Nurse Pract./Physician Assist.- Trauma Surgery, ASU Nights Only

Job Description

University of Toledo Physicians' mission is to improve the human condition through excellence in patient care and medical discovery. Representing more than 200 physicians, UT Physicians are leaders in clinical care, research and education of the future physicians, providing care in a wide range of medical specialties from the most complex diagnoses and treatments to primary care for the entire family. The primary site of inpatient care services is at the University of Toledo Medical Center, but many of our physicians’ practice at hospitals and medical offices throughout the region.

University of Toledo Physicians offers competitive pay and benefits including: 403B, Pension, health and tuition waiver at UT.

The University of Toledo Physicians is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join the Department of Surgery, particularly the Division of Trauma Surgery, at the University of Toledo Medical Center, an established level 2 trauma center. This position primarily involves providing overnight in-house call coverage for the Trauma, General Surgery, and Vascular Surgery services. Responsibilities include responding to Level II and Level I trauma activations, conducting emergent consultations for trauma, general surgery, and vascular surgery, addressing urgent overnight floor calls, and coordinating care with the attending physician on duty.

The schedule includes 7 shifts every 2 weeks, with 12-hour shifts from 6:30 PM to 6:30 AM, and will involve weekends and holidays.

Essential Job Functions And Accountabilities

• Demonstrates clinical competency and accountability in care for patients as identified in unit’s Scope of Care
• Maintains competency in performing clinical practice for patients in stages of the life cycle appropriate to specialty
• Asses the physical and psychosocial status of patients by means of interview, health history, physical examinations, and diagnostic studies
• Recognizes deviations from the normal in the assessment and coordinates care with physician
• Writes prescriptions; initiates request and/or perform routine laboratory, radiology, and diagnostic studies as indicated. Identify normal and abnormal findings commonly seen in laboratory studies
• Other duties as assigned
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Education: Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program or Physician Assistant Program; Master’s Degree in appropriate field
• Certifications/Licensure:
• State of Ohio Licensure-Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nurse or Physician Assistant
• National Certification as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
• COA from the Board of Nursing to practice as an Advanced Practice Nurse or Ohio State Medical Board to practice as a Physician Assistant
• BLS Certified
• Eligible to obtain and/or maintain Certificate to Prescribe/DEA
  

Benefits:

• UTP pension plan with employer contributions.
• Eligibility for health, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage through the University of Toledo
• Paid time off, paid parental and maternity leave
• UT provides a Tuition Fee Waiver Program
• Long Term and Short-Term Disability
• UTP opts out of FICA, reducing the employee's payroll taxes
  
  

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Must be able to work nights only, holidays and weekends.
• Tolerate busy environment that requires constant interaction with patients, employees, students,
• residents, and physicians.
• Requires prolonged walking and standing. Occasional lifting of patients sometimes over 200 pounds.
• Occasional carrying of items weighing up to 30 pounds required.
• Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range and manual dexterity.
• Requires the ability to operate various types of office equipment, including but not limited to: Personal computer, fax machines, copiers, telephones
• Exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids, toxic substances, medicinal preparations, and other conditions common to a clinic environment on a daily basis.
• Must be able to work effectively both with internal and external customers in stressful situations.
  
  

The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the people so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct and control the work of employees under his/her supervision.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, disability, military or veteran status, height, weight, familial or marital status, or genetics.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Drug-Free Workplace