Advanced Practice Provider - Pre Admission Testing (PAT)

Job Title

Advanced Practice RN (APRN) Pre-Admission Testing (PAT)

Schedule: Full Time

Shift: Days

EMG is affiliated with Eskenazi Health and employs physician and advanced practice providers who support the Eskenazi Health system. A multi-specialty provider group, it strives to be a leading primary care provider serving all patients regardless of ability to pay or condition of health while advancing medicine through teaching and research.

Eskenazi Health is one of America's largest safety net health systems with more than 1 million outpatient visits each year. Partnering with the Indiana University School of Medicine, Eskenazi Health serves as the public hospital division of the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Indiana. In addition to the 327-bed hospital located on its downtown Indianapolis campus, Eskenazi Health provides services at 10 federally qualified health care centers and multiple mental health sites and residential facilities located throughout Indianapolis. Eskenazi Health is accredited by The Joint Commission and has been highlighted as one of the nation's 150 best places to work by Becker's Hospital Review for four consecutive years.

Indianapolis offers affordable housing, excellent schools and a wealth of entertainment options, including a variety of amateur and professional sports teams, dynamic museums, live theater productions, symphony and opera concerts, a wide variety of shopping options and restaurants, and numerous outdoor festivals, as well as the famous Indy 500 race each May.

Eskenazi Health has been named to Becker's Hospital Review's 2018 list of "150 Great Places to Work In Health Care." This is the 3rd year in a row now that EH has received this honor.

Responsibilities

The Advanced Practice RN (APRN) Pre-Admission Testing (PAT) works as an educator, advocate and care provider and is responsible for the care and well-being of patients being seen for perioperative care and medical clearance.

Complete history and physicals for patient's undergoing elective surgeries

Optimize comorbidities of patient's undergoing elective surgeries

Perform risk stratification for patient's undergoing elective surgeries

Order and interpret EKGs, labs, imaging and various cardiac diagnostic testing

Obtain accurate medication reconciliations and provide perioperative medication management

Consult with various specialties as needed (Anesthesia, Surgery, Internal Medicine)

Refer patients to various specialties as needed for further preoperative evaluation and optimization

Qualifications

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing with a Master of Science degree

Current Indiana license or eligible for one

Collaborative agreement with affiliated physician group

Current Indiana Controlled Substance and Drug Enforcement Registration