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APP - General SurgeryYale New Haven Health • East Norwalk, CT, US
APP - General Surgery

APP - General Surgery

Yale New Haven Health • East Norwalk, CT, US
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Overview

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

Why Choose Yale New Haven Health?

Excellent work environment

  • Flexible schedules to ensure work-life balance. Keeping the patient at the center of everything we do, we focus on improving clinical care, outcomes, patient satisfaction, safety, value, clinical research, and education. Our efforts reach beyond the walls of our hospitals to care for our communities, too.

Career Advancement

  • Unlock your potential and embrace exciting opportunities for professional growth and career advancement within our esteemed healthcare system!
  • Compensation Package

  • Enjoy an enhanced compensation package. If you're looking for a challenging and rewarding career where you can make a real difference, we want you on our team.
  • Relocation Assistance

  • We recognize how vital a smooth transition is, and with our relocation assistance, your journey can be seamless.
  • Benefits- Competitive salary, comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance. Pension plan matched tax-sheltered annuity plan and Roth contributions.

    Employment Perks

  • Employee wellness initiatives and support programs. Professional development and continuing education opportunities. Yale New Haven Health includes Yale New Haven, Bridgeport, Greenwich, Lawrence + Memorial, and Westerly hospitals; several specialty networks; and Northeast Medical Group, a physician-led multi-specialty group with over 1,000 physician. Intriguing cities with something for everyone, whether you love arts, history, parks or delicious food.
  • Responsibilities

    Clinical Care

  • The Physician Assistant (PA) or the Nurse Practitioner (NP) provides assessment, triage, and therapeutic management of patient / family needs throughout the disease process as an integral part of an interdisciplinary team. The NP / PA, whether the practice setting is the inpatient, ambulatory, or outpatient settings, provides optimal patient care, from diagnostic to prognostic matters. This individual works in collaboration with the attending supervising / collaborating physician(s) in accordance with state law and hospital regulations, hospital policy, protocols and clinical pathways and may provide autonomous team based care.
  • Obtains medical histories, performs physical examinations, reviews / orders diagnostic / therapeutic tests and radiologic results, formulates and manages patient treatment plans. The NP / PA may perform procedures, prescribe treatment and medications in accordance with institutional and state guidelines, as well as, when necessary for scope within specialty or professional competency standards. In some clinical specialties, the NP / PA may have autonomous practice managing certain patient populations.
  • The NP / PA may also function as first or second assistant on operative cases (as long as within position scope and job educational prerequisites are in place), using fine motor skills and manual dexterity.
  • Other clinical job duties may be applied in accordance with departmental and operational goals, training related to profession and practice necessitated guidelines and responsibilities, inclusive but not limited to responding to emergency situations within the YNHHS parameters
  • Patient Education & Psychosocial Support

  • The NP / PA will educate patients / families on care and recommended or available resources. In collaboration with the supervising / collaborating MD, this may be inclusive of admitting instructions, treatment plan, actual and potential side effects of treatments / medications, and discharge plan.
  • The NP / PA, as part of a multidisciplinary team, provides psychosocial support to patients, their family members, and significant others in a caring, ethical, and professional manner.
  • Information Management

  • The NP / PA ensures appropriate documentation within the accordance of hospital and regulatory requirements and protects information of all forms, whether computer-based, paper, film, voice, or other media from unauthorized access modification, destruction, or intentional or accidental disclosure.
  • Quality Management

  • The NP / PA is expected to demonstrate a high standard of moral and ethical behavior, professionalism, compassion, and commitment to patient care.
  • Ensures compliance with patient related healthcare regulatory requirements, standards and recommendations.
  • Professional Development

  • The NP / PA continuously engages in projects that maintain and advance professional competency.
  • The NP / PA serves as a clinical resource for new house staff and may provide service specific orientation pertinent to clinical education
  • Consistently demonstrates high reliability organizational behaviors through reporting safety events as well as near misses.
  • The NP / PA continuously engages in projects that maintain and advance professional competency.
  • Maintains all employee requirements determined by hospital policy.
  • The NP / PA may serve as a clinical preceptor for NP / PA students and other health care professionals and may serve as a mentor to pre-PA / NP candidates.
  • The NP / PA may collaborate on research, quality assurance and performance improvement projects, and assist with the formation of protocols that will be applied to clinical practice or further their educational and clinical expertise.
  • Qualifications

    EDUCATION

    Graduate from an accredited Nurse Practitioner or an accredited Physician Assistant Program.

    EXPERIENCE

    Prefer clinical working experience as a NP / PA within the given specialty / service line recommended, but none required. APRNs, PAs, CRNAs and CNMs are required to be appointed to the Affiliated Medical Staff of a YNHHS Hospital and credentialed through the Medical Staff process. Evidence of current competence to practice as {an APRN, PA, CRNA, CNM} via appropriate reference letters from physicians and other practitioners must be able to be obtained during the Medical Staff appointment process in order to be eligible.

    LICENSURE

    Active PA Certification by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), Connecticut State Physician Assistant License, ACLS / BLS Certified, when indicated for position profile DEA License, when indicated for pediatric position profile PALS, when indicated for neonatal care NRP Certification. Additional licensure, certifications and / or continuing education credits may be required during employment based on position and area of specialty. OR Connecticut State Registered Nurse License, Connecticut State Nurse Practitioner License, Board specialty certification, as appropriate for position profile ACLS / BLS Certified, when indicated for position profile DEA License, when indicated for pediatric position profile PALS, when indicated for neonatal care NRP Certification. Additional licensure, certifications and / or continuing education credits may be required during employment based on position and area of specialty.

    1-3 Years of surgical experience as a PA. Trauma and General Surgery experience highly preferred. Robotics and laparoscopic skills preferred.

    Additional Information

    To learn more, please email our In-House Provider Recruiter :

    James Hammell

  • James.Hammell@ynhh.org
  • Book time to meet with me

    Websites : www.ynhhs.org

    EEO / AA / Disability / Veteran

    YNHHS Requisition ID

    138203

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