be licensed or eligible for licensure by the WV Board of Medicine or WV Board of Osteopathic Medicine. American Heart Association BLS Certification required with additional Advanced Life Support training at the discretion of the department.

Skills and Abilities

• Proficiency with computers.
• Strong communication skills.