Interventional Radiology Advanced Practice Provider – West

Advanced Practice Provider (Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner) to work in accordance with the Radiologists to provide exceptional patient care and assist with day-to-day clinical operations. Must adapt to various clinical situations and perform a variety of complex procedures. The APP interprets information to identify each patient's care requirements relative to age-specific needs and involves other care partners (radiologist, referring providers, staff support) as needed. This position would primarily support the western Atrium Health facilities (Lincoln & Cleveland).

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Responsible for performing procedures under general and proximate supervision and E&M within the scope of practice of a radiology APP and as outlined on the delineation of privileges
• Responsible for assisting with training of new APP hires to include clinical responsibilities and procedural skillset
• Participates, collaborates, and actively engages with APP administration, radiologists, and hospital staff to achieve goals and mutually beneficial outcomes
• Involved in clinical work managing complex patients through advanced decision making, interpretation of laboratory values, assessment of radiological studies, clinical evaluations, and procedures
• Perform initial consultation, follow-up visits, hospital rounds, and obtain majority of H&P for all radiology procedures
• Serve as an educational and clinical resource to staff as well as to patients and their families
• Assists with formulation of policies and protocols as they relate to APP team and clinical workflow based off established guidelines; committees developed to assist with this process include APP panel
• Assumes other duties as assigned by Operations Committee
• Participates in research initiatives for the development of protocols and/or data analysis
• Assumes responsibility and accountability for organizing time and workload to manage all service lines

Minimum Qualifications

Education/Licensing/Certification: Graduate level education; Advanced Practice Provider Certification by the NCCPA, ACLS, BLS, PALS, NCMB, DEA; licensure permits treatment of all ages.

Experience (years and type): 1–3 years' experience. Surgery, trauma, critical care, vascular, experience with clinical procedures and inpatient/outpatient consultations experience preferred.

Knowledge And Skills

• At least 2 years of direct clinical experience
• Knowledge of company & compliance policies and clinical procedures
• Effective utilization of clinical equipment to include US/Fluoro/CT
• Adept with EMR and dictation system
• Analytic ability to evaluate and determine health status of patient and implement plan of care
• Ability to perform procedures requiring fine motor skills to include repetitive hand work
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal skills
• Apply critical-thinking and problem solving skills to function effectively and adapt to a dynamic and often changing work environment including multiple hospital facilities

Physical Requirements & Work Environment

• Full day of walking and standing
• Lifting up to 25lbs
• Radiology department and outpatient clinic located within hospital — to include potential work at outpatient centers
• Exposure to radiation, infectious disease, contaminated equipment, chemical hazards