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Department/Unit:

Surgery Administration

Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Salary Range:

$0.00 - $0.00

Department/Unit: Department of Surgery, Thoracic Surgery

Work Shift: ALL; ideally 1–24-hour shift and 2-dayshifts/week; rotating weekend and holiday schedule

Position: Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner with RNFA certification.

The Surgical Physician’s Assistant delivers professional, direct patient care, including problem evaluation and management under the direction of a supervising surgeon within the Department of Thoracic Surgery located at the main hospital campus of Albany Medical Center in Albany NY.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities: 1. Assist in operative cases 2. Manage initial, follow-up and post-op patients in the hospital setting 3. Perform inpatient rounding, including seeing initial consultations and daily follow-up visits in the hospital setting 4. Maintains outpatient and inpatient medical records of all patients seen 5. Maintains regular communications with referring physicians to assure smooth transition of patients back to their primary care Education, Licensure, and Certification Required: The position requires successful completion of an Accredited Physician Assistant program, national certification through NCCPA and registration within New York State. This position description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Employees will be required to perform any other job-related instructions given by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) is a nurse who, through clinical experience, study and supervised practice in patient care at the master’s or doctoral level, has gained expertise in a specific specialty area of patient care services. The NP demonstrates the advanced knowledge, skills, and credentialing required to function in advanced practice and expanded specialty nursing. The NP has the responsibility and accountability for the assessment and management of patients, including ordering diagnostic tests, consultations, therapeutic interventions and the day-to-day implementation and evaluation of an appropriate plan of care. As an advanced practitioner, the NP is essential to the case management of patients with specialized health needs. The NP works in collaboration with the attending physician, primary nurse and other health care providers to provide family centered care. The NP is responsible and accountable for the development and application of specialty practice standards, and research to enhance the quality of care to the patient and the patient's family.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

+ Apply knowledge of anatomy, principles or theories of neurology, microbiology, physiology, psychology, human disabilities, pharmacology, gerontology, human growth and development, human developmental disease, and medical terminology as appropriate in the care setting and as appropriate for level of medical licensure.

+ Conduct patient assessments and complete physical examinations, collect clinical data including vital signs, collecting specimens, prepare patients for tests, therapy, or treatments, order and interpret medical laboratory test results, diagnose medical condition of patient, administer medications or treatments and perform minor surgery.

+ Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.

+ Complete accurate patient coding for effective billing, maintain accurate and detailed patient medical reports, and maintain inventory of medical supplies and instruments.

+ Serve as a resource and team leader during clinical shifts to ensure the smooth flow of patient processing, treatment and discharge including patient triaging.

+ Act as a mentor to new staff and/or physician assistant students.

Qualifications

+ Master's Degree of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program - required

+ Successful completion and maintenance of ACLS and BLS.

+ Able to quickly master all aspects of a computerized medical recordkeeping and billing system.

+ Must project a professional image and earn the confidence of others.

+ Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written skills.

+ Must be always HIPAA compliant.

+ NP - Nurse Practitioner – Licensed Upon Hire - required.

Thank you for your interest in Albany Medical Center! Albany Medical Center is an equal opportunity employer.

Thank you for your interest in Albany Medical Center!​

Albany Medical is an equal opportunity employer.

This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Medical Center, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that:

Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Center policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.