Full Job Description
GENERAL SUMMARY:
The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) will provide the urology patient and their family with continuity of care. The APP will act as an integral part of the outpatient care team. The practitioner will also act as an educator and a liaison to other health care providers providing care across the care continuum. The primary location for this position will be 195 Collyer St in Providence. This position will be a part of a Urologic Oncology Care Team Model, consisting of two Urologic Oncologists and one APP.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
General Duties & Responsibilities:
- Performs complete evaluations on patients.
- Orders and interprets appropriate lab, x-ray and special studies.
- Establishes a working diagnosis based upon acquired data.
- Develops a treatment plan for urological conditions in accordance with current urology practice and in conjunction with the urologist.
- Implements therapeutic intervention.
- Provides appropriate follow-up care.
- Exercises judgment on conditions requiring consultation, referral or evaluation by the supervising urologist or other healthcare professionals.
Office Duties & Responsibilities:
- Sees follow-up patients and provides problem-oriented intervention for their urological conditions, assists in care, treatment and follow-up as needed.
- Presents patients, when appropriate, to the supervising surgeon
- Performs and/or assists in office procedures, including transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) volume studies, urodynamics, cystoscopies, post-void residual (PVRs) evals, difficult catheterizations, post-op voiding trails and other necessary procedures.
- Orders and interprets lab, x-ray, special studies and clinical procedures and provides appropriate care and follow-up.
- Performs on-call duties for urology.
- Evaluates, screens and counsel patients on health maintenance and promotes utilization of community resources.
- Manages databases.
- Performs quality assurance.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Current Rhode Island licensure as a Certified Registered Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner
- Minimum of 2 years acute or ambulatory care experience as Advanced Practice Provider required. Urology experience preferred.
- Current DEA licensure
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Desire to learn and work in Urologic Oncology subspecialty.
WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Brown Urology requires employees to be vaccinated against COVID as a condition of employment, subject to accommodation for medical exemptions.
Conditions common to a clinical practice environment including potential exposure to communicable diseases, medicinal preparations and hazardous materials. Involves frequent contact with patients. Work may be stressful at times.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY:
Recruits, hires, and promotes according to Brown Urology’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity policies.
EOE/F/M/Vet/Disabled