Full Job Description
Overview
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Communicates effectively with courtesy when interacting with internal or external patients and customers – in person, electronically, and over the telephone.
- Exhibits respect for co-workers and develops positive working relationships within the practice, the hospital, and other departments.
- Demonstrates AdventHealth’s Core Values of Integrity, Compassion, Balance, Excellence, Stewardship, and Teamwork through daily interactions with patients and their families, and with the medical staff.
- Assesses patient health by interviewing patients, performing physical examinations, and identifying medical and surgical conditions.
- Obtains, updates, and studies patient medical and surgical histories.
- Provides continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans.
- Determines abnormalities by ordering and/or administering appropriate diagnostic tests, such as X-rays, electrocardiograms, and laboratory studies.
- Reviews and interprets patient test results.
- Provides pre- and post-operative care and patient education.
- Performs therapeutic procedures by administering injections, suturing, managing drains, dressing changes, wound care, and infection management in both the clinic and hospital settings.
- Performs hospital rounds on surgical consultations, pre- and post-operative hospital patients.
- Performs and/or assists the supervising physician with discharge services including discharge planning, discharge summaries, and coordinating post-discharge follow-up care.
- Serves as surgical first-assist during operating procedures.
Job Requirements
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- Master’s Degree in Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner Studies or Physician Assistant Studies
- 2 years in cardiology, cardiovascular, or related specialty of the surgical department
Practice Description
The West Florida Division Medical Group continues to grow rapidly to meet the needs of the communities we serve. Over the last six years, we’ve nearly tripled in size with a projection to grow to 835 providers by the end of 2025. With the addition of AdventHealth Port Charlotte, we span a broad geography in eight counties, with practices in Charlotte, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Marion, Pasco, Pinellas and Polk counties as well as five Care Pavilions. Our providers represent 40 specialties and we care for one million patients annually. Using leading edge technology, innovation, and compassion, we deliver our brand of whole-person care.
At AdventHealth Medical Group, we offer our employees extensive benefits, including opportunities for ongoing training and continuing education. What’s important to us is what’s important to you: the health and overall well-being of your patients, your colleagues and yourself. AdventHealth Medical Group staff provides care at locations throughout West Florida, including fifteen AdventHealth hospital locations.
Hospital Description
Located in the city’s uptown district, AdventHealth Tampa is a 626-bed tertiary hospital serving Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, and the surrounding counties. The hospital is a known leader in implementing minimally invasive and robotic-assisted procedures and in 2021 opened the Taneja Center for Surgery, a new six-story, state-of-the-art surgical and patient tower. It’s also home to the renowned AdventHealth Pepin Heart Institute, a recognized leader in cardiovascular disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment and leading-edge research for over 30 years. Other specialty services include 24-hour emergency care for adults and pediatrics, cardiovascular medicine, digestive health, neuroscience, orthopedics, women’s services, pediatrics, oncology, endocrinology, bariatrics, wound healing, and sleep medicine.
Community Description
About Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is the heart of Florida’s Gulf coast. Our community is culturally diverse and a wonderful place to raise a family. The area is home to excellent public and private schools and is also the setting for several colleges and Universities, including the University of South Florida and University of Tampa. Tampa Bay features multiple theaters, museums, and festivals, as well as many family-friendly attractions like Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, The Florida Aquarium, ZooTampa and Bok Tower Gardens. We are well known for our excellent restaurants with a wide range of cuisine as rich as our history. The city has a vibrant sports community with national teams like the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning, MLB’s Tampa Bay Rays, and NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers. We offer year-round pleasant weather for outdoor fun at our many state parks and are home to some of the nation’s top beaches.