Nurse Practitioner - Vascular Surgery

Company: University Health Services, Inc.
Location: Augusta
Posted on: January 7, 2021

Job Description:

Responsibilities: Assists the Vascular Surgeons in the care of his/her patients of all ages: adolescent, adult, and geriatric. Uses nurse practitioner knowledge base in providing direct patient care for patients of all ages: adolescent, adult, and geriatric, in the clinical setting. Activities involve inpatient, outpatient, and surgical care/procedures and may be performed where ever the supervising physician regularly sees patients (i.e. Main OR, CVCC, Peripheral Vascular Lab, inpatient units and Emergency Department). The Nurse Practitioner works under the auspices of the Vascular surgeons in accordance with practice laws governing Nurse Practitioners. Provides care in compliance with Federal, State and established hospital protocols. Provides quality care in accordance with standards established by the University Hospital Department of Medicine, i.e. comprehensive, coordinated, integrated, and accountable. Qualifications: EducationSuccessful completion of a Nurse Practitioner Program from an accredited school of nursing with all the knowledge and skills normally acquired through such programs is required.Licensure/CertificationCurrent and valid professional nurse license in Georgia as an advanced practice nurse, i.e. NP required. Certified as Nurse Practitioner by the appropriate national certification body (e.g. ASNP, AANP, AANC, NAPA, etc.). BLS, ACLS required.ExperienceAbility to perform patient care at a level normally acquired through one year as a Nurse Practitioner in a vascular surgery setting highly desirable.Knowledge, Skills and AbilitiesAbility to apply professional education in a busy clinical setting.Basic level of analytical ability required in order to set priorities and coordinate patient care.Advanced level of interpersonal skills necessary to work effectively with multiple personalities and levels of personnel.Ability to perform efficiently and effectively under stress.Requires frequent intense concentration/attention to detail 90% of the time to read and document, use equipment and computers, and to prioritize and provide patient care both direct and indirect.Job requires both initiative and dependability.Philosophy of health care and nursing is compatible with that of the mission of the institution.Work ethic compatible with that of the Operating Room/University Hospital management and demands of the unit.Physical DemandsIndividual physical activity includes: long periods of communication; verbal and written, hearing, manual dexterity, standing, sitting and walking, bending and stooping, lifting heavy objects. Sensory abilities of sight, auditory, tactile and olfactory are required to observe patients and their symptoms. Sufficient physical and psychological health to allow 95% attendance.

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