Nurse Practitioner - Interventional Radiology

University of California, San Francisco•San Francisco, CA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

A Nurse Practitioner is a professional nurse who possesses the advanced education, knowledge, clinical skills and experience necessary to provide expert nursing care in the area of specialization. The Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) Nurse Practitioner has in-depth knowledge in the neurosciences, vascular disease, hemorrhage management, and genetic evaluation. Under the direction of the Program Directors of the UCSF HHT Center of Excellence, the HHT Nurse Practitioner has responsibilities in clinical practice, education, consultation, research, utilization review and leadership within the HHT Center of Excellence and the Medical Center. HHT is a multisystem genetic disorder occurring in about 1/5000 individuals. The vascular malformations that accompany HHT can result in brain hemorrhage, pulmonary hemorrhage, epistaxis (nosebleeds), gastrointestinal bleeding, and chronic anemia. The HHT Foundation certifies hospitals as centers of excellence based on development of multidisciplinary teams of physicians to care for the various manifestations of the disease.

Requirements

Graduation from a California Board of Registered Nursing approved or verified school of nursing with a master’s degree in nursing or a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP).
1-3 years experience as nurse practitioner in Neurology, Neurovascular, Neurosurgery or Neuro IR, hematology, OHNS, and/or HHT.
California Registered Nurse (RN) License without restriction
California Certified Nurse Practitioner (NP) without restriction
California Nurse Practitioner Furnishing Number including Schedule II furnishing privileges
NP national board certification from an accepted certifying agency aligned with the patient population and clinical role Adult Hybrid Inpatient and Outpatient (ACNP-BC, AGACNP-BC, ACNPC-AG, ACNPC).
California Driver License (if required for position)
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Registration with Schedules 2, 2N, 3, 3N, 4, and 5 registered to a California address
American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
Additional required AHA certifications: ACLS

Nice To Haves

Case management experience
Experience managing clinical research protocols and working with hospital human subjects research committees
Knowledge of ethical conduct of Human Subjects Research

Responsibilities

Pre-hospital/pre-procedural patient evaluation
Educates patients and family members on disease process, treatment alternatives, pre-procedural preparation, hospitalization, and discharge.
Receives and evaluates patient reports from sending institution and confers with UCSF/ZFGH physicians regarding patient condition and care requirements.
Plans comprehensive care with other health providers.
Confirms that all lab reports, medication lists, informed consent forms, Humanitarian Device Authorizations have been received and reviewed.
Responsible for overall administration of HHT clinic as part of HHT Center of Excellence (CoE).
Coordinates HHT clinic appointments, imaging requests, and scheduling of appointments with subspecialists depending on patient needs.
Coordinates anesthesia for scheduled procedures.
Assists staff and physicians with insurance authorization process as needed.
Performs follow up phone calls for HHT clinic patients for routine HHT-related health conditions as well as for post-procedural care.
Performs inpatient daily rounds with or under the supervision of interventional radiology and interventional neuroradiology physicians as needed.
Performs ongoing assessment of HHT patient progress, changes, and condition, reporting to HHT CoE physicians as necessary.
Responds to patient care requests by phone, appropriately triages patient care, and seeks advice from HHT CoE physicians as needed.
Maintains communication with care team members and assists with patient care as needed.
Screens patients for clinical trials, coordinates data collection, analyze, draft and revise research protocols.