Nurse Practitioner

Position Summary The Nurse Practitioner provides anesthesia care across a variety of clinical settings within Boston Medical Center. The role is responsible for delivering safe, effective anesthesia services in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, ensuring compliance with institutional policies and regulatory standards. Position: Nurse Practitioner – Department: Anesthesia – Schedule: 40 hours. Essential Responsibilities / Duties Conducts comprehensive pre-admission and pre-operative assessments for surgical and procedural patients, including review of medical history, medications, allergies, prior anesthesia history, functional status, comorbidities, and relevant diagnostic information. Identifies patients who require additional clinical optimization, specialty input, testing, medication planning or anesthesia review prior to surgery or procedures. Orders, reviews, interprets, and follows up on appropriate pre-operative testing within scope of practice, institutional policy, and established peri-operative protocols. Assesses and manages common peri-operative risk factors, including cardiovascular, pulmonary, endocrine, renal, anticoagulation, medication, frailty, and social or access-related considerations that may affect procedural readiness. Collaborates with anesthesiologists, surgeons, proceduralists, registered nurses, residents, primary-care providers, specialty consultants, and administrative staff to resolve clinical and operational issues before the day of surgery. Provides clear patient and family education regarding pre-operative instructions, medication management, testing needs, follow-up requirements, and peri-operative expectations. Completes accurate, timely, and thorough documentation in the electronic medical record and ensures pre-operative assessments meet hospital, departmental, regulatory, and clinical standards. Escalates complex, high-risk, incomplete, or time-sensitive cases to anesthesia, surgical, nursing, APP, or operational leadership as appropriate to support safe patient care and reliable OR/procedural throughput. Contributes to performance-improvement efforts related to patient readiness, PAT throughput, cancellation reduction, documentation quality, patient safety, resident education, and standard work development. Job Requirements Master's degree or higher from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program. Clinical experience sufficient to independently perform pre-operative assessment, patient education, care coordination, and documentation within the nurse practitioner scope of practice. Experience evaluating adult patients with common acute and chronic medical conditions in a hospital, ambulatory, surgical, peri-operative, internal medicine, emergency medicine, critical care, cardiology, or procedural setting. Certification, Licensure, and Registration Current or eligible Massachusetts Nurse Practitioner license. Current national board certification as a Nurse Practitioner in an appropriate population focus (Adult-Gerontology, Family, Acute Care, or other area acceptable to the department). Current BLS certification. Massachusetts Controlled Substances Registration and federal DEA registration, as applicable to clinical practice and institutional requirements. Eligibility for appointment, credentialing, and privileging as an Advanced Practice Provider at Boston Medical Center. Current ACLS certification or ability to obtain within a timeframe determined by the department. Additional certification or training relevant to peri-operative medicine, internal medicine, critical care, cardiology, anesthesia, or surgical patient optimization. Experience Minimum of 1-2 years clinical nursing experience, ideally in a critical care or acute care setting. Knowledge and Skills Strong clinical judgment and decision-making ability. Team-oriented with a focus on collaboration in high-acuity environments. Commitment to patient safety, quality care, and professional development. Exceptional critical thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving abilities, particularly in high-pressure situations. In-depth knowledge of anesthesia principles, techniques, medications, and equipment. Proficiency in utilizing anesthesia technology, monitoring devices, and electronic medical record systems. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate with diverse healthcare professionals and interact with patients and their families. Commitment to ongoing professional development, maintaining up-to-date knowledge of current anesthesia practices, research, and advancements. Compensation Compensation Range: $290,000 - $290,000. This range offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications. However, our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive and considers a broad range of factors when making an offer. This includes education, experience, skills, and certifications/licensure as they directly relate to position requirements; as well as business-organizational needs, internal equity, and market-competitiveness. In addition, BMC offers generous total compensation that includes, but is not limited to, benefits (medical, dental, vision, pharmacy), discretionary annual bonuses and merit increases, flexible spending accounts, 403(b) savings matches, paid time off, career advancement opportunities, and resources to support employee and family wellbeing. Equal Opportunity Employer Boston Medical Center is an equal employment/affirmative action employer. We ensure equal employment opportunities for all, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression or any other non-job-related characteristic. Boston Medical Center participates in the Electronic Employment Verification Program. As an E-Verify employer, prospective employees of BMC must complete a background check before beginning employment. All staff are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and flu, and receive a booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. #J-18808-Ljbffr