MG Advanced Practice Provider

The GI Advanced Practice Provider (APP)

The GI Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is accountable to facilitate quality ambulatory and hospital experience and outcome for patients. The APP will be responsible to the Chief and Medical Director of the division. The main practice focus is the outpatient clinic as well as inpatient consultation to assist with inpatient and outpatient GI consultations. The APP shall act as an educator, consultant, and liaison to healthcare providers caring for gastroenterology patients.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers, and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:

• Instill Trust and Value Differences
• Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities include:

• Obtaining and recording medical histories
• Performing and recording physical examinations
• Recording pertinent progress notes in the medical records
• Developing treatment plans
• Developing follow-up plans
• Coordinating follow-up visits with the attending gastroenterologists
• Initiating patient care management plan with the supervising physician
• Participating in the education of patients, families, and caregivers regarding the treatment plan, expected outcomes, and progress
• Performing other duties as requested by the supervising physician
• Maintaining quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection control in accordance with established hospital department policies, procedures, and objectives

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

BASIC KNOWLEDGE:

• Graduate from a Nurse Practitioner program with MS degree
• Certified by the American Nurses Association (ANA) or by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) to practice in the expanded role
• License must include prescriptive privileges
• Completion of a course in American Heart Association Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support

EXPERIENCE:

• Successful completion of supervised three-month clinical internship or equivalent in clinically intensive atmosphere (hospital), preferably in Gastroenterology
• Must have patient care services, procedures, and privileges approved by the sponsoring physician
• Experience in a healthcare environment such as acute care hospital, physicians’ office, and ancillary healthcare enterprises
• Any hazards are minimized by adherence to established safety procedures and precautions

Pay Range

Location

72 Washington Street - 72 Washington Street Taunton, Massachusetts 02780

Work Type

M-F 8a-5p

Work Shift

Day

Daily Hours

8 hours

Driving Required

No

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.