Advanced Practice Provider III - ENT | Surgery | Full-Time| Days

Responsibilities

• Provides timely and appropriate referrals to patients in need of further medical care and services.
• Responds to consults, schedules procedures and handles discharge planning, as appropriate.
• Educates and counsels patients/families regarding their health care, including routine health maintenance, as applicable.
• May provide education and instruction to residents and students.
• Performs or assists with procedures of higher complexity in clinic or inpatient unit.
• Maintains and manages invasive and/or medical devices and placement of devices within scope of practice.
• Manages care of pre/post-operative and pre/post-procedural patients.
• Formulates comprehensive health management plans for high acuity, more complex patients in collaboration with physicians, pharmacists, and other medical professionals to include progress notes, narrative discharge summaries, consults, etc.
• Facilitates patient participation in making health care decisions.
• Enters pertinent clinical information in the patient's medical record in a timely and accurate manner and in accordance with established compliance billing guidelines.
• Documents and closes open encounters, MyChart messages, and other EMR communications in accordance with institutional requirements.
• Call coverage may be required specific to departmental needs.
• Obtains patient histories, performs physical examinations and/or diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, as well as orders, interprets, and evaluates diagnostic tests for patients with high level of complexity.
• Reviews, prescribes and/or recommends medications and treatments to patients.
• May provide education and instruction.

Qualifications

• Masters Nurse Practitioner required or Masters Physician Assistant Program required.
• Experience: 2 years-Outpatient/inpatient setting.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Travel: Up to 25%.