What are the responsibilities and job description for the Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner - Pre-Operative Assessment position at The Regional Medical Center of Memphis?
Advanced Practice Provider, Pre-Operative
A Brief Overview
The Pre-Operative Advanced Practitioner (POAP) is a critical team member and works in collaboration with the ROH Staff, surgeons, physician anesthesiologists and the anesthesia resident to deliver pre-operative health care services to patients and families. Responsible for maintaining efficient patient flow, clinical assessment, planning, initiating medical interventions and diagnostic work-ups, and providing patient, family and community education.
What you will do
- Examines, interviews, and consent patients for pre-anesthesia assessment and optimization prior to surgery and anesthesia. Orders any lab, imaging tests, or consults required, based on protocol, prior to anesthesia.
- Telephone screens those who do not meet criteria to be seen in pre-anesthesia optimization / testing center to elicit basic history and for patients that cannot make it to PATS. Completes full H&P and Preop Module in the anesthesia EHR for patients seen in pre-anesthesia optimization / testing center.
- Reviews medical records for patients who do not need to be seen or who do not come to pre-anesthesia optimization / testing center for adequacy of medical optimization prior to anesthesia and surgery.
- Follows up on all records and tests ordered and review medical records for lab / imaging / consult results and add to the documentation.
- Works with Department of Anesthesiology leadership in developing screening criteria following ASA guidelines for optimization prior to surgery and anesthesia.
- Assesses, treats, and manages specific medical illnesses and conditions according to medical regime utilizing established protocols.
- Consults and works collaboratively with physicians and other health care providers in compliance with iRESPECT standards to coordinate and implement activities, promote patient / customer satisfaction and to develop an effective treatment plan. Provides direction to other personnel and reviews medical records to verify that patient’s care plan and medical needs are being met.
- Provides referrals for hospitalization, tests, therapies or specialty consultations; makes hospital rounds if indicated.
- Consults the physician anesthesiologist for any complicated or poorly optimized patients.
- Advises and counsels patients and / or others concerning physical and developmental well-being and defines the needs and problems. Identifies community health resources and guides patients and / or significant others in their use.
- Provides for continuity of effective patient and family care by exchanging information and cooperating with other community health / social service agencies, hospitals and health care providers.
- Develops and implements plans for teaching and counseling individuals, families and groups in various settings for the prevention of disease and maintenance of health.
- Assists in the orientation and oversees the supervision of new staff members, residents, and students when they provide patient care, treatment and services as part of their training.
- Documentation :
- Documents and updates medical and patient charts.
- Prepares and maintains required records, reports, statistics and files.
- Ensures patient care activities are updated and documented according to hospital policies and procedures.
- Ensures charges are documented on unit capture sheet and forwarded to proper location / staff for entry into billing system.
- Collects and enters patient information into database system.
- Ensures all charts are signed by physician before releasing to medical record department.
- Maintains active credentialing by medical staff.
Qualifications
Physical Demands
Regional One Health is committed to diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer including veterans and people with disabilities.
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