Advanced Practice Professional: Urology, Wheeling, WV

Advanced Practice Professional:
Urology, Wheeling, WV

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Urology, Wheeling, WV role at WVU Medicine.

The West Virginia University Health System, the state’s largest health system and largest private employer, comprises 18 hospitals throughout the state and bordering states. In addition, it includes five institutes, as well as providing management services for other local hospitals through affiliate agreements. Whether you are caring for our patients at one of the critical access hospitals, community sites, regional or academic medical centers, we are all one WVU Health System.

POSITION SUMMARY: The Advance Practice Professional (APP) is an individual with clinical/surgical urology expertise. The APP completes comprehensive patient health evaluations (including biological, social and psychological assessments) in collaboration with the appropriate clinical/faculty team. The APP assesses and coordinates the educational and psychosocial needs of the urology patient and caretakers. The APP develops and reviews the plan of care with the other members of the clinical team, participates in directing that care, and coordinates peri‑operative care discharge planning (as applicable) and appropriate post‑hospital and ambulatory follow‑up.

The APP participates in the education of residents and medical/nursing students and performs diagnostic procedures and therapeutic procedures. The APP participates in all aspects of the global management of the urology patient throughout the system.

The location for this position will be in a new office building in The Highlands shopping plaza in Tridelphia (Wheeling), WV.

Provide healthcare services consistent with state law and the requirements of the professional licensing or certification authority and/or hospital privileges, where applicable. Such service may include, but are not limited to.

• Graduate of a CCNE accredited nursing program with Master’s Degree in Nursing.
• National Certification by one of the recognized APRN Certification Centers.
• Licensure; or eligibility for licensure, as a professional Registered Nurse and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in West Virginia.
• American Heart Association BLS Certification required with additional Advanced Life Support training at the discretion of the department.
• Clinical/surgical urology experience preferred.
• Eligible new graduates will be considered.

Education, Certification, and/or Licensure:

• Minimum qualifications for Physician Assistant:
  • Bachelor’S Degree as Physician Assistant or Master’S Degree as Physician Assistant required.
  • Graduate of an ARC‑PA approved Physician Assistant (PA) training program required.
  • Certification by the National Commission for Certification of Physician Assistants required.
  • Must be licensed or eligible for licensure by the WV Board of Medicine or WV Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
  • American Heart Association BLS Certification required with additional Advanced Life Support training at the discretion of the department.
  • Master’s level degree as Physician Assistant preferred.

• Manages comprehensive and individualized care for urology patients and their families in the inpatient phase of hospitalization (as applicable), immediate post discharge, and in the ambulatory setting.
• Completes daily rounds; consults and/or pre‑procedure urology evaluations.
• Completes integrated assessments.
• Participates in peri‑operative management of patient.
• With the collaboration of urology faculty or by following established clinical Guidelines and Protocols, orders additional tests or consults as deemed appropriate.
• Performs and communicates results of diagnostic tests following established clinical guidelines and scope of practice.
• Consults and communicates with clinic and hospital staff regarding abnormal findings in the evaluations of patients.
• Performs succinct comprehensive clinical evaluations and documents findings in medical record.
• Facilitates patient discharge/follow up by coordinating appropriate services and tests prior to discharge necessary for…