Advanced Practice Provider - Urology

University Hospitals•Cleveland, OH

About The Position

To Heal. To Teach. To Discover. At University Hospitals, this is more than just our mission. These words embody the opportunities available to the many world-class doctors, nurses, health care professionals, and support staff that choose to join UH and Be the Difference. A Brief Overview The Advanced Practice Provider is responsible for providing quality care for patients and increasing patient access and satisfaction. Standard tasks to be performed by a NP/PA as specified by the Ohio State Board of Medicine and UH entity specific Medical Bylaws: What you will do We are seeking an APP to provide excellent outpatient urology-oncology care for our patients. Responsibilities include seeing new, established, and post-op visit patients for urology-oncology conditions (elevated PSA, active surveillance, gross hematuria, kidney mass, bladder mass), some general urologic conditions related to prior treatment, urologic post-operative care (catheter and drain removals), and catheter insertions and changes. This APP will partner directly with our Urology Oncology physicians.

Requirements

(MSN) Master's Degree in Nursing, or
Master's Degree from an accredited PA educational program
1+ years as a NP or PA Preferred
Demonstrated leadership skills. (Required proficiency)
Demonstrated skills in interpersonal relationships. (Required proficiency)
Must have computer skills to access patient medical data from UHHS mainframe. (Required proficiency)
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Outlook. (Required proficiency)
Current Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of Ohio, and
Nurse Practitioner (NP) in the State of Ohio, or
Current Physician Assistant (PA) in the State of Ohio
Basic Life Support (BLS) Required and
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Preferred

Responsibilities

Initiates and maintains positive relationships w/pts/customers (10%25)
Initiates and maintains positive relationships w/co-workers (10%25)
Takes responsibility for self-development and supports a learning environment (10%25)
Displays commitment to the mission of the hospital and its values (10%25)
Performs patient assessment and assigns diagnosis based on recorded assessment data and current scientific and current research (20%25)
Establishes plan of care and implements interventions in accordance w/carepaths, protocols, and standards of care and current research (15%25)
Collaborates w/other health care providers in an interdisciplinary approach to provide care to the patient and family (5%25)
Contributes to the educational development of staff, patients, family and self (5%25)
Demonstrates progressive leadership and effective management (5%25)
Provides education through role modeling and in-services to meet identified learning needs and to promote professionalism (5%25)
Advances own professional development through self-directed learning, continuing education and participation in peer review (5%25)