Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Emergency Radiology

Mayo Clinic•Rochester, MN

2d•$119,870 - $167,274

About The Position

The APP will be the first point of contact for referring services for the Hospital Emergency Radiology Division. This role involves facilitating contact with providers, protocoling CT cases, checking images for quality, and reporting critical findings. The APP will also verify PICC/Port central line tip location under CT scout imaging to determine readiness of use prior to contrast injection. They will serve as a point of contact for Radiology Nurses and technicians for contrast-related questions, including appropriateness of contrast uses and management of contrast adverse reactions or extravasation. The role may also include obtaining patient informed consent and performing fluoroscopic guided procedures such as video swallows, esophagograms, small bowel follow-throughs, enemas, joint aspirations, tube advancements, and VCUG/RUGs. Additionally, the APP will support academic and educational MR and CT Abdominal efforts, including participation in research projects and exam innovation.

Requirements

New Grads will not be considered at this time.
Nurse Practitioner: Masters-prepared graduate of an accredited school of nursing and Nurse Practitioner program.
Current MN RN and APRN license and certification as a AGNP or FNP.
Physician Assistant: Graduate of accredited Physician Assistant program with current PA certification by NCCPA and registration as a PA by the MN State Board of Medical Practice.
Active BLS, ACLS, and First Assist certification from American Heart Association or American Red Cross at start date.
DEA registration required.

Responsibilities

Facilitate contact with providers internal and external to Radiology.
Protocol CT cases, check images for quality and report critical findings.
Verify PICC/Port central line tip location under CT scout imaging to determine readiness of use prior to contrast injection.
Point of contact for Radiology Nurses and technicians for contrast related questions to include but not limited to; appropriateness of contrast uses along with management of contrast adverse reactions and/or extravasation.
Obtain patient informed consent as needed.
Perform fluoroscopic guided procedures as per practice needs. Fluro procedures include but are not limited to video swallows, esophagogram, small bowel follows through, enema, joint aspirations, tube advancements, VCUG/RUG etc.
Support academic and educational MR and CT Abdominal efforts to include participation in research projects and exam innovation.