Nurse Practitioner Hospital Based job located in New York
Job Description
Northern New York
Facility is seeking Locum General Surgery Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant to provide coverage
- Schedule:
6/9-6/11 - 3x12s
6/22-6/24 - 3x12s
7/1-7/3 - 3x12s
8/6-8/8 - 3x12s
8/21-28 - Possibility of 5x8s, 4x10s, or 3x12s
- Opportunity for 1 or two weekends call per month – Fri 5p-Mon 7a
- Currently only looking for summer coverage, but the facility will likely need someone full time till the end of the year
- Round Sat-Sun 8a-12p
- Opportunity weeknight call 4 shifts/mo 5p-7a
- Procedures: Cauterizing wounds and vessels, Packing sponges in body, Positioning patient to maintain circulation and access for surgeon, Placing clamps and sutures, Closing skin with adhesives, sutures, or staples, etc., Applying direct pressure on veins and tissue, Performing or aiding in patient suction, drainage, and irrigation, Immobilizing patients on the operating table
- Assignments for this position will include a combination of Surgical First Assist Operating Room time and Surgical Floor coverage.
- Medical Surgical Floor coverage includes assisting with rounding and progress notes, managing orders, discharges, and consults.
- Will work primarily with General Surgery, OB/GYN, and Orthopedic patients.
- Staff on unit: Provider: 1, Anesthesia: in each procedure, NP: 1, LPN: 1
- Acuity level of patients: Adults acutely ill with a wide variety of medical problems.
- Patient Ratios: 1:10-15
- Automated Medication dispensing system: Pixys
- Charting: EPIC - experience required
- Required: NY license, board certified
JOB ID 3242
