Position Summary
Department: Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute
Location: Lake Mary
Position Type: Outpatient
Title: Nurse Practitioner, NP, APP, Advanced Practice Provider, Physician Assistant, PA, PAC
The Advance Practice Proider practices medicine under the direction of physicians and/or surgeons that helps with all aspects of patient care, including diagnosis, treatments, and consultations
Responsibilities
- Assists in providing care for patients receiving radiation treatments; writes appropriate orders, including those for perioperative orders, narcotics, stimulants, and depressant drugs.
- Performs emergency life-saving procedures in cases such cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, massive hemorrhage, or similar catastrophe.
- Performs daily rounds independently or with attending physicians and/or students. Daily tasks to include:
- Perform detailed H & P examinations and document inpatient H & P and discharge summaries in the medical record. (Must be reviewed and countersigned by supervising medical staff member within 24 hours and may not be substituted for physician H & P).
- Initiate appropriate actions to facilitate implementation of therapeutic plans, consistent with healthcare needs of the patient
- Performs examination for follow-ups and patients receiving radiation treatments.
- Review medical records of patients of the supervising medical staff member.
- Routine patient rounds to monitor and evaluate clinical status; change in status to be reported to supervising medical staff member for management (may not be substituted for physician rounds).
- Notifies attending physician about unusual or unexpected events or problems requiring direct physician consultation.
- Dispense/prescribe medication, as authorized by supervising medical staff member.
- Issue oral and written orders on behalf of the supervising medical staff member, to be reviewed and countersigned by the supervising medical staff member within 24 hours.
- Write or dictate reports and progress notes appropriately in the medical record
- Scrub with supervising surgeon in operating room.
- Remove catheters, drains, sutures, and staples.
- Surgically close wounds, incision and drainage, debridement, dressing (the surgeon must remain in the immediate area).
- Assist physician with special diagnostic procedures and follows the medical staff policies on supervision for the procedure
- Perform advanced cardiac life support. In a medical emergency, the Physician Assistant will act on behalf of the supervising medical staff member to maintain life support until a licensed physician arrives to manage the patient.
- Perform patient education.
- Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Baptist Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
- Maintains compliance with all Baptist Health policies and procedures.
- Acts as a role model and resource person for staff.
- Participates in review and revision of policies and procedures.
- Demonstrates compliance with standards of regulatory and accrediting agencies.
- Establishes relationships with professionals of other health-related groups within the community.
- Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication with diverse populations, including physicians, employees, patients, and families.
Qualifications
Education/Training Nurse Practitioner
- MN or MSN or DNP or PhD or DNS degree in nursing.
Physician Assistant
- Graduate of accredited physician assistant program.
Licensure/Certification Nurse Practitioner
- APRN license in the state of Florida.
- After July 1, 2006, licensure applicants are required to have national advanced certification from an approved nursing specialty board.
- Maintains current BLS certification.
Physician Assistant
- Maintain current physician assistant licensure in State of Florida.
- Maintain current BLS/healthcare certification.
Experience - Specialty experience preferred
