Advanced Practice Provider - APRN or PA - Brain & Spine Details

Advanced Practice Provider - APRN or PA - Brain & Spine

Kettering Health - Hamilton, OH

Employment Type : Full-Time

Overview: Kettering Health is a not-for-profit system of 13 medical centers and more than 120 outpatient facilities serving southwest Ohio. We are committed to transforming the health care experience with high-quality care for every stage of life. Our service-oriented mission is in action every day, whether it’s by providing care in our facilities, training the next generation of health care professionals, or serving others through international outreach.
Campus Overview:

Do you want to work with a team of highly engaged healthcare providers where you can make a direct impact on patient care for our community?

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is a provider of direct health care services who synthesizes and utilizes evidence based practice, research and current clinical knowledge. Working in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team. The APP demonstrates an advanced level of medical and nursing knowledge, clinical and technical competence, sound clinical judgment, professionalism as it relates to interpersonal and general communication skills, timely and complete documentation and take responsibility for ongoing professional development and competency validation. The APP role in partnership with supervising/collaborating physician(s) includes history taking, clinical assessment, physical examination, order entry, interpretation of diagnostic studies, clinical diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of care for the given neurological/neurosurgical population. Primary functions for role will occur in clinic based setting with additional responsibilities with hospital rounding and rotation with weekend hospital based care. Ideal candidate will possess 3-5 years of experience within a neurosurgery practice setting, but will consider new graduates with previous clinical experience within a neuroscience realm.
Responsibilities & Requirements: Educational Requirements:
Educational Requirements:

• APRN: Master’s degree with an Advanced Practice Nursing Focus and National Board Certification required
• PA: Master’s degree required with the appropriate National Certification.

Job Responsibilities:

• Patient, courteous, and tactful
• Ability to communicate and relate well with staff, physician(s) and the public
• Must have awareness of patient confidentiality and be able to follow directions well from physician(s) and work autonomously with little direction
• Demonstrates positive interpersonal relations and critical analysis skills
• Demonstrates ability to function under stress; ability to multi-task
• Maintains competencies and skills of specialty area of practice

Preferred Qualifications: 3-5 years of experience within a neurosurgery practice setting.