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Provide high quality health care to Healthcare members in a cost-effective manner and in accordance with accepted professional practice standards.
Essential Responsibilities:
Experience
Additional Requirements:
Preferred Qualifications:
Notes:
What are the 3-4 non-negotiable requirements of this position?
Experience 1 year of neurosurgery experience Education Graduate of ANA-approved NP or AMA-approved PA or Child Health Associate training program or equivalent requirements to meet State licensure. License, Certification, Registration NP or PA National Certification at time of hire/transfer. Current Oregon AND Washington NP and RN, or PA license required. License in state where assigned required upon hire/transfer, application for license in secondary state required within 2 weeks of hire/transfer and must be obtained within 6 months. DEA/Prescribing registration at time of hire/transfer. Registration in state where assigned required upon hire/transfer, application for registration in secondary state required within 2 weeks of hire/transfer and must be obtained within 6 months. National Provider Identifier (NPI) required at time of hire/transfer.
What are the nice-to-have skills?
3 years of neurosurgery experience
Describe how this position fits in your organization.
Provide high quality health care to Healthcare members in a cost-effective manner and in accordance with accepted professional practice standards. Essential Responsibilities: Provide direct assessment, diagnosis and formulation/implementation of treatment plan for patients presenting with neurosurgical illness or injury. Outpatient responsibilities include histories and physicals, preoperative exams, ordering diagnostic studies and medications, screening referrals and post-operative follow-up. Significant time is spent handling patient inquiries regarding preoperative, intra-operative and post-operative care. Provide surgical services as a first assistant on neurosurgical cases in the operating room. Surgical procedures include craniotomies for microdiscectomies, tumors, aneurysms, AV malformations, stents, microsurgery, and laminectomies. Provide surgical call coverage with neurosurgeon on regular department rotation. Provide inpatient care by rounding on neurosurgical patients during weekdays and/or weekends. Responsibilities include writing post-operative orders, charting follow-up notes, changing dressings, removing sutures, handling ventriculostomy tubing's, and assisting with placement of halos, and placement of lumbar drain. Dictate all discharge summaries and write discharge orders for follow-up care in the clinic. Perform other duties as requested. The above care must be documented in writing in patient's permanent medical record in accordance with accepted medical/legal standards. All medical care must be provided in accordance with accepted practice standards, hospital/clinic protocols (including supervision by a physician) and State licensing guidelines.
What is exciting about this opportunity? Please include team and company culture.
Our Mission: Healthcare exists to provide high-quality, affordable health care services and to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve. Our Vision: We are trusted partners in total health, collaborating with people to help them thrive, and creating communities that are among the healthiest in the nation. At Healthcare, our passion to drastically improve the health and lives of our members drives us to continually advance our practice. We do this by pioneering preventive medicine, conducting comprehensive research, and driving innovative care. Our commitment to make lives better is a promise that goes beyond our 12.5 million members and more than 280,000 employees and physicians. It extends to the neighborhoods in which we live, the communities we serve, and the planet we call home. We embrace our members, colleagues, and communities as family, and work tirelessly to improve their wellness and quality of life. We also fundamentally believe that the expert care we deliver should be equally available to all. In short, we care. We advocate. We give. We thrive. And we do it all with the utmost sincerity and passion every day.
Is there additional variable compensation?
No
There is a possibility for sponsorship.
No
There is equity in this position.
No
Is relocation available?
Yes, nationwide
Is this a new position, or a backfill?
New Position
This position has direct reports.
No
Work hours are flexible.
No
- Clackamas, OR, US
Provide high quality health care to Healthcare members in a cost-effective manner and in accordance with accepted professional practice standards.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Provide direct assessment, diagnosis and formulation/implementation of treatment plan for patients presenting with neurosurgical illness or injury. Outpatient responsibilities include histories and physicals, preoperative exams, ordering diagnostic studies and medications, screening referrals and post-operative follow-up. Significant time is spent handling patient inquiries regarding preoperative, intra-operative and post-operative care.
- Provide surgical services as a first assistant on neurosurgical cases in the operating room. Surgical procedures include craniotomies for microdiscectomies, tumors, aneurysms, AV malformations, stents, microsurgery, and laminectomies. Provide surgical call coverage with neurosurgeon on regular department rotation.
- Provide inpatient care by rounding on neurosurgical patients during weekdays and/or weekends. Responsibilities include writing post-operative orders, charting follow-up notes, changing dressings, removing sutures, handling ventriculostomy tubing's, and assisting with placement of halos, and placement of lumbar drain. Dictate all discharge summaries and write discharge orders for follow-up care in the clinic. Perform other duties as requested. The above care must be documented in writing in patient's permanent medical record in accordance with accepted medical/legal standards. All medical care must be provided in accordance with accepted practice standards, hospital/clinic protocols (including supervision by a physician) and State licensing guidelines.
