NIGHT APP - Trauma/SICU/Acute Care Surgery

Job Description

Job Description

University of Toledo Physicians' mission is to improve the human condition through excellence in patient care and medical discovery. Representing more than 200 physicians, UT Physicians are leaders in clinical care, research and education of the future physicians, providing care in a wide range of medical specialties from the most complex diagnoses and treatments to primary care for the entire family. The primary site of inpatient care services is at the University of Toledo Medical Center, but many of our physicians’ practice at hospitals and medical offices throughout the region.

University of Toledo Physicians offers competitive pay and benefits including: 403B, Pension, health and tuition waiver at UT.

The Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant functions within the collaborative agreement arranged with Physician. The APP will work autonomously and in collaboration with the Physicians within a Standard Care Arrangement (SCA) or Supervision Agreement (SA) to diagnose, treat, and manage individuals or population of patients. APPs can serve as healthcare resource providers, patient advocates and interdisciplinary consultant with the Health Care Team. 

This position primarily involves providing overnight in-house call coverage for the Trauma, Surgical ICU, General Surgery, and Vascular Surgery services. The schedule includes 7 shifts every 2 weeks, with 12-hour shifts from 6:30 PM to 6:30 AM, and will involve weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities include:

• Responding to level II and level I trauma activations, conducting emergent consultations for trauma, general surgery, and vascular surgery
• Admitting the above listed surgical patients requiring inpatient care
• After appropriate training in completed, performing bedside procedures such as suturing, I&D, line placement, chest tube placement, and assisting in the operating room as needed.
• Addressing urgent overnight floor calls and coordinating care with the attending physician on duty.
• Precepting/providing education to students rotating on service as needed.
• Demonstrate clinical competency and accountability in care for patients as identified in unit’s Scope of Care
• Acts as a mentor/role model for staff as well as a resource person for nurses, medical assistants, and/or other ancillary staff.
• Maintains professional standards of attendance, appearance, demeanor, and company values. Assumes responsibility and accountability of own actions, seeks out supervision as necessary

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Education : Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program or Physician Assistant Program; Master’s Degree in appropriate field
• Certifications/Licensure : 
  • State of Ohio Licensure-Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nurse or Physician Assistant
  • National Certification as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
  • COA from the Board of Nursing to practice as an Advanced Practice Nurse or Ohio State Medical Board to practice as a Physician Assistant
  • BLS Certified
  • Eligible to obtain and/or maintain Certificate to Prescribe/DEA

Benefits:

• UTP pension plan with employer contributions.
• Eligibility for health, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage through the University of Toledo
• Paid time off, paid parental and maternity leave
• UT provides a Tuition Fee Waiver Program 
• Long Term and Short-Term Disability
• UTP opts out of FICA, reducing the employee's payroll taxes

Working Conditions:

• Must be able to work nights only, holidays and weekends.   
• Tolerate busy environment that requires constant interaction with patients, employees, students, 
• residents, and physicians. 
• Requires prolonged walking and standing.  Occasional lifting of patients sometimes over 200 pounds.
• Occasional carrying of items weighing up to 30 pounds required. 
• Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range and manual dexterity.
• Requires the ability to operate various types of office equipment, including but not limited to: Personal computer, fax machines, copiers, telephones
• Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids, toxic substances, medicinal preparations, and other conditions common to a clinic environment on a daily basis.
• Must be able to work effectively both with internal and external customers in stressful situations.

The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the people so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct and control the work of employees under his/her supervision.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, disability, military or veteran status, height, weight, familial or marital status, or genetics. 

Equal Opportunity Employer/Drug-Free Workplace