Advanced Practice Provider for Emergency Care Department - Full Time Position

Temecula Valley Neurosurgery, Inc

Advanced Practice Provider – Certified

Type of Position: Full Time

If Nurse Practitioner: Master’s or Doctorate’s degree from accredited Nursing Program

If Physician Assistant: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from accredited PA Program

If Nurse Practitioner: Active RN and APRN license in State of California AND RNFA Certification

Active board certification as an NP in Acute Care

If Physician Assistant: All Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant applicants must have:

Current BLS for Healthcare providers required

Controlled Substance education course Certification required (CAPA for PA-C/ CANP for NP)

Work Experience Requirements

Experience in neurosurgery, or similar clinic setting, and inpatient hospital environment

Patient Transfers, First assist in surgery, and positioning patients in the Operating Room

Maintains security code on cell phone and HIPAA confidentiality when texting or emailing other providers. (Independently performing Initial consult and follow up evaluations within outpatient, Inpatient and Trauma setting: rounding on patients routinely, evaluation and management of patients in emergency room and on surgical floor, assessing and monitoring patients’ health and status in collaboration with neurosurgeons and other health care providers

Appropriately documenting in hospital EMR, manage preoperative and postoperative orders, management of prescriptions and treatments or studies, clarifying treatment and discharge planning, dictation of discharge summary

Coordination of in-hospital care with hospital nursing staff and other services or departments as necessary. Provide surgical services as first assistant on neurosurgical cases in the operating room.

Head frame application and removal

Brace application and removal

Properly documenting in EMR

Triage patients and phone calls appropriately

The APP will cover weekend rounds every 3rd Weekend (may be rotated if necessary) in collaboration with the On-Call neurosurgeon. This includes performing hospital rounds on all in-patients, remaining in close contact with the neurosurgeon On-Call and at times may be called in to assist with emergency surgery if necessary.

These behavior codes include but are not limited to security and confidentiality, office conduct, employee conduct and work rules, the policy on harassment, smoke-free and chemical-free workplace and computer e-mail and internet usage.

Speak up about safety issues, change practices to enhance safety, share errors, ask for help when needed, and other elements of shared accountability for safe practices and for patient and employee safety.

Note: This document is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed.