Job Description

Join a multifaceted team that covers trauma and acute care surgery.

• As well as urology, plastics, and vascular thoracic surgery as needed.

• The Advanced Practice Practitioner’s (APP) primary role will cover the Acute Care Emergency Surgery (ACES) 11-hour shifts,

• The APP will be trained to cover all aspects of the ACES team.

• Help ensure full coverage of the ACES clinical schedule.

• The APP will have the opportunity to train and may provide cross coverage to other APP service lines within the same specialty separate from your Required Shifts, as defined in Schedule 2 (“ Cross-Coverage Shifts ”).

• Perform routine and expanded job descriptions as listed in the provider's collaboration agreement on file with the Maryland Board of Physicians or Maryland Board of Nursing.

• In collaboration with the physician care team, the APP will:

  • Provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services to critically ill patients.
  • Obtain medical histories, examine patients, daily rounds, orders and interprets tests, makes initial diagnoses, and orders treatments.
  • Communicate effectively with attending physicians, other medical teams, team members, and patients and their families.
  • Administer therapeutic procedures and advanced procedures as noted in the Delineation of Privileges, such as central lines, chest tubes, etc. ****
  • Instruct and counsel patients and families.
  • First assist in the operating room.

• Essential Skills include:

  • Highly effective verbal and written communication skills are required to interact with patient families, departmental units, medical and nursing staff on all essential matters
  • Ability to handle and triage multiple priorities, work independently, take initiative in achieving expected results, and handle confidential information.
  • Demonstrate competence and skill in required tasks and procedures.
  • Demonstrate skills in making effective decisions, quality improvement activities, problem solving, crisis management, organizing work and meeting deadlines, attention to detail and follow through, resource management, ability to work successfully with diverse types of individuals including management, clinical staff, and the public.

• Meets all team and organizational deadlines for task requests, project/ initiative submissions, evaluations, and compliance items.

• Performs according to Maryland Board of Physician or Maryland Board of Nursing standards and expanded job description procedural protocols.

• Facilitates excellence in quality assurance and the delivery of patient care as part of our High Reliability Organization.

  • Provides optimal quality of patient care while following safety guidelines,
  • Contributes to cohesive group relations; uses open communication to resolve problems in and between departments.
  • Demonstrate commitment to professional department and organizational core values
  • Follows Capital Region Health’s High Reliability Organization principles of patient safety, zero harm, professionalism, and mutual respect for patients, families, and coworkers.
  • Identifies possible risks in processes, procedures, devices and communicates the same to those in charge.
  • Demonstrate effective verbal and written interpersonal skills.
  • Implements policies, procedures, and standards consistently in the performance of assigned duties.
  • Develop effective working relationships and maintain good communication with other team members.

• Participates in APP Council meetings, service line specific and general APP meetings and events, and organizational meetings and events.

• Engages in leadership activities including, but not limited to, APP representation on organizational committees, training, education, mentorship of other APPs and other learners.

• Participates in APP educational and other learning opportunities as they arise.

• Demonstrates competence and skill in required tasks and procedures.

  • Demonstrates knowledge of and competency in required subspecialty.
  • Completes at least 50 hours of Category I CME every two years. Complete 32 hours of trauma related CME.
  • Performs according to Maryland Board of Physician or Board of Nursing standards and expanded job description procedural protocols.
  • Maintains a procedure complication rate less than the national average.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree and graduation from an ARC-PA accredited Physician Assistant program are required, along with mandatory certification by the NCCPA and registration with the Maryland State Board of Medical Examiners, OR current certification to practice as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
  • One year of surgical, emergency, or critical care experience is preferred.
  • Must participate in appropriate continuing medical education programs.
  • Credentialing must be obtained from University of Maryland Capital Region Health’s Medical Staff Office
  • Maintenance of BLS and ACLS certification is required.
  • ATLS is required and can be obtained after your start date.
  • Salary is commensurate with clinical experience.

Additional Information

As a UMMS provider, you can expect:

• Competitive Salary
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid malpractice insurance
• Generous paid time off
• CME hours and CME allowance
• Retirement plan – 403-B with employer match

Be part of a rich tradition of Medicine while shaping the future of care delivery.

We are not accepting inquiries or solicitations from 3rd party recruiters/search firms.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Pay Range: $67.79 - $89.49
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