Experience
- N/A
- Graduate of ANA-approved NP or AMA-approved PA or Child Health Associate training program or equivalent requirements to meet State licensure.
- NP or PA National Certification at time of hire/transfer.
- Current Oregon AND Washington NP and RN, or PA license required. License in state where assigned required upon hire/transfer, application for license in secondary state required within 2 weeks of hire/transfer and must be obtained within 6 months.
- DEA/Prescribing registration at time of hire/transfer. Registration in state where assigned required upon hire/transfer, application for registration in secondary state required within 2 weeks of hire/transfer and must be obtained within 6 months.
- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required at time of hire/transfer.
Additional Requirements:
- N/A
Preferred Qualifications:
- Minimum two (2) years clinical experience in neurosurgical setting.
- Minimum two (2) years surgical experience, with emphasis on neurosurgical procedures.
- Thorough and working knowledge of neurosurgical disease and injuries and their treatment.
- Thorough and working knowledge of surgical techniques, with emphasis on neurosurgical procedures.
- Working knowledge of state health care laws, licensing board regulations and controlled substance regulations. Important to know limitations and when to refer patients to the neurosurgeon.
- Ability to assess, diagnose and plan effective treatment for neurosurgical diseases and injuries.
- Excellent assistant surgical skills, especially with neurosurgical procedures.
Notes:
- Shares call with 6 other Client.
- Rotating night and weekend call.
What are the 3-4 non-negotiable requirements of this position?
Experience 1 year of neurosurgery experience Education Graduate of ANA-approved NP or AMA-approved PA or Child Health Associate training program or equivalent requirements to meet State licensure. License, Certification, Registration NP or PA National Certification at time of hire/transfer. Current Oregon AND Washington NP and RN, or PA license required. License in state where assigned required upon hire/transfer, application for license in secondary state required within 2 weeks of hire/transfer and must be obtained within 6 months. DEA/Prescribing registration at time of hire/transfer. Registration in state where assigned required upon hire/transfer, application for registration in secondary state required within 2 weeks of hire/transfer and must be obtained within 6 months. National Provider Identifier (NPI) required at time of hire/transfer.
What are the nice-to-have skills?
3 years of neurosurgery experience
Describe how this position fits in your organization.
Provide high quality health care to Healthcare members in a cost-effective manner and in accordance with accepted professional practice standards. Essential Responsibilities: Provide direct assessment, diagnosis and formulation/implementation of treatment plan for patients presenting with neurosurgical illness or injury. Outpatient responsibilities include histories and physicals, preoperative exams, ordering diagnostic studies and medications, screening referrals and post-operative follow-up. Significant time is spent handling patient inquiries regarding preoperative, intra-operative and post-operative care. Provide surgical services as a first assistant on neurosurgical cases in the operating room. Surgical procedures include craniotomies for microdiscectomies, tumors, aneurysms, AV malformations, stents, microsurgery, and laminectomies. Provide surgical call coverage with neurosurgeon on regular department rotation. Provide inpatient care by rounding on neurosurgical patients during weekdays and/or weekends. Responsibilities include writing post-operative orders, charting follow-up notes, changing dressings, removing sutures, handling ventriculostomy tubing's, and assisting with placement of halos, and placement of lumbar drain. Dictate all discharge summaries and write discharge orders for follow-up care in the clinic. Perform other duties as requested. The above care must be documented in writing in patient's permanent medical record in accordance with accepted medical/legal standards. All medical care must be provided in accordance with accepted practice standards, hospital/clinic protocols (including supervision by a physician) and State licensing guidelines.
What is exciting about this opportunity? Please include team and company culture.
Our Mission: Healthcare exists to provide high-quality, affordable health care services and to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve. Our Vision: We are trusted partners in total health, collaborating with people to help them thrive, and creating communities that are among the healthiest in the nation. At Healthcare, our passion to drastically improve the health and lives of our members drives us to continually advance our practice. We do this by pioneering preventive medicine, conducting comprehensive research, and driving innovative care. Our commitment to make lives better is a promise that goes beyond our 12.5 million members and more than 280,000 employees and physicians. It extends to the neighborhoods in which we live, the communities we serve, and the planet we call home. We embrace our members, colleagues, and communities as family, and work tirelessly to improve their wellness and quality of life. We also fundamentally believe that the expert care we deliver should be equally available to all. In short, we care. We advocate. We give. We thrive. And we do it all with the utmost sincerity and passion every day.
Is there additional variable compensation?
No
There is a possibility for sponsorship.
No
There is equity in this position.
No
Is relocation available?
Yes, nationwide
Is this a new position, or a backfill?
New Position
This position has direct reports.
No
Work hours are flexible.
No
