Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant – Abdominal Organ Transplant (Liver, Kidney, and Pancreas)

Mayo Clinic • Rochester, MN

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The position is based in the primary hospital service and involves working as an integral part of a multidisciplinary team to provide care to transplant patients. Individuals will work in collaboration with Transplant Surgeons, Hepatologist and Gastroenterologists, Nephrologists, Fellows, Pharmacists, and Nursing staff. Responsibilities include preoperative and postoperative evaluations, managing hospital admissions, discharges, patient daily rounds, and postoperative management of patients on the Transplant Service. Provision of care includes, but is not limited to, comprehensive physical assessment, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, performing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including paracentesis and fibroscans as delegated by the supervising physician, education and counseling of patients and their families in the hospital setting. There are also numerous educational opportunities.

Requirements

• Masters prepared graduate of an accredited school of nursing and nurse practitioner program
• Current Minnesota RN license and certification, or eligible to be certified, as an FNP, ANP, or ACNP
• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program with current PA certification by the NCCPA
• Registration as a PA by the Minnesota State Board of Medical Practice
• Eligible for DEA registration
• BLS and ACLS required

Nice To Haves

• 2-3 letters of reference to their online application to be considered for this position
• 3 most recent performance evaluations to online application to be considered for this position

Responsibilities

• Preoperative and postoperative evaluations
• Managing hospital admissions
• Managing discharges
• Patient daily rounds
• Postoperative management of patients on the Transplant Service
• Comprehensive physical assessment
• Ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests
• Performing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including paracentesis and fibroscans as delegated by the supervising physician
• Education and counseling of patients and their families in the hospital setting

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level