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Advanced Practice Provider – Abdominal Transplant
Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
Job Location – Duke University Hospital, Abdominal Transplant Surgery
Job Summary
The Duke Abdominal Transplant Surgery Hospitalist Advanced Practice Provider (NP or PA-C) provides direct patient care services for surgically and medically ill adult transplant and general surgery patients in Duke Hospital, the DMP or in the clinic in collaboration with physicians. The NP or PA performs physical exams, collects and documents data, conducts diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, orders and schedules laboratory studies and professional consultations, prescribes appropriate interventions and medications, coordinates the care and discharge of patients, may assist in the operating room and provides direct patient care services. The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant contributes to excellence in patient care, research, teaching and provides leadership in the organization. This position has no operating room responsibilities.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Job Eligibility Requirements
Education
PA: Graduate of ARC accredited Physician Assistant Program. Master’s or Doctoral degree strongly preferred.
NP: Graduate of an accredited MSN or DNP Acute Care / Critical Care Nurse Practitioner program.
Certification
PA: PA-C
NP: ACNP or AGACNP is REQUIRED.
Licensure
PA: Current unrestricted medical license issued by NCMB with authorization to practice as a PA
NP: Current unrestricted RN license issued by or recognized by the NCBON with authorization to practice as an NP.
Both: Federal and State Prescriptive Authority
Experience:
PA: One or more years as a Physician Assistant in an inpatient hospitalist or surgical setting is strongly desired.
NP: Three years minimum as a registered nurse, with minimum of one year experience as an Acute Care NP, preferably in an inpatient hospitalist or surgical setting.
OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
Life support requirements:
BLS
ACLS
Physical and mental requirements:
Job Hours
Rotating 12 hour shifts providing dayshift, nightshift, weekend and holiday coverage. Fourteen shifts per month.
Schedule may be changed by administrative or clinical leadership to meet department needs.
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