APP, BURN

HHC•Indianapolis, IN

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Eskenazi Medical Group (EMG) is affiliated with Eskenazi Health and employs physician and advanced practice providers who support the Eskenazi Health system. EMG is a multi-specialty provider group that aims to be a leading primary care provider, serving all patients regardless of their ability to pay or health condition, while also advancing medicine through teaching and research. Eskenazi Health is one of America's largest safety net health systems, with over one million outpatient visits annually. In partnership with the Indiana University School of Medicine, Eskenazi Health functions as the public hospital division of the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Indiana. Beyond its 327-bed hospital in downtown Indianapolis, Eskenazi Health offers services at 10 federally qualified health centers, multiple mental health sites, and residential facilities throughout Indianapolis. Eskenazi Health is accredited by The Joint Commission and has been recognized by Becker's Hospital Review as one of the nation's 150 best places to work for four consecutive years. Indianapolis provides affordable housing, excellent schools, and numerous entertainment options, including professional and amateur sports teams, museums, live theater, concerts, diverse shopping and dining, and outdoor festivals, as well as the Indy 500 race.

Requirements

Special privileges and skills: phlebotomy, Venous/arterial pressure monitoring devices, ACLS, EKG, I & D, Wound irrigation and debridement, Excision and grafting of burn wounds under the supervision of the surgeon, Selects and obtains skin grafts from donor sites, Wound care and dressing changes, Removal of skin sutures, Performs escharotomy under indirect physician supervision (requires special privileging), Assist with operative fasciotomies, Compartment pressure measurement, Adjustment of ventilators and their settings, Intubation and extubation, First or second assist in burn cases under direct supervision of the surgeon.
Specialty certification if available and appropriate

Responsibilities

Manages and directs surgical inpatient and outpatient burn patients in a surgical/ICU care setting.
Serves as a health care provider for patients admitted to the burn ICU, under indirect physician supervision.
Responsible for critical care and step down admissions with indirect supervision from on call physician.
Provides full coverage to burn surgery inpatient and outpatient services.
Provides cross coverage to plastic surgery patients as directed by collaborating physician.
Orders routine and special laboratory tests, radiograph studies, EKGs and interprets their results.
Prescribes medications according to Standards of Practice.
Provides admission history and physical exam, progress notes, doctor’s orders (cosigned within 24 hours).
Responds to service calls when physicians are in surgery.
Maintains membership in various committees within the Burn Center and attends as required.
Participates in burn performance improvement projects and presentations to include but no limited to daily and weekly burn rounds, weekly burn conference, multidisciplinary committee work, journal clubs, mortality and morbidity review for the burn service.
Prepares letters to physicians, government agencies, nursing homes and home health providers in order to assist in providing for patients needs and to assist staff medical officers with providing reoccurring and long-term care.
Assists the institution to prepare for JCAHO accreditation and American Burn Association Certification.
Contact patients and family members to arrange for surgical consents before operations and special procedures. Gathers and exchanges information with the patients and family members.
Consults with medical personnel to exchange information and plan operative actions/procedures necessary to meet the needs of the patient and contribute to the patient’s care.
Surveillance of care.
Provides non emergent and/or in house on call services for hospitalized patients as needed under the direction of burn medical director.
Obtains prescriptive authority based on state guidelines once practice hours are achieved and maintains required CMEs. Prescribes medications from the approved list.
Orders preoperative and post-operative laboratory tests and radiographic studies. Interprets results and treats as appropriate.