Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Periop - West Ashley Observation Unit

Medical University of South Carolina • Charleston, SC

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant (APP) will work weeknights at the West Ashley campus caring for adult post-surgical patients including ENT, GYN, Urology, General, Ortho, Plastics, and Endocrine. The APP would be the primary provider working alongside 2 Registered Nurse and a Patient Care Technician responsible for the assessment of post-surgical complications and providing intervention/treatment as needed. Complete discharge orders post op day one.

Requirements

• Completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program and currently licensed or eligible for licensure as a Physician Assistant or completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program and currently licensed or eligible for licensure as an APRN.
• Physician Assistant or APRN Certification Type: AGPNP/ANP (Adult Gerontology Primary Care NP or Adult NP): Adult pts (13 years to death), stable chronic disease state management or primary care setting.
• FNP (Family NP): (birth to death) Stable chronic disease state management, primary care across the lifespan.
• Basic Life Support (BLS).
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
• If applicable, DHEC and DEA license applications must be started prior to first day.
• Continuous requirements are to perform job functions while standing, walking and sitting.
• Ability to bend at the waist, kneel, climb stairs, reach in all directions, fully use both hands and legs, possess good finger dexterity, perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders, reach in all directions.
• Maintain 20/40 vision corrected, see and recognize objects close at hand and at a distance, work in a latex safe environment and work indoors.
• Frequently lift, lower, push and pull and/or carry objects weighing 50 lbs (+/-) unassisted, exert up to 50 lbs of force, lift from 36" to overhead 25 lbs.
• Infrequently work in dusty areas and confined/cramped spaces.

Nice To Haves

• Physician Assistant or APRN Certification Type: AGACNP/ACNP (Adult Gerontology Acute Care NP/Acute Care Nurse Practitioner): Adult pts (13 years to death), acutely ill or injured, potentially unstable, or technologically dependent (vents, drips, monitors, etc.)
• Preferred experience in an adult PACU, ICU, emergency department, surgical/trauma step-down unit, procedural recovery area, or another high-acuity setting involving airway management, hemodynamic stabilization, and postoperative care.

Responsibilities

• Caring for adult post-surgical patients including ENT, GYN, Urology, General, Ortho, Plastics, and Endocrine.
• Assessment of post-surgical complications and providing intervention/treatment as needed.
• Complete discharge orders post op day one.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed