Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner, Neurosurgery

Job Description

We Are Hiring

Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner, Neurosurgery - Full-Time - Ascension Dell Seton Medical Center - Austin, TX

Why Join Ascension?

When you join Ascension and Ascension Medical Group, you are entering a partnership where physician engagement and experience is recognized as a key driver of delivering excellent patient care.

Your practice will be supported by a robust practice management platform, proven administrative and revenue cycle management services and some of the most current and physician-friendly EHRs on the market.

Physicians benefit from significant professional opportunities, career advancement, training and competitive wages.

What You Will Do

PA will be working 1:1 with a neurosurgeon. Requirements include rounding on inpatients, assisting in surgery, and seeing patients in in clinic. Good communication skills and ability to work/adapt in a busy neurosurgical practice. Neurosurgery experience required. Surgical first assisting experience required. Main site of practice will be Dell Seton Medical Center-UT, but will also practice at other sites within Seton as needed by physician. Currently this is a Mon-Fri position, no call but may require weekends or taking call in the future. Holidays required in coordination with other APP team members. Occasional overtime, but will be compensated.

Responsibilities:

• Obtain patient history and perform assessment via observation, interview and examination. Order, perform and interpret diagnostic studies. Perform preventative health assessments, screening, immunizations and patient care.
• Provide direct treatment and management of health conditions via prescriptive authority or referral to other healthcare providers or community resources.
• Counsel and educate patients and their families/caregivers concerning preventative health, treatment options and community resources.
• Document delivery of health care and nursing processes in accordance with specific specialty area standards and network nursing policy.

What You Will Need

Licenses/Certifications/Registration:

• Required Credential(s):
  • Nurse Practitioner credentialed from the Texas Board of Nursing
  • Licensed Registered Nurse credentialed from the Texas Board of Nursing
  • Acute Care Certification or Clinical Nurse Specialist with acute care training/educational component required
• Preferred Credential(s):
  • BLS Provider credentialed from the American Heart Association (AHA).
  • Drug Enforcement Admin credentialed from the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Education:

• Master's degree of Nursing required

Work Experience:

• Not accepting applications for new graduates
• 2 years neurosurgery experience needed
• Surgical first assist experience needed

Equal Employment Opportunity

Seton Healthcare Family is an equal employment opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and complies with all applicable federal, state and local equal employment regulations and laws. It is the policy of the Seton Healthcare Family to afford equal employment opportunities to all employees and prospective employees without regard to their race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic or status that is protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all personnel actions, such as hiring, promotion, transfer, demotion, termination, layoff and all other conditions and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Affirmative Action goes beyond the concept of equal employment opportunity. Affirmative Action policies and programs are required to overcome the present effects of past discrimination and to achieve equal employment opportunity for members of groups that are or have been formerly under-represented. Affirmative Action policies and programs are tools whereby additional efforts are made to recruit, employ and promote qualified members of formerly excluded groups, even if that exclusion cannot be traced to particular discriminatory actions. Through specific and result-oriented activities, Seton Healthcare Family’s goals are to ensure that every person is given full consideration through equal employment opportunity policies and practices and to achieve a representative workforce through its affirmative action efforts. It is further the policy of the Seton Healthcare Family to encourage vendors, contractors, affiliate institutions and others doing business with the Seton Healthcare Family to observe the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action.

Seton Healthcare Family is an EEO/AA employer: M/F/Disabled/Vet.

For further information regarding your EEO rights, click on the following link to the “EEO is the Law” poster:

http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf

EEO is the Law Poster Supplement http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/ofccp_eeo_supplement_final_jrf_qa_508c.pdf

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