APP Surgical- Inpatient ENT

• Able to evaluate medical problems of clients in the assigned practice setting and appropriately requests consults to other specialties when indicated.
• Provides education to patients and/or families about preventive care, medical issues and use of prescribed medical treatments and/or medications pertinent to the neonatal patient’s condition.
• Creates diagnostically appropriate treatment plans Documents all medical evaluation, diagnoses, procedures, treatments, outcomes, education, referrals and consultations consistent with NCQA, The Joint Commission, state regulatory standards and evidenced-based standards of care.
• Maintains documentation compliance for appropriate coding and billing. Facilitates evaluation of records by physician(s), peers and quality standards according to protocols and receives and implements constructive directives.
• May refer complex and high priority cases to collaborating physician with regards to complicated diagnostic problems, serious illness, complicated therapeutic problems and re-evaluation of chronic conditions.
• Provides medical and emergency interventions appropriate to the client’s needs; prescribes and monitors medications appropriate to the diagnosis; orders and monitors the appropriateness of emergency interventions.
• Maintains collegiality with all members of the inter-disciplinary team.
• Utilizes appropriate chain-of-command and communicates with specialty practice Program Director, APP Director and Medical Director of any clinical issue and contributes to quality improvement or process improvement as necessary.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

• Master's Degree in Physician Assistant from an accredited program. Physician Assistants who acquired their PA degree from an accredited bachelor's program in physician assistant studies and are board certified prior to 2008 are eligible to apply. OR
• Master Degree Nursing from an accredited program in Advanced Practice Nursing for APRNs. OR
• Doctor of Nursing Practice from an accredited program in Advanced Practice Nursing for APRNs.

• Previous APRN experience.

• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) - State Board of Nursing Copy of the current advanced practice license for the State of Kansas and/or Missouri (depending on practice locations). OR
• Licensed Physician Assistant (PA) - State Board of Healing Arts Copy of the current advanced practice license for the State of Kansas and/or Missouri (depending on practice locations).
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association (AHA) if working in the ICU
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (Adult - Gerontology) (ACNPC-AG) - American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Certification Corporation (AACN) for APRNs in ICU settings OR
• Physician Assistant-Certified (PA-C) - National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants(NCCPA) equivalent required for ICU settings
• Advanced practice certification commensurate with training (PA or APRN); or, board eligible. APRNs may obtain certification within one year of date of hire.
• Specific certification may be required depending on specialty practice area.

• Acute care training and board (or board eligible) certification for acute care or inpatient positions.
• Primary care training and board (or board eligible) certification for primary or ambulatory settings.

• The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer.  Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally-protected status.  See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

• The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.  If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link asktalentacquisition@kumc.edu.

• Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.

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