NP​/PA Cardiac Surgery - Inpatient Care at Union Memorial Hospital

NP/PA Cardiac Surgery

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Provides comprehensive or episodic evaluation of patients such as history and physicals as well as providing care to assigned patients. Assesses diagnoses, documents findings, writes medical orders and/or prescriptions. Makes clinical decisions relative to patient management through collaboration with physicians. May assist or perform surgical procedures.

• Contributes to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies, procedures, quality standards, and safety standards. Complies with governmental and accreditation regulations.
• Assists in providing care. Writes appropriate order sets including medications. Assists physician in emergent events by being familiar with appropriate locations of emergency equipment and following physician instructions to render appropriate clinical support.
• Collaborates with physicians and other clinical staff to ensure practice needs are met by taking call, performing stress testing, and/or triaging patient calls to maintain quality patient care.
• Communicates positive laboratory and diagnostic findings to patients and referring physicians to ensure continuity of patient care.
• Develops treatment plan and discusses proposed course of treatment with patient’s attending physician and other health care team members as appropriate, including consultants and referrals.
• Establishes medical diagnoses for common short-term or chronic stable health problems and prescribes medication as appropriate by following practice and/or hospital policies and procedures to render appropriate clinical support to the patients.
• Monitors patients and communicates significant patient findings to physicians. Obtains detailed and accurate history, performs physical examinations, and reviews medical records to assess patient’s health status.
• Maintains a regulatory/compliance environment by following organizational policies and procedures to ensure compliance with state, local, and federal standards and regulations.
• Maintains a safe office environment by following practice policies and procedures to ensure the office is in full compliance with OSHA practices.
• Orders and reviews laboratory testing, interprets results, adjusts medications, and contacts patients to effectively monitor and coordinate their care as indicated.
• Provides emotional and educational support to patient and family as may be appropriate. Performs procedures as appropriate for patient care.
• Provides continuity of patient care for practice patients between appointments and after hospitalization, acting as liaison between patient and physician to coordinate effective transmission of patient-related information.
• Provides hospital rounding, surgical assistance, hospital admission and discharge dictation of upcoming hospital procedures, and electronic hospital medical record entry when assigned to facilitate efficient and quality patient care. Writes progress notes on patients' medical records indicating patient status, treatment, and procedures performed.
• Supports the charge nurse/team nurse staff, residents, and faculty preceptors by assisting in the coordination of patient care and patient flow on the teams and mentoring.
• Radiology locations:
  Assists and performs services including (but not limited to): CT and ultrasound‑guided biopsies, thoracentesis and paracentesis, tunneled and non‑tunneled central venous catheter placement and replacement (both dialysis and non‑dialysis), implanted port placement, venograms of upper and lower extremities, administration and monitoring of conscious sedation, and abscess drain insertion and abscess follow‑ups.

• Graduation from a Physician Assistant Program accredited by the Commission of Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Master’s degree preferred.

• 1‑2 years of related experience; specialty experience may be preferred based on location.

• PA – Physician Assistant certification from NCCPA (National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants).
• Current license with the Maryland Board of Physicians required.
• CPR – Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation (includes BLS and NRP) for healthcare providers from either the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross within 90 days required.
• Additional unit/specialty certifications may vary by department or business unit.

• Demonstrated effective communication and problem‑solving skills.

Hiring range: USD $ – $ per year.

Not Applicable

Full‑time

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Hospitals and Health Care