Advance Practice Provider, Florida Medical Clinic - Primary Care, Tampa Florida

Advanced Practice Provider, APP, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, ARNP, NP, PA, PAC Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health

Orlando Health is part of the Orlando Health system of care, which includes award-winning hospitals and ERs, specialty institutes, urgent care centers, primary care practices and outpatient facilities that span Florida's east to west coasts, Central Alabama and Puerto Rico. Collectively, our dedicated team members honor our over 100-year legacy by providing professional and compassionate care to the patients, families and communities we serve. Orlando Health is committed to providing you with benefits that go beyond the expected, with career-growing FREE education programs and well-being services to support you and your family through every stage of life. We begin your benefits on day one and offer flexibility wherever possible, so that you can be present for your passions.

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, 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.
• Perform detailed H & P examinations and document inpatient H & P, and discharge summaries in the medical record.
• 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.
• 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.
• Perform patient education.

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: None