Cardiac Surgery Advanced Practice Provider

Job Description

Performs routine and expanded job descriptions as listed in the provider's delegation agreement on file with the Maryland Board of Physicians or Maryland Board of Nursing.

Principal Responsibilities and Tasks The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification.

They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel so classified. The Advanced Practice Provider will :

• Join a multifaceted team that covers the Cardiovascular ICU and the CV OR.
• Collaborate with attending physicians and clinicians regarding admission, discharge, and transfer decisions.
• Communicate effectively with attending physicians, other medical teams, team members, and patient’s families.
• Demonstrate competence in clinical assessment and decision making.
• Perform comprehensive history and physical assessments for patient admissions and daily rounds.
• Provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services.
• Assists in the preoperative and postoperative planning, care, and documentation in keeping with protocols.
• CV OR : Performs tissue handling including making incisions, retracting, dissecting, tying, ligating, stapling, suturing and providing hemostasis.

Performs chest tube insertions and closes leg and chest incisions.Prepares and loads the vein on an Aortic Connector System for proximal anastamosis.

Performs endoscopic or open harvesting of the radial artery during coronary artery bypass procedures and prepares radial artery for bypass.

• Notifies attending physician on call, house physician on call or supervising physician (or surgeon) regarding any unusual or unexpected events or problems requiring direct physician consultation.
• Demonstrates competence and skill in required tasks and procedures.Demonstrates knowledge of and competency in required subspecialty.

Complete required CMEs and maintain licensures appropriately.Performs according to Maryland Board of Physician or Board of Nursing standards and expanded job description procedural protocols.

Facilitates excellence in quality assurance and the delivery of patient care as part of our High Reliability Organization.

Provides optimal quality of patient care while following safety guidelines,Maintains a procedure complication rate less than the national average.

Contributes to cohesive group relations; uses open communication to resolve problems in and between departments.Demonstrates commitment to professional department and organizational core values.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

PAs : Bachelor’s degree, graduation from an ARC-PA accredited Physician Assistant program, and certification by the National Commission of Certification of Physician’s Assistants are required.

Candidates must hold an active Maryland license through the Maryland Board of Physicians.

• NPs : Bachelor’s degree, RN experience, and completion of Acute Nurse Practitioner degree. Candidates must hold an active Maryland license through the Maryland Board of Nursing.
• Preferred 3 years of experience as a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner providing direct care to patients preferably in a surgical program setting.

Accepting NP graduate with 5 years as RN in Cardiac Surgery ICU

• Credentialing must be obtained from UM Capital Region Health’s Medical Staff Office and maintenance of BLS / ACLS certification is required.
• Salary is commensurate with clinical experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Ability to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the patient populations(s) served.

Ability to demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and ability to assess data reflective of the patient's requirements relative to his or her population-specific and age specific needs.

• Highly effective verbal and written skills are required to work with all levels of hospital personnel, administrators and clinical staff.
• Ability to work in a team atmosphere and maximize efficient system operations.

Patient Safety

• Ensures patient safety in the performance of job functions and through participation in hospital, department, or unit patient safety initiatives.
• Takes action to correct observed risks to patient safety.
• Reports adverse events and near misses to appropriate management authority.
• Identifies possible risks in processes, procedures, devices and communicates the same to those in charge.

Additional Information

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