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Surgery General
Surgery Acute Care
Job Summary:
Seeking an experienced (preferred) physician assistant/nurse practitioner to join the Kidney Transplant Services located on the campus of Henrico Doctors' Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. The practice will consider APPs with at least a nursing work history in an acute care setting (prefer some ICU experience).Qualified Candidates:
- Duties will include: caring for patients in the outpatient clinic and hospital settings
- Participatin in an after-hours/weekend transplant call rotation is required
- Some transplant experience is preferred
- Communicates effectively with physicians, hospital staff, director, and other healthcare disciplines to facilitate prompt and accurate patient care.
- Analyzes pertinent data, communicates findings with surgeon and/or other physicians, documents information and assumes accountability for decisions and actions of a hospitalized patient.
- Coordinates and facilitates the pre and peri operative processes upon notification of organ availability for a specific patient under the direction of the supervising surgeon.
- Treats hospitalized patient as supported by licensure under the direction of surgeon/physician and transplant center guidelines and within own competency.
- Assists in the care coordination of the acutely ill Kidney Transplant patient to facilitate communication and treatment with the surgeon and other consultants as needed.
- Plans follow-up care in collaboration with the attending physician, surgeon, and other healthcare disciplines as required.
- Educates patient and family regarding immediate and long term needs related to the post Kidney Transplant population.
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive benefits package including paid malpractice
- CME and dues allowance
- 340-bed community hospital
- 24 ICU beds with a mix of 12 bed/SICU and 12 bed/MICU
- 24/7 adult and dedicated ER
- Level II Trauma Center
- Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute
- The Women’s Hospital, featuring a completely renovated women’s health facility – delivers more babies than any other hospital in Central Virginia
- Virginia Institute of Robotic Surgery Center
- The Heart Center
- Primary Stroke Center
- Virginia Renal Transplant Center
Richmond is a wonderful place to practice medicine and raise a family. With a metropolitan area population of over a million, Richmond offers a great balance of big city excitement and small town charm. The area abounds with parks, nationally recognized school systems, and innumerable recreation and cultural activities. Richmond is within a two-hour drive of the Atlantic Ocean, Washington, DC and the Blue Ridge Mountains. The cost of living is very reasonable; traffic congestion is minimal.
