Nurse Practitioner - Radiology
About The Position
The Interventional Radiology (IR) Nurse Practitioner provides procedural and clinical care across the interventional radiology patient experience, including pre-procedural evaluation, intra-procedural support, and post-procedural management. The practitioner collaborates with IR attending physicians and the interdisciplinary care team to provide care to adult patients in inpatient and outpatient settings. The role requires flexibility to work at all UCSF Health facilities and locations. Responsibilities include evaluating inpatient consults, rounding on IR inpatients, supporting admission and discharge for primary IR patients, and coordinating care across UCSF campuses. The practitioner assesses and prepares patients for procedures, develops peri-procedural plans with IR attendings, provides sterile first-assist support, and performs selected low-complexity procedures within approved scope, training, and competency. The role also includes post-procedural recovery management, follow-up, patient education, outpatient clinic management, and coordination with referring teams and other care providers. The practitioner documents and bills evaluation and management encounters according to applicable requirements and contributes to quality improvement, workflow optimization, patient access, and program development. Participation in onboarding, ongoing competency validation, and required APP orientation and onboarding sessions is required.
Requirements
- Unrestricted California Registered Nurse (RN) license.
- Unrestricted California Certified Nurse Practitioner (NP) certification.
- California Nurse Practitioner Furnishing Number, including Schedule II furnishing privileges.
- National NP board certification from an accepted certifying agency aligned with the patient population and clinical role; listed adult hybrid inpatient and outpatient certifications include ACNP-BC, AGACNP-BC, ACNPC-AG, or ACNPC.
- DEA registration for Schedules 2, 2N, 3, 3N, 4, and 5, registered to a California address.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- American Heart Association Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.
- Master’s degree in nursing or Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) from a California Board of Registered Nursing-approved or verified school of nursing.
- At least six months of NP experience.
- Two years of inpatient or acute care NP experience.
- Ability to independently perform inpatient E&M assessment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Judgment skills to effectively meet patient needs.
- Self-direction and organizational skills to function in an independent role.
- Ability to cope with personal stress experienced by health care providers and team members.
- Ability to meet minimum hospital credentialing and billing standards as a billable provider.
- Submit health plan enrollment for Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial plans by the first clinical day.
- Adhere to UCSF Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regulations, Code of Conduct, PRIDE values, applicable policies and procedures, and UCSF policies regarding HIPAA, privacy, communication, documentation, encounter closure, and billing.
- Flexibility to work at all UCSF Health facilities and locations.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in interventional radiology, surgery, hospital medicine, critical care, or oncology.
- Experience with inpatient consult services.
- Experience working in an academic medical center or large integrated health system.
- Demonstrated sterile technique and procedural skill.
- Prior independent performance of paracentesis and thoracentesis.
- Prior ultrasound-guided biopsy experience.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate new adult inpatient IR consults and perform evaluation and management services.
- Conduct daily bedside rounding on established IR inpatients.
- Assist with admission and discharge for primary IR patients and coordinate care across UCSF campuses.
- Perform pre-procedural evaluations, including obtaining and documenting history, conducting physical examinations, reviewing diagnostic data, and identifying risks or barriers to care.
- Develop and document peri-procedural plans of care in collaboration with IR attending physicians.
- Provide sterile first-assist support in IR suites and perform selected low-complexity procedures within approved scope, training, and competency.
- Manage post-procedural recovery, follow-up, patient education, and care coordination.
- Coordinate procedures, imaging, labs, anticoagulation management, and peri-procedural planning.
- Communicate recommendations and coordinate next steps with referring teams, consulting services, nursing staff, technologists, and other interdisciplinary team members.
- Participate in outpatient IR clinic management, daily triage for add-on cases, consultations, and longitudinal follow-up as needed.
- Document care and bill E&M encounters in accordance with institutional, regulatory, coding, and billing requirements.
- Participate in OPPE/FPPE, onboarding, ongoing competency validation, and quality improvement initiatives related to access, throughput, and length of stay.
- Contribute to workflow optimization, patient access, and program development.
- Attend mandatory Office of Advanced Practice Providers orientation sessions and the APP Onboarding Series.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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Job Type
Full-time
