APP CT Surgery Inpatient Nights/UKHC

MSN for Nurse Practitioners or BS for Physician Assistants

1 yr

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) with Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certification (ACNP) or Physician Assistant-Certified (PA-C)

The physical requirements for this position include regularly sitting, standing, walking, with some pushing, pulling, and/or lifting objects weighing up to 10lbs and occasional pushing, pulling, and/or lifting objects up to 50lbs.

Night shift (40 hrs/wk); other hours/schedule as needed.

The Cardiac Advanced Practice Provider (APP) works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary healthcare team. As the cardiac APP, the primary role is to provide perioperative care for all cardiac floor patients. This includes inpatient management of floor status patients from admission/transfer to discharge and occasional outpatient management.

This position will primarily provide night shift coverage; other hours/schedule as needed.

The APP demonstrates an advanced level of medical knowledge, clinical and technical competency, sound clinical judgment, professionalism related to interpersonal and general communication skills, timely and compliant documentation, and takes responsibility for ongoing professional development and competency validation.

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