Nurse Practitioner-Physician Assistant-General Surgery, Bedford

Consider joining our established team of general surgeons for our Indiana University Health Medical Groupin Bedford Indiana! We are hiring an Advanced Practice Provider to join our General Surgery team in Bedford, IN . This role involves comprehensive care for surgery patients across outpatient, inpatient, ED, OR and discharge settings. The Advanced Practice Provider will work closely with board-certified surgeons to impact care continuum.

• Full Time- 40 hours/week
  • Monday
    - Friday
  • Day shift rotation
• Call Schedule
  - No after hour call is required although, call is required during the business day (further discussed during interview)
• Approximately 70% Inpatient and
  30% Outpatient (schedule may change as need arises)

• Comfortable or desire to learn OP procedures such as wound closures, incision & drainage, biopsies, feeding tube removal, debridement etc.
• First assist in the OR

• Perform initial assessments, exams, diagnostics, and formulate care plans for trauma/acute care
• Provide consults in the ED and inpatient units, collaborating with ED physicians, hospitalists and surgeon s

• Manage trauma/post- surgery patients, triage surgical patients and recognize deterioration while escalating appropriately, connect rounds, adjust treatments, monitor recovery, and coordinate discharges and follow-ups.
• Deliver direct care to surgical patients

• Procedures as needed
• Surgical follow- up
• New patient visits with work up for surgical complaints

• Strong clinical judgment and communication skills
• Ability to triage surgical patient, recognize deterioration, and elevate appropriately
• Detail oriented and able to manage fast-paced surgical services
• Reliable, adaptable, punctual
• Values patient-centered care and safety
• Works well in multidisciplinary environments
• Maintains calm under pressure and within rapidly changing OR schedules
• Motivated by procedural work and high-acuity care

• FNP, ACNP or PA certification (board eligible/certified required)
• Minimum 5 years acute/trauma/critical/emergency nursing; robust surgical rotations required for PA's; critical care rotations preferred
• Surgical APP experience in an inpatient, OR, or perioperative setting is highly preferred

Indiana University Health , Indiana University Health Physicians and Indiana University School of Medicine are EOE/AA Employers, M/F/D.