Advanced Practice Provider (PA/NP) - SOM GI Surgery

Responsibilities

• Obtains relevant health and medical history, performs thorough physical assessment, reviews and interprets pertinent diagnostic tests/results.
• Develops appropriate differential diagnoses. Develops and implements treatment plans including prescribing/ordering of appropriate evidence-based pharmacological agents consistent with departmental guidelines and privileging, and schedules appropriate follow-up management.
• Actively incorporates evidence-based hospital initiatives to improve patient care.
• Conducts preventive health screening based on age, history and patient needs.
• Maintains clear comprehensive yet concise records of all aspects of patient care.
• Maintains extensive knowledge of their specialty literature including awareness of developing areas.
• Consistently derives correct diagnoses through synthesis of clinical data and proper selection and interpretation of diagnostic studies.
• Develops comprehensive differential diagnoses for patients.
• Revises the plan of care to meet the changing needs of the patient.
• Prioritizes work and assists staff to provide prompt and efficient client flow.
• Consistently maintains high productivity according to identified standards.
• Led/participates in projects to improve productivity.
• Appropriately performs medical procedures consistent with departmental guidelines, privileging, and clinical roles/responsibilities.

Education

• Appropriately and professionally educates clients and/or families regarding medical condition, treatment, and follow-up.
• Collaborates with clinicians, staff, and students to promote continuity and patient/family centered care.
• Develops educational materials based on learning needs of clinicians, staff, and students.
• Provides education/instruction to physicians, housestaff, nursing, ancillaries and/or students.
• Actively recognizes and participates in identification and achievement of self-learning needs.
• Attends education programs based on identified learning needs.

Leadership

• Provides instruction to physicians, housestaff, nursing, ancillaries and/or students including but not limited to precepting, shadowing, lectures, training classes, CE, rounds, morning report, and or staff meetings.
• Participates in community/network outreach programs.
• Develops/leads community/network outreach programs.
• Demonstrates both an understanding of the contexts and system in which healthcare is provided and the ability to apply this knowledge to improve and optimize health care delivery.
• Leads/participates in systems improvements.

Professional

• Interacts with patients and families in a respectful, courteous and timely fashion using appropriate communication for the patient and situation.
• Interacts collaboratively with coworkers, other team members and staff in a respectful, courteous, and timely fashion appropriate to patient care needs and situations.
• Responds quickly to meet customer needs and resolve problems.
• Accepts responsibility for outcomes of one's work.
• Shares responsibility for overall workload with team members.

Quality/Research

• Engages in daily continuous quality improvement by identifying and implementing processes for improvement.
• Consults with management in assessment, problem-solving, decision-making, and evaluating clinical/system issues and models of care.
• Leads interdisciplinary teams to provide integrated delivery of patient care services.
• Initiates and revises protocol(s) or guideline(s) to reflect evidence-based changes in care management.
• Works to influence policy-making bodies to improve patient care.
• Develops new clinical programs or services within the department/unit/clinic to improve patient care.