Advanced Practice Provider – Neurosurgery Outpatient – Piedmont Athens Regional

Piedmont Athens Regional is currently recruiting for a Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner to join the team. This is a full time position.

Key Responsibilities:

Ambulatory care responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

1. Assesses patient and performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to assist physician in diagnosing medical and surgical problems and prescribes necessary treatment and services for quality patient care.
2. Takes patient histories, conducts physical examinations, writes progress notes, prepares patient workups and summaries noting pertinent positive and negative findings, obtains psychosocial history relevant to patient care, and assumes responsibility for developing therapeutic relationships with patients.
3. Orders and schedules laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures. Explains necessity, preparation, nature, and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedure(s) to the patient, patient’s family, and staff.
4. Monitors progress of patients, reports progress to supervising physician, and maintains record of each patient’s progress, consulting with supervising physician when patient’s progress does not meet anticipated and/or predetermined criteria.
5. Responsible for rounding at the hospital needed and taking call working together as a team to take care of patients.

Piedmont Benefits include:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Well-designed training program offered
• Relocation assistance offered
• CME allowance
• Quality, Service and Reputation

Qualifications - External

Minimum Requirements:

PA: Graduate of a Physician Assistants program with current license for the Georgia State Composite Board

or

NP: Graduate from a school of nursing with current Georgia license for Advanced Practice Nursing and a Master’s degree in Nursing

*First Assist with Neurosurgery experience is preferred.