Nurse Practitioner II, Anesthesiology

Nurse Practitioner

The Nurse Practitioner will perform all duties and tasks under the medical direction of an anesthesiologist. The Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care's division of Center for Perioperative Care advocates for each patient to be medically optimized prior to surgery, to experience a smooth hospital course, and to return back to normal life activities. Patients receive individualized service that is expertly coordinated across multiple departments and phases of care.

Your Role on the Team:

• Work with the physicians/surgeons/APP colleagues and other clinical and administrative staff to ensure efficient patient management based on accepted practice, including but not limited to, performing histories and physicals, pre-operative planning/coordinating with anesthesia/outside providers and PCPs as applicable, responding to change in patient status, providing needed prescriptions/evaluations/referral/treatments as permitted under their standardized procedure.
• Provide home health services and DME, DMV evaluations, referrals, consultations, PT, and order radiographic or diagnostic requests, specialized treatment privileges (e.g. chemotherapy with the approved privilege). May also provide patient education, arrange follow-up appointments, and engage in any approved privileges the APP has completed the necessary proctoring or FPPE through prior to competency for independent practice and procedural activity.

What It Takes to be Successful:

• Required: Demonstrates an understanding of and adheres to privacy, confidentiality, and security policies and procedures related to Protected Health Information (PHI) or other sensitive and personal information. Prior managing patients in an ambulatory care center experience. Ability to assess pediatric patients within the scope of the NP practice and license certification Customer Service: Values and delivers high quality service to all customers through effective application of the UCICARE principles: Understanding, Communication, Involvement, Commitment, Action, Respect Environment, and LAST. Knows and complies with all customer service standards as outlined in the Service Excellence Handbook. Personal Achievement: Sets and achieves personal goals to advance career-related skills, knowledge and abilities and helps others to improve their skills. Quality Improvement: Strives for high quality performance and takes initiative to make improvements and deliver results. Resource Management: Demonstrates accountability, discretion and sound judgment in using or managing university resources. Teamwork: Builds effective relationships across work groups by treating fellow employees with courtesy, respect and inclusiveness; maintains a positive attitude and takes responsibility for assignments.
• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing Graduation from an accredited school of nurse practitioner Successful completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program. Current, active, unrestricted California Registered Nurse license. Current, active, unrestricted California Nurse Practitioner license. ACNP/AGACNP Current Active, Unrestricted Furnishing License and DEA Registration. Active National Provider Identifier (NPI). Valid Basic Life Support certification by the American Heart Association. NP National Board Certification. Prior and relevant Perioperative / Peri-Anesthesia experience. Prior ICU experience. Educational training and/or experience to support setting and patient population. 6 months of Nurse Practitioner experience.
• Preferred: Ability to exercise diplomacy and flexibility in interacting with physicians, nurses, other paramedical personnel, administrators, emergency and law enforcement officers. Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job. Demonstrated ability to independently assess, diagnose, and treat patients with acute and chronic problems Skill to clearly communicate medical information to a broad variety of people, both in person and over the telephone. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Writing skills to prepare clear medical reports, laboratory data and progress notes. Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload. Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties. Ability to be trained in the use of specialized medical equipment and procedures.

Special Conditions: Must successfully complete the UCI Medical Center credentialing/privileging process.