Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care - Military Veterans

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Job Overview

The College of Medicine, Department of Surgery is looking for an Advanced Practice Provider (APP). The APP will assist in providing comprehensive, continuous, and personalized care to patients of the Section of General Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU). This position is assigned to the acute care hospital setting for our complex surgical ICU patients such as acute care surgery, thoracic surgery, trauma, transplant surgery, and gynecologic surgery as examples. This position will support the University's mission and commitment to excellence in our students, faculty, staff and all our activities.

The APP must be available to work some weekends.

Essential Functions

• Primary responsibilities will be to collaborate with interdisciplinary health care team caring for trauma, emergency general surgery, and critically ill patients, managing both their acute and chronic health care needs.
• The APP will demonstrate an advanced level of medical and nursing knowledge, with the ability to evaluate, diagnose, and provide treatment for the complex surgical and critically ill patients from admission to stabilization and transfer out of ICU.
• The APP must demonstrate clinical and technical competence, sound clinical judgement, professionalism, and compliant documentation in a timely manner.

Minimum Requirements

Nurse Practitioner:

Required Education
Master's Degree in Nursing from an accredited nursing program.
Required Trainings/Certifications

• Active Ohio APRN license with prescriptive authority.
• Active Board Certification in appropriate nursing specialty.

Required Experience

• Three (3) years of nursing experience.
• Additional related work experience may be required depending on specialty/sub-specialty.

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Physician Assistant:

Required Education
Master's Degree from an accredited Physician Assistant program.
Required Trainings/Certifications

• Active Ohio Physician Assistant license with prescriptive authority.
• Certification as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.

Required Experience

• Minimum of one (1) year experience is required.
• Additional related work experience may be required depending on specialty/sub-specialty.

Additional Qualifications Considered

Nurse Practitioner:

• Four (4) years of nursing experience in a critical care setting.
• ATLS ideal or obtained within six (6) months of hire.

- OR -

Physician Assistant:
ATLS ideal or obtained within 6 months of hire.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

• Sitting - Often
• Repetitive hand motion (such as typing) - Often
• Hearing, listening - Often
• Talking - Often
• Standing - Often
• Walking - Often
• Bending - Seldom
• Stooping - Seldom
• Kneeling, squatting - Seldom
• Reaching overhead - Seldom
• Pulling, pushing - Seldom

Compensation and Benefits

UC offers a wide array of complementary and affordable benefit options, to meet the financial, educational, health, and wellness needs of you and your family. Eligibility varies by position and FTE.

• Competitive salary range dependent on the candidate's experience.
• Comprehensive insurance plans including medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage.
• Flexible spending accounts and an award-winning employee wellness program, plus an employee assistance program.
• Financial security via our life and long-term disability insurance, accident and illness insurance, and retirement savings plans.
• Generous paid time off work options including vacation, sick leave, annual holidays, and winter season days in addition to paid parental leave.
• Tuition remission is available for employees and their eligible dependents.
• Enjoy discounts for on and off-campus activities and services.

As a UC employee, and an employee of an Ohio public institution, if hired you will not contribute to the federal Social Security system, other than contributions to Medicare. Instead, UC employees have the option to contribute to a state retirement plan (OPERS, STRS) or an alternative retirement plan (ARP).

To learn more about why UC is a great place to work, please visit our careers page at https://www.uc.edu/careers.html .

For questions about the UC recruiting process or to request accommodations with the application, please contact Human Resources at jobs@uc.edu .

The University of Cincinnati is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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