The advanced practice provider (Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant) within the acute care hospital setting works in collaboration with, and is an integral member of, a multidisciplinary health care team. The APP provides comprehensive patient care and performs image-guided procedures as a member of the Radiology service at Jefferson Health.

Procedural Role

• Performs advanced procedures consistent with privileges and competency validation.
• Procedures may include and are not limited to; Paracentesis, Thoracentesis, PICC placement, Midline placement, Arthrograms, Myelograms, Lumbar puncture, Nephrostomy and Biliary tube changes, Gastrostomy and Gastrojejunostomy tube changes, Central venous access, etc.

Assessment & Management

• Performs and coordinates inpatient and outpatient interventional radiology consultations.
• Performs complete history & physicals and documents in the medical record when needed on patients undergoing interventional procedures and in IR clinic.
• Orders and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
• The APP may serve as a first responder in the interventional department in the event of patient status changes and in situations requiring procedural and resuscitative interventions.
• Assesses for risks associated with the care of the acute and complex chronically ill patient undergoing interventional radiology procedures.
• Performs post-procedure care and management of inpatients who have undergone interventional radiology procedures including catheter and drain management.
• Performs post-procedure care and management of outpatients who have undergone interventional radiology procedures such as; tumor ablation, Y90 radioembolization, chemoembolization, kyphoplasty, IVC filter placement, etc.

Diagnosis

• Collaborates with the interventional radiologist and interdisciplinary health care team in making diagnoses of acute and complex chronic conditions.
• Manages diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision
• Diagnoses post-procedural complications and orders appropriate interventions.

Formulates Plan of Care

• Identifies expected outcomes from interventional procedures and formulates and documents a plan of care to address pre- and post-procedure health care needs.
• Utilizes evidenced based interventional radiology practice guidelines and protocols in an individualized, dynamic plan of care.
• Implements and modifies plan of care as needed.
• Prescribes diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions.
• Manages follow-up imaging and consultation for interventional radiology patients.

Communication and Collaboration

• Maintains ongoing communication and collaboration with interdisciplinary health care team.
• Facilitates and communicates with patient, family and staff to promote continuity of care across the inpatient and outpatient continuum of care.

Documentation

• Documents/dictates key components of patient's consultations, post-procedure notes, procedures, and or clinic note where applicable.
• Documentation is timely, meets acute care compliance standards and captures patient acuity.

Professional Practice

• Demonstrates Professional Practice behaviors including: preceptor/mentoring, education and instruction of graduate students.
• Seeks opportunities for active engagement in research and the analysis of evidenced based practice.
• Actively participates in Advance Practice Grand Rounds and specialty specific meetings.
• Maintains CEUs, and membership in a professional organization.

• Master’s Degree
• National Board Certification as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
• BLS certification
• ACLS certification
• Minimum 3 years of experience in an acute care setting (ER, IR, ICU)
• Interventional Radiology experience

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Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.

Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet®-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.

Jefferson’s mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold & Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

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