Surgery - General Nurse Practitioner

General Summary

In collaboration with the physician, provides diagnosis and treatment of patients within the scope of practice as defined by all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, protocols, etc. and within the individual Advanced Practice Provider's (APP) particular clinical specialty area, licensure, and competency level.

• Evaluates patients admitted to supervising physician?s service through physical examination and development of a detailed medical history.
• Develops treatment plan and discusses proposed course of treatment with patient?s attending physician.
• Performs patient rounds with accurate assessment of patient?s physical status, overall progress, and current laboratory evaluation.
• Writes progress notes on patients? charts indicating patient status and treatment of procedures performed.
• Determines and orders appropriate investigative studies and therapeutic regimens as outlined by supervising physician.
• Appropriately sees follow up patient appointments in practice setting and provides wound and dressing care as needed.
• Assists physician in the operating room during surgery.

• Establishes effective working relationships with referring physicians, administrators, nursing, and technical staff.
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-service meetings, and workshops.
• Demonstrates a commitment to the patient, visitors, and staff by: complying with all applicable safety regulations; learning the impact of medical errors and methodology that will lead to reduction of errors; reporting actual and potential errors, as well as hazardous conditions; identifying opportunities to standardize processes and ?error proof? systems that will lead to increased safety; and participating in safety education programs and root cause analyses as required.
• Maintains established policies and procedures, objectives, quality assessment, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
• Acts as a resource, educator, and consultant to staff. Provides patient and family education, support and follow up as needed.
• Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.

• Performs other related duties as identified.
• WellSpan Health has adopted and implemented a compliance program to support WellSpan's values and standards for professionalism, integrity, and ethics. Expected to support and meet the values and standards of the organization and the performance expectations of the job, the department, and the compliance program.
• WellSpan Health has adopted and implemented a privacy program to safeguard the patient information and the business and operational information of the organization. Expected to support and meet the values and standards of the organization to safeguard patient and business/operational information.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

• Standing - Occasionally
• Walking - Occasionally
• Sitting - Occasionally
• Carrying/Lifting - Occasionally (50lbs)
• Pushing/Pulling - Occasionally (50lbs)
• Kneeling/Crouching - Occasionally
• Reaching - Occasionally
• Talking - Frequently
• Hearing - Frequently
• Repetitive Motions - Occasionally
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination - Occasionally

• Occupational Hazards - Occasionally
• Bloodborne Pathogen - Exposure

• Masters Degree For Nurse Practitioner. Required or
• Bachelors Degree For Physician Assistant. Required
• Masters Degree For Physician Assistant. Preferred

• 1 year Relevant experience. Required

• Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner Upon Hire Required or
• Licensed Physician Assistant Upon Hire Required and
• Basic Life Support Upon Hire Required or
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Upon Hire Required

• BLS and/or ACLS as appropriate for the clinical role. Upon Hire Required and
• Nurse Practitioner - Completion of an accredited program for nurse practitioners and appropriate clinical specialty certification. Upon Hire Required or
• Physician Assistant - Graduate of accredited physician assistant program Upon Hire Required