Thoracic Surgery Advanced Practice Provider Job at Dell Medical School, Austin, TX

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  • Dell Medical School
  • Austin, TX

Job Description

Purpose

In collaboration with supervising physicians, provides for the expansion of individualized healthcare services by diagnosing and treating thoracic conditions. Responsibilities include outpatient and peri-operative management of thoracic surgery patients.

Responsibilities

  • Obtains patient history and performs assessment via observation, interview, and examination.

  • Orders, performs, and interprets diagnostic studies. Performs health assessments and screening.

  • Identifies normal/abnormal health characteristics, develops plan of care, and initiates appropriate interventions. Timely response to patient questions/issues that arise as triaged by clinical staff and aids with emergencies, as needed.

  • Provides direct treatment and management of conditions via prescriptive authority or referral to other healthcare providers or community resources, inclusive of administering medications according to the formulary protocol or upon patient-specific approval from the supervising physician or transmits orally or in writing on a patient’s record, a prescription from the supervising physician to a person who may furnish such medication.

  • Counsels and educates patients and their families/caregivers concerning health conditions, treatment options and community resources.

  • Documents delivery of health care and nursing processes in accordance with specific specialty area standards and network nursing policy.

  • Participates in orientation and education of staff and students.

  • Collaborates quality health care with interprofessional team members to manage/coordinate patient care for both in-patient and out-patient treatment.

  • Fosters identification and implementation of innovative solutions to improve patient care or department operations.

  • Integrates and contributes to professional practice standards, policies, procedures, protocols and leads improvements in patient safety-related processes.

  • Other related functions as assigned.

Required Qualifications

  • Master's degree, Licensed Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant with prescriptive authority, credentialed by the Texas Board of Nursing or the Texas Medical Board.

  • Ability to work efficiently and flexibly in a fast-paced environment with minimal guidance.

  • Ability to address individuals and information with a high degree of sensitivity and confidentiality in various situations.

  • Capacity to work well with physicians and other care providers as part of a multi-disciplinary healthcare delivery team.

  • Capacity to work with trainees, including medical students and surgical residents.

  • Highly proficient in hospital and clinic EMR documentation and Microsoft Office applications.

  • Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 2+ years of experience in surgical subspecialty to include surgical first assisting.

  • Prefer experience in all aspects of thoracic surgery to include in-patient management, bed-side procedures, surgical first assisting, and out-patient clinic and procedures.

Salary Range

$125,000+ depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

  • Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation

  • Use of manual dexterity

  • Lifting and moving

  • Uniforms and/or personal protection equipment (furnished)

  • May work around standard office conditions

  • May work around biohazards

Required Materials

  • Resume/CV

  • 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

  • Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left-hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled into your application. The application is one page, and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented by uploading any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

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Job Tags

Traineeship, Work at office,

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