Clinical Coordinator III-NP/PA
- Job Type: Officer of Administration
- Bargaining Unit:
- Regular/Temporary: Regular
- End Date if Temporary:
- Hours Per Week: 35
- Salary Range: 135,000-145,000
Position Summary
The Clinical Coordinator III, Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant will function in the outpatient setting of the Thoracic Surgery Division. Collaborating with Thoracic Surgery/ Price Center multidisciplinary team to care for and manage pre and post-operative patients.
Responsibilities
- Coordinates medical and surgical management of Thoracic surgery patients in the outpatient setting.
- Assisting Thoracic surgeons in the outpatient clinic to perform comprehensive history and physical exams, develop differential diagnoses, implement plan of care and document patient’s response to care.
- Conduct pre-operative history and physical exams, as well as obtain surgical consents.
- Provide direct patient care by evaluating patients awaiting kidney transplant, as well as post kidney transplant recipients, and kidney donors.
- Collect, order and interpret lab work and diagnostic studies under agreed upon protocols.
- Order and obtain prior authorizations for medications.
- Ensure physicians meet meaningful use metrics.
- Develop practice protocols, standard of care, and patient education material for Thoracic surgical patients.
- In conjunction with the research team, monitor and provide care to patients participating in research studies, as needed.
- In partnership with Quality, Research and Education group, help develop and manage detail clinical databases to evaluate and improve patient outcomes.
- Attend professional meetings and conferences, maintain professional affiliations and enhances professional development to stay current with trends in health care administration.
- Support other functions as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Nurse Practitioners: Masters of Nursing
- Physician Assistants: Advanced Degree from Accredited AMA CAHEA Approved Physician Assistant Program
- Requires bachelor's degree or equivalent in education and experience, plus five years of related experience,
- Nursing: RN License and NP License in NYS; ANCC Board Certification
- Physician Assistants: PA license in NYS and Board Certification
- BLS Certification; Current or Eligible for NYS DEA License.
Other Requirements
- Ability to perform comprehensive history and physical examination.
- Ability to manage and coordinate a patient caseload.
- Work within a collaborative agreement/protocols with a physician and health care team.
- Demonstrate leadership ability to manage patients and interact effectively with peers and physicians.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran
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