NP), Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Instructor

University of Colorado•Aurora, CO

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Division of Surgical Oncology in the Department of Surgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine has a full-time faculty position available at the rank of Instructor for a Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA). Under the direction of the full-time faculty or designee, this position will be working in collaboration with pancreas specialists as the point person for the pancreatic cyst clinic and the pancreatic high-risk screening clinic and seeing these patients 2 days/week in outpatient clinic, as well as other responsibilities in running the pancreatic cyst program. The candidate will be expected to provide independent clinical services for surgical oncology patients at the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH).

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with a Master's degree in Nursing and/or a graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program.
Current license to practice as an Advanced Practice Nurse and/or Physician Assistant with prescriptive privileges.
Meets and maintains specific requirements of the Nursing Credential Review Board (Nurse Practitioner) and the Medical Review Board (Physician Assistant).
At least one year of experience working as an Advanced Practice Provider.
Knowledge of organizational policies, regulations and procedures to administer patient care.
Knowledge of medical equipment and instruments to administer patient care.
Knowledge of common safety hazards and precautions to establish a safe work environment.

Responsibilities

Discussions with patients regarding information about the programs, flow of appointment and tests that will be performed.
Advisement of patient scheduling based on concern of disease.
Collaboration with Pancreatologist and Pancreas Surgeons.
Reviewing medical records to determine if appropriate for clinic.
Requesting outside diagnostic tests and pathology/cytology if needed.
Generating weekly lists of patients to be discussed in the Pancreas Multidisciplinary conference if needed.
Ordering and interpretation of labs or diagnostic tests needed prior to clinic appointment.
Prescribing medications as needed, including pre-procedure medications.
Conducting peer to peer review or writing medical necessity letters with insurance companies for pre-authorization of tests as appropriate.
Speaking with referring physicians regarding patient referrals.
Independently performing age-appropriate history and physical examinations for complex acute, critical, and chronically ill patients.
Sending new patient letters to referring providers using EPIC system.
Independently seeing patients in follow up as needed.
Collaboration with team members to finalize patient plans and assisting with ordering tests and referrals as needed.
Accurate and efficient documentation in EPIC system.
Contacting referring physicians/PCP for any other medical issues that may have been discovered or referring patient to appropriate specialty/provider as needed.
Entering data into Pancreas Cyst and Pancreatic High Risk Screening databases.
Providing coverage in the Pancreas Multidisciplinary Clinic when needed.
Other responsibilities may be added as the programs grow.