Position Summary
Department: Ortho/Sports Medicine Practice
Location: Ocoee
Position Type: Outpatient
Title: Advanced Practice Provider, APP, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, ARNP, NP, PA, PAC
Position Summary:The Advance Practice Provider practices medicine under the direction of physicians and/or surgeons that helps with all aspects of patient care, including diagnosis, treatment and consultations with the highest degree of independence.
Responsibilities
- Acts as advanced resource for specialty area or lead worker in clinic setting.
- Performs complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in diagnosing medical and surgical problems and prescribing necessary treatment and services for quality patient care.
- Operates with the highest degree of independence in provision of patient care services with minimal physician supervision and generally in a highly specialized area.
- Assists in providing care for patients receiving radiation treatments; writes appropriate orders, including those for perioperative orders, narcotics, stimulants, and depressant drugs.
- Tasks will include:
- Performs detailed history and physical examinations and documents inpatient H & P, 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
- Reviews medical records of patients of the supervising medical staff member.
- Performs routine patient rounds to monitor and evaluate clinical status; reports change in status 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.
- Dispenses/prescribes medication as authorized by supervising medical staff member.
- Issues oral and written orders on behalf of the supervising medical staff member
- Writes or dictates reports and progress notes appropriately in the medical record
- Scrubs with supervising surgeon in operating room.
- Removes catheters, drains, sutures, and staples.
- Surgically closes wounds, incision and drainage, debridement, dressing (the surgeon must remain in the immediate area).
- Assists physician with special diagnostic procedures and follows the medical staff policies on supervision for the procedure
- Performs 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 Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
- Maintains compliance with all Orlando 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.
- Participates in basic science and clinical research projects
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 - Three years of Advance Practice Provider experience
