Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA/APP) Neurology

About the role

This position supports the General and Stroke Inpatient Neurology team while also supporting the outpatient general neurology practice. It offers a challenging and rewarding opportunity for an APP who values team-based care alongside the ability to practice and follow patients independently.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates and treats patients with neurologic illness in a fast-paced setting with a rapidly growing scope of management, with robust opportunities in research and quality improvement.
• Provides comprehensive clinical and organizational direction and leadership to the healthcare provider team in the care of patients.
• Orders and interprets the appropriate diagnostic labs and tests.
• Forms medical diagnoses based on history, assessment and diagnostic findings.
• Develops, implements and evaluates treatment plans.
• Prescribes and recommends pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions.
• Initiates appropriate specialty consultations and referrals when necessary.
• Initiates and evaluates clinical pathways and protocols.
• Collaborates with attendings and/or fellows regarding admissions and community transfers.
• Facilitates the timely flow of patients via collaboration with interdisciplinary team members and supports all interdisciplinary relationships.
• Recognizes acute/emergent situations requiring immediate responsiveness and initiates life-saving interventions, alerting the interdisciplinary team members for assistance.
• Recognizes and incorporates age-specific requirements, communicates plan of care with patients and families.
• Advocates for patients and family members in educational needs, treatment options, participation in care and ethical issues and patient rights with recognition and consideration of the diverse needs of the individual/family.
• Provides consultation in specialty area.
• Maintains confidentiality of patient information.
• Explains the necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects of procedure(s) to patients, patient families, staff and students.
• Performs designated procedures after demonstrated competency.
• Affords acts as a clinical resource, utilizing both formal and informal opportunities for the education of other members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Precepts APP students and provides mentoring for other APP’s.
• Coordinates meeting applicable clinical standards for all disciplines in collaboration with interdisciplinary team members.

Requirements

• Licensure: PA-C or AGACNP-BC.
• Experience: 1–2 years of neurology experience preferred; new graduates considered and supported through a thorough training program.
• No prior procedural experience or demonstrated procedural competency required to apply.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduate of an accredited graduate school of nursing or physician assistant program with a master’s degree.
• Department and unit specific experience.
• Licensure: License or license eligible as an Advance Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner, and Physician Associate) as set forth by the state of Virginia.
• License to Practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia is required if Nurse Practitioner.
• Demonstrates and maintains all credentialing and licensing requirements of UVA Health System, the Virginia Board of Medicine or the Virginia Board of Nursing, and appropriate certifying bodies.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) required.
• Current PALS/NRP, as required, specific to position.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) as required, specific to position.

Skills

• Proficient communicative, auditory and visual skills.
• Attention to detail and ability to write legibly.
• Ability to lift/push/pull 50 - 100lbs.

Benefits

Comprehensive Benefits Package: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance, Paid Time Off, Long-term and Short-term Disability, Retirement Savings, Health Saving Plans, and Flexible Spending Accounts, Certification and education support, Generous Paid Time Off

The pay range for this role is $129,323.00 - $185,265.60 annually. Individual compensation will be determined by the selected candidate's qualifications, previous work experience, and/or education.