Advanced Practice Professional (PA) Pediatric Surgery Service

Responsibilities

• Inpatient rounds and table rounds
• Writing orders
• Daily progress notes
• Processing discharges
• Reviewing studies/lab results
• Overseeing and coordinating discharge planning needs
• Performing ER and inpatient consultations
• Booking operating room cases
• Updating families about care plans, explaining diagnoses/surgical care
• Communicating with nursing staff (pages, phone calls, MiChart chats)
• Communicating changes in patient status with fellows/attendings
• Discussing incoming patients with outpatient providers (pre-admits, pre-op plans)
• Helping to coordinate post-operative care
• Aiding in pre-operative consultations
• Preparing and recording patient histories
• Performing physical examinations
• Explaining procedures to patients and families
• Directing outpatient care via phone calls
• Accepting transfers from the ICU
• Assisting with new admissions from the ED
• Aiding in consult resident with new and established consults
• Obtaining urgent consents for OR
• Performing various procedures as assigned by the supervising physician (e.g. circumcisions, gastrostomy tube replacement and management, Broviac catheter repair and removal, chest tube removal, incision and drainage of wounds, suction rectal biopsy)
• Participating in patient care conferences and peer quality review
• Functioning as part of a multidisciplinary team with physicians, RNs, a pharmacist, dieticians, fellows, residents, and administrative support staff
• Aiding with traumas

Required Qualifications

• NP: Current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner specialty certification in the State of Michigan. Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program. Certification as a Nurse Practitioner recognized by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN). Current specialty certification as an Pediatric Nurse Practitioner-Acute Care, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner-Primary Care (with 2 years of Pediatric Surgery RN/NP experience), Family Nurse Practitioner (with 2 years of Pediatric Surgery RN/NP experience). Two years of clinical experience in pediatrics. Current DEA registration required. AHA approved BLS
• PA: Satisfactory completion of a Physician Assistant program accredited by Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) or one of its predecessor agencies, CAHEA or CAAHEP. Certification by the National Commission on Certification for Physician Assistants (NCCPA). Current license to practice as a Physician Assistant in the State of Michigan. State of Michigan Controlled Substance License Required. Two years of clinical experience in pediatrics. Current DEA registration required. AHA approved BLS

Desired Qualifications

• 1 year APP experience desired, experience in surgical specialty preferred, experience in pediatric specialty preferred
• Acute Care PNP certification or enrollment and completion of Pediatric AC PNP program within 3 years of hire
• Clinical experience in a surgical specialty and/or pediatric specialty preferred
• Demonstrated clinical knowledge and analytical abilities necessary to formulate medical/surgical interventions
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills noted on evaluations/references