Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA)-Liver Post-Transplant-MGH

Mass General Brigham • Boston, MA

301d • Onsite

About The Position

At Mass General Brigham, we know it takes a surprising range of talented professionals to advance our mission—from doctors, nurses, business people and tech experts, to dedicated researchers and systems analysts. As a not-for-profit organization, Mass General Brigham is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community. We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve. At Mass General Brigham, we believe a diverse set of backgrounds and lived experiences makes us stronger by challenging our assumptions with new perspectives that can drive revolutionary discoveries in medical innovations in research and patient care. Therefore, we invite and welcome applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups in healthcare — people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ community, and/or gender expansive, first and second-generation immigrants, veterans, and people from different socioeconomic backgrounds - to apply. The MGH Abdominal Transplant Program seeks a qualified Advance Practice Provider (APP)( Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant) to join our large multidisciplinary program. The successful candidate will join a program dedicated to a mission of excellence in patient care, dedicating to sharing of knowledge and advancement of transplant science. The position reports to Supervising MD, Chief of Abdominal Transplant and administratively to the Sr. Administrative Director of the Transplant Center In accordance with the rules and regulations of Massachusetts governing Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) will be responsible for ensuring continuity of care of liver transplant recipients and will work collaboratively with members of the multidisciplinary team. The APP is responsible for providing comprehensive care, assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients in collaboration with physicians and other healthcare professionals. The APP acts as the central point of contact and maintains open lines of communication between surgeons, physicians, transplant coordinators, social work and pharmacists.

Requirements

• Current Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Licensure in Massachusetts.
• Current certification as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.
• Master's Degree required.
• Minimum of 2 years relevant advanced practice experience preferred, specifically in Hepatology or GI if no transplant experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience as a nurse practitioner 0-1 year preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform in the role of Independent Licensed Provider (ILP) and be responsible to work both independently and in collaboration with other providers.
• Assess, plan, implement and collaborate on needs and care of patients.
• Manifest a high level of expertise in clinical evaluation, diagnosis and management of complex medical/surgical patients with actual or potential health problems related to their transplant, health maintenance and psychosocial factors following transplant.
• Participate in monthly meeting LIFT clinic (long term individualized follow up after liver transplant).
• Participate in weekly educational conference.
• Provide direct care, counseling, and teaching to a designated patient population in the ambulatory, inpatient, operative, and/or procedural setting.
• Perform complete histories and physical examinations.
• Order, interpret, and evaluate appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests.
• Develop appropriate plans of care and follow-up based on the outcomes of diagnostic, laboratory, and physical examination findings.
• Consistently provide high quality and timely documentation including admission and progress notes, procedure notes, operative notes and discharge summaries.
• Perform bedside procedures as are appropriate to the patient population.
• Order medications and write prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services
• Education Level: Master's degree