APP - Vascular Surgery - Columbia
About The Position
Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference. Job Summary Provides assistant surgical services in the operating room as well as other selected medical services under the direction of the surgeon. Accountabilities Provides general surgical assistant services in operating room.10% Assists surgeon with prepping and until completion of procedure.15% Removes drains, tubes and catheters.10% Closes incisions.15% Assists with patient office visits and assumes call when assigned.10% Performs all charting, summaries, correspondence, and required paperwork for purposes of documenting care and billing.10% Participates in physician educational programs provided by employer relative to capitated medicine and implications relative to physician practice patterns.5% Participates in: Establishment of quality assurance programs Establishment of Utilization Management programs Selection of management information systems Development of patient education surveys Development of patient satisfaction surveys. 5% Assists in the development of operational and capital budgets.5% Participates in operational assessments in search of revenue enhancement, expense reductions, consolidation efficiencies and billing opportunities.5% Assists in post-operative care of patients including daily rounds and wound assessments.10%
Requirements
- Master's Degree - Nursing; Nurse Practitioner Degree Emphasis or Program Certificate equivalent
- 1 year - Clinical experience
- SC Nurse Practitioner
- CPR Certification - Required
- Completion of Nurse Practitioner Surgical Residency Program
- Patient Equip (Vitals, Suction, Defib)
- Surgical assistant skills
Responsibilities
- Provides general surgical assistant services in operating room.
- Assists surgeon with prepping and until completion of procedure.
- Removes drains, tubes and catheters.
- Closes incisions.
- Assists with patient office visits and assumes call when assigned.
- Performs all charting, summaries, correspondence, and required paperwork for purposes of documenting care and billing.
- Participates in physician educational programs provided by employer relative to capitated medicine and implications relative to physician practice patterns.
- Participates in: Establishment of quality assurance programs Establishment of Utilization Management programs Selection of management information systems Development of patient education surveys Development of patient satisfaction surveys.
- Assists in the development of operational and capital budgets.
- Participates in operational assessments in search of revenue enhancement, expense reductions, consolidation efficiencies and billing opportunities.
- Assists in post-operative care of patients including daily rounds and wound assessments.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
