Job Details

The role of a Nurse Anesthetist (NA) in anesthesia care is crucial for ensuring patient safety and comfort during surgical procedures. NA's responsibilities include conducting preoperative assessments, formulating anesthetic plans, administering anesthesia, and overseeing post-anesthesia care. They are responsible for monitoring patients' vital signs, adjusting anesthetic levels, and managing any emergencies that may arise during surgery.

Job Description

Lead Nurse Practitioner Job Description

Responsibilities

The role of a Lead Nurse Practitioner in an Inpatient II setting involves overseeing the activities of the clinical team to ensure high-quality, compassionate, and efficient patient care. Key responsibilities include:

• Coordinating and supervising the clinical team to ensure effective delivery of patient care
• Conducting utilization management reviews during high-volume situations to ensure medically necessary care.
• Providing leadership and training to the Inpatient UM team, both local and remote.
• Conducting performance evaluations and providing feedback to staff.
• Assisting in developing and updating departmental policies, procedures, workflows, and SOPs.
• Escalating issues identified during rounds to the Inpatient UM Supervisor for resolution.
• Coordinating team meetings and facilitating team-building exercises.
• Collaborating with other departments to resolve authorization issues and support UM staff with member grievances.
• Leading daily huddles with hospitalists and Medical Directors for outlier cases.
• Reviewing denial verbiage to ensure accuracy before submission for processing.
• Assisting nurses in identifying eligible cases for referral to various internal and external programs. in the inpatient setting.
  
  

Work Shift

Rotating (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Methodist Associates in Healthcare, Inc. (d/b/a Jefferson Community Physicians)

Primary Location Address

2301 South Broad Street,, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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