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Description

Specialization:

Surgery Transplant

Surgery General

Surgery Acute Care

Job Summary:

Seeking an experienced (preferred) physician assistant/nurse practitioner to join the Kidney Transplant Services located on the campus of Henrico Doctors' Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. **The practice will consider APPs with at least a nursing work history.**

Qualified Candidates:

+ Duties will include: caring for patients in the outpatient clinic and hospital settings

+ Participating in an after-hours/weekend transplant call rotation is required

+ Some transplant experience is helpful

+ Communicates effectively with physicians, hospital staff, director, and other healthcare disciplines to facilitate prompt and accurate patient care.

+ Analyzes pertinent data, communicates findings with surgeon and/or other physicians, documents information and assumes accountability for decisions and actions of a hospitalized patient.

+ Coordinates and facilitates the pre and peri operative processes upon notification of organ availability for a specific patient under the direction of the supervising surgeon.

+ Treats hospitalized patient as supported by licensure under the direction of surgeon/physician and transplant center guidelines and within own competency.

+ Assists in the care coordination of the acutely ill kidney transplant patient to facilitate communication and treatment with the surgeon and other consultants as needed.

+ Plans follow-up care in collaboration with the attending physician, surgeon, and other healthcare disciplines as required.

+ Educates patient and family regarding immediate and long term needs related to the post kidney transplant population.

Incentive/Benefits Package:

+ Competitive salary

+ Comprehensive benefits package including paid malpractice

+ CME and dues allowance

About Henrico Doctors’ Hospital:

+ 340-bed community hospital

+ 24 ICU beds with a mix of 12 bed/SICU and 12 bed/MICU

+ 24/7 adult and dedicated ER

+ Level II Trauma Center

+ Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute

+ The Women’s Hospital, featuring a completely renovated women’s health facility – delivers more babies than any other hospital in Central Virginia

+ Virginia Institute of Robotic Surgery Center

+ The Heart Center

+ Primary Stroke Center

+ Virginia Renal Transplant Center

Community:

Richmond is a wonderful place to practice medicine and raise a family. With a metropolitan area population of over a million, Richmond offers a great balance of big city excitement and small town charm. The area abounds with parks, nationally recognized school systems, and innumerable recreation and cultural activities. Richmond is within a two-hour drive of the Atlantic Ocean, Washington, DC and the Blue Ridge Mountains. The cost of living is very reasonable; traffic congestion is minimal.