Cardiology Nurse Practitioner

Dates needed: ASAP, 6 months
Site Location: Springfield OR
• Shift Schedule details and duration: 24hr call 7a-7a
•Weekdays, up to 8-hours/day of coverage for First Assist and overnight emergency First Assist call; w/ Call Back and notification of Vascular Surgery Leadership for hours exceeding 8-hours/24 hours, on the next business day. Call Back rates do not start until 8-hours/24-hour call shift are exceeded.
• Weekends 4-hours/day coverage for rounding and emergency surgery w/ Call Back and notification of Vascular Surgery Leadership for hours exceeding 6-hours/weekend day, on the next business day. Call Back rates do not start until 4-hours/24-hour call shift are exceeded. Expectations are that:
•Any day exceeding the above hours requiring Call Back hours would be related to Vascular Surgery Leadership within 24-hours with explanation/documentation of the rationale for exceeding, so we have live time feedback on our needs.
•APPs will review and tee up routine consults and inpatient vascular surgery patients on the weekend independently and then contact On Call Vascular Surgeon to review and round/staff on these patients. Urgent or Emergent cases would be exceptions.
•APPs will keep a running tally of the patients they are First Assisting on and pt. they consult/round on in the hospital. This list should be brought to Vascular Surgery Clinic the next business day, when they first check in. • EMR: EPIC must be proficient
• Rounding, admissions, None, Rounding and consults will be completed by employed APPs, unless there is need for vacation coverage.
Patient demographics: Adult
• # inpatient beds: 347-bed tertiary acute care medical center and Level II trauma center.
• Certifications required: Vascular Surgery PA
• Active license Only
• Reason for coverage: Recent departures