Otolaryngology Nurse Practitioner

The Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant), within the ambulatory and inpatient setting, works in collaboration with and is an integral member of a multidisciplinary healthcare team. The APP provides comprehensive care in the Department of Otolaryngology-HNS outpatient practices in Abington and Huntingdon Valley. The APP will work closely with attendings and nurses within the Department.

The scope of practice will include general otolaryngology in a successful, full-service, high-volume department.

Assessment & Management

• Provides outpatient medical care with the supervision but not necessarily the presence of a qualified physician member of the medical staff
• Performs complete history & physicals and documents in the medical record.
• Orders and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.

Diagnosis

• Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care team in diagnosing acute and complex chronic conditions.
• Manages diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision.
• Formulates differential diagnoses by priority.
• Diagnoses complications and orders appropriate interventions

Procedures

• Flexible Fiberoptic Laryngoscopy
• Nasal Endoscopy
• Non-Surgical control of Epistaxis
• Tracheostomy changes
• Cerumenectomy
• Allergy management

Plan of Care

• Manages the care plan through evaluation, modification, and documentation according to the patient s response to therapy. Manages changes in conditions with a focus on optimizing patient outcomes.
• Identifies expected outcomes from diagnosis and formulates and documents a plan of care to address complex acute and chronic health care needs.
• Utilizes evidence-based practice guidelines and protocols in an individualized, dynamic plan of care that can be applied across the continuum.

Communication and Collaboration

• Maintains ongoing communication and collaboration with interdisciplinary health care team.
• Facilitates and communicates with patients, family, and staff to promote continuity of care across the inpatient and outpatient continuum of care.
• Serves as an educational resource to the patient/family, nursing staff, and provider team. Acts as a consultant to multidisciplinary healthcare team members.

• Maintains CEUs, and membership in a professional organization.
• Ability to work in an inter-professional team setting with multiple responsibilities.
• Master s Degree
• National Board Certification as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
• BLS certification

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Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University , home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health , nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

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