Position Description:

The Medical College of Wisconsin’s Department of Surgery is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to provide specialty medical care within the Surgicalist program. This position will cover Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital in Menomonee Falls, WI and Froedtert West Bend Hospital in West Bend. The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) works as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team who will contribute to excellence in program administration, patient care, patient safety, research, quality improvement, and teaching.

Position Highlights:

• Managing post-op hospital stay for surgical patients, mostly including daily rounding, admissions, and discharges at both hospitals.
• Service includes general surgery, minimally invasive and gastrointestinal surgery, endocrine surgery, thoracic surgery, urology, Gyn, and vascular patients
• Work collaboratively with other APPs, Surgeons and Nursing Staff
• Locations: Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital, Froedtert West Bend Hospital
• Reports to APP Supervisor
  
  

Schedule:

• 1.0 FTE (40 hour annualized clinical work week) for hospital-based service coverage.
• 13-hour shifts with mostly day coverage (weekday and weekend), occasional night shifts covering the medical management of general surgery, vascular, Gyn, and urology surgical patients including discharge management and coordination.
• Holiday coverage required, on rotational basis.
• Salaried (Exempt)
  
  

Preferred Schedule:

Position Requirements:

Preferred Experience:

• Previous APP acute care experience preferred.
  
  

Minimum Education:

• Advanced Practice Nurse: Master’s Degree or higher in Nursing from a nationally accredited organization.
• Physician Assistant: Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Physician Assistant Studies from an ARC-PA-accredited organization.
  
  

Minimum Requirements: *or eligible*

• Advanced Practice Nurse/ Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner
• Wisconsin RN License
• Wisconsin Advanced Practice Nurse Prescriber License
• Certification Requirements:
• American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) required within 6 months of start date
• DEA registration
• Nurse Practitioner Certification from a nationally accredited professional nursing organization
• Adult-Gerontology Acute Care NP (AGACNP)
• Family NP (FNP)
• Physician Assistant
• Wisconsin Physician Assistant License
• Certification by National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
• DEA registration
• Certification Requirements:
• American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) required within 6 months of start date
  

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