For inpatient assignment, assists the attending physician in the care and management of patients on inpatient units within the hospital. This includes making patient rounds once or twice per month, contributing to the decisions for daily care, writing orders, interacting with consultants and facilitating with social work/case management and ordering and interpreting of therapeutic and diagnostic tests and procedures. Will make frequent bedside visits to assess the status of patients and direct care accordingly. Assists in and does minor wound care at the patient’s bedside. 

For emergency department assignment, surgical services may be called for a consult on comprehensive surgical care of the patient. The incumbent will consult with the supervisory physician to determine the most appropriate care for patients.

For outpatient clinic assignment, independent and under the supervision of an attending physician, this position will provide diagnostic and therapeutic health care coverage for patients, which will include, but not be limited to, taking medical histories, performing physical examinations, interpreting lab tests and diagnostic studies, prescribing medications and providing assistance to the patient regarding a plan of treatment and education. Other duties may include phone coverage and answering in-basket messages. 

Vascular APP responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

• APPs assists in the care and daily management of 40 patients on inpatient units and outpatient clinics in collaboration with the attending physicians. 
• Daily documentation and plans of care on all inpatients, which includes daily notes and orders in collaboration with the attending physician. 
• Daily duties include reviewing labs and test results, making patient rounds, contributing to the decisions for daily care, writing orders, in-basket coverage, interacting with consultants and ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests and procedures. 
• Seeing and consulting with ED patients: writes consultation notes, performs physicals, reviews studies and orders tests and places recommendations and plans of care at the direction of the attending physician. 
• Performing comprehensive and problem-focused histories and physicals upon admission, reviewing outside hospital data, providing plans of care and placing orders in collaboration of the attending physician to ensure goals of care are met. 
• Working with the nurses and ancillary staff to provide plans of care.
• Providing immediate management and medical care to stabilize patients in urgent or emergent situations and escalateing level of care, as needed, with the assistance of the attending physician. 
• Performing minor surgical bedside procedures: wound debridement, VAC dressing placement and dressing changes.
• Discharge planning, which includes the coordination of postoperative care needs, generating discharge summaries, writing prescriptions, explaining discharge instructions, confirming follow-up appointments, working with case managers and social workers daily regarding disposition/discharge planning, and having peer-to-peer discussions with insurance for home care, rehab or any inpatient facilities.
• Making frequent bedside rounds to assess the status of patients and direct care accordingly. 
• Providing assistance and collaborating on care for patients on other services for which Vascular has been involved. 
• Attending monthly quality meetings and M&M and working with Department of Surgery on projects to improve patient education and outcomes with goal of decreasing length of stay, adverse events and improved patient satisfaction. 
• Inpatient APPs will attend daily morning meeting to discuss plans for patient census.
• Opportunity to join Vascular fellows and residents in weekly morning education conference. 
• Occasional operating room case assistance if needed and desired by APP. 

Job Opening Qualifications

Minimum Pay Rate - Hourly: $48.08 Midpoint Pay Rate - Hourly: $56.49

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