Advanced Practice Provider-Surgery (Per Diem)

Beth Israel Lahey Health • Needham, MA

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About The Position

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) serves as a key clinical provider and team member in the treatment and management of the surgical patient in the pre, peri and post-operative setting. This role practices under the direction of the Chief of Surgery and other attending surgeons in a manner consistent with both the Board(s) regulations and hospital policy. Primarily, the APP will cover patients of BID-Needham physicians credentialed in the Department of Surgery. The APP is responsible for the initial assessment and admission of patients; assisting in the evaluation and preparation of patients for surgery; acting as first and second assistant in the operating room; and caring for patients following surgery and helping prepare patients for discharge.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Nurse Practitioner required.
• Registration Nurse Practitioner License required.
• Certificate 1 Basic Life Support required.
• Certificate 2 Advanced Cardiac Life Support required.
• Physician Assistant licensed by the MA Board of Physician Assistants.
• 0-1 years related work experience required in post graduate experience as a surgical APP (min 1 year required).
• Nurse Practitioner candidates must also have RNFA certification.
• Demonstrated analytical abilities and strong interpretative skills for integrating information from the patient history, physical exam and diagnostic data.
• Experience with computer systems required, including web based applications and some Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Performs comprehensive focused history & physical exams on surgical patients admitted through the ED & those held for Observation.
• Initiates appropriate lab, radiology & other tests required for evaluation of illness.
• Scrutinizes data on patients and hospital admissions to establish a record of the patient's health status & to develop a diagnosis & treatment plan, with direct review by an MD.
• Performs and interprets common laboratory, radiologic, cardiographic and other routine diagnostic procedures used to identify pathophysiologic processes.
• Interprets and correlates subjective and objective data to formulate a differential diagnosis and establishes a working diagnosis.
• Formulates a treatment plan for medical problems within scope of practice.
• Writes initial orders in coordination with the attending physician.
• Implements therapeutic intervention for specific conditions, when appropriate.
• Educates patients regarding their disease, treatments, related drug and treatment side effects and hazards.
• Exercises judgment on problems requiring consultation, referral, or evaluation by the supervising surgeon or other health care professionals.
• Performs routine procedures, managing simple conditions produced by infection or trauma.
• Assists in the management of more complex illness and injury which may include assisting surgeons in conducting operations.
• Participates in on all in-house surgical patients as required, upon arrival for duty and responds to all Codes.
• Assists Emergency Department physicians in cases of surgical consultation in the Emergency Department within the APP's scope of practice.

Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation and benefits.
• Support for achieving a healthy and balanced life.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees