APRN/PA - Spine

Summary of Job Duties

The Advanced Practice Partner (APP) will assist the physician with clinic, organize visits, and perform clinic procedures; assist in the operating room; answer pages; and round on post-operative patients on a daily and PRN basis. The APP will augment a physician's ability to provide medical services to patients; collect and document data, conduct diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, order and schedule laboratory studies and professional consultations, and provide direct patient care services.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in nursing (Acute Care Certification) / PA studies
• Licensed Registered Nurse; APRN/PA license
• Prescriptive authority and a DEA license must be obtained after hire
• BLS
• 2 years of experience preferred

Job Requirements

• Maintains required audits for credentialing
• Engages in appropriate continuing education programs, maintain mandatory competencies, medical center computer based learning modules, and health monitoring services
• Participates in institutional initiatives and encourages the participation of others
• Collaborates in policy and program development, implementation, and evaluation using best practices in delivering quality service
• Coordinates the multidisciplinary care of patients, facilitating all necessary consults, assuring that care is timely and appropriate
• Actively engage in service line meetings and take an approach to health care that shapes policies, programs, facility design, and day-to-day interactions
• Works autonomously, as well as, in collaboration with a variety of disciplines to diagnose and manage health care problems; will serve as a health care resource, interdisciplinary consultant, and patient advocate
• Communicates and shares complete and unbiased information, assuring their colleagues receive timely, complete, and accurate information in order make informed decisions
• Perform other duties as needed

Physical Requirements

• Stand: Frequently
• Sit: Frequently
• Walk: Occasionally
• Bend, crawl, crouch, kneel, stoop or reach overhead: Frequently
• Lift and carry weight: 25 lbs
• Push and pull weight: 25 lbs
• Use hands to touch, handle or feel: Frequently
• Talk: Continuously
• Hear: Continuously
• Taste or smell: Occasionally
• Read, concentrate, think analytically: Continuously

Benefits

• Health: Medical, Dental and Vision plans available for qualifying staff and family
• Holiday, Vacation and Sick Leave
• Education discount for staff and dependents (undergraduate only)
• Retirement: Up to 10% matched contribution from UAMS
• Basic Life Insurance up to $50,000
• Career Training and Educational Opportunities
• Merchant Discounts
• Concierge prescription delivery on the main campus when using UAMS pharmacy