Advanced Practice Provider - Orthopedics

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A Brief Overview
The Advanced Practice Provider is responsible for providing quality care for patients and increasing patient access and satisfaction. Standard tasks to be performed by a NP/PA as specified by the Ohio State Board of Medicine and UH entity specific Medical Bylaws:

What you will do

This is s full-time, day shift position; Monday through Friday with rotating weekend call coverage. This role is a combination of surgery (40%) and clinic (60%). Clinic will be based at our UH Center for Orthopedics in Sheffield. Surgery locations include Elyria, St. John, Parma, Mercy, and Amherst Beaver Creek Ambulatory Surgery Center. Experienced Orthopedic APP or similar surgery background is strongly preferred, but will consider new grads.

* Initiates and maintains positive relationships w/pts/customers (10%)

* Initiates and maintains positive relationships w/co-workers (10%)

* Takes responsibility for self-development and supports a learning environment (10%)

* Displays commitment to the mission of the hospital and its values (10%)

* Performs patient assessment and assigns diagnosis based on recorded assessment data and current scientific and current research (20%)

* Establishes plan of care and implements interventions in accordance w/carepaths, protocols, and standards of care and current research (15%)

* Collaborates w/other health care providers in an interdisciplinary approach to provide care to the patient and family (5%)

* Contributes to the educational development of staff, patients, family and self (5%)

* Demonstrates progressive leadership and effective management (5%)

* Provides education through role modeling and in-services to meet identified learning needs and to promote professionalism (5%)

* Advances own professional development through self-directed learning, continuing education and participation in peer review (5%)