Job Duties:

The vascular Advanced Practice Provider II has to utilize techniques of interviewing and medical history taking, principles and practice of general medicine and disease as they relate to the area of vascular surgery. The Advanced Practice Provider II will apply knowledge of health appraisal tools, laboratory tests and findings and therapeutic procedures as they are related to the area of vascular surgery. This employee has to be familiar with normal lab values as well as clinical implications of abnormal lab values. The extender has to be prepared to act immediately on abnormal data, make decisions and communicate these to the vascular surgeon and/or act independently.
The Advanced Practice Provider II often independently run their own Vascular Clinic to help facilitate better care and access for our patients. The extender functions in an independent role, is responsible for seeing consults, return patients, hospital follow up patients, and pre-operative patients, dictating clinical notes as well as being responsible for the coordination of the patients surgery (History and Physical, orders, etc.).
The Advanced Practice Provider II is responsible for patients paperwork in respect to medical leave, short term disability, FMLA and other necessary forms.
Inpatient responsibilities include daily team rounds, administrative meetings and other various projects. This employee has to be extensively trained and proficient in working with all types of vascular patients having vast ranges of medical management.
The Advanced Practice Provider II is responsible for facilitating efficient discharges, admissions, dictating discharge summaries, patient education, seeing inpatient consults, pre-operative and post-operative care, wound care, interdisciplinary rounds, coordinating inpatient procedures, and service rounds on the hospital ward. This is in addition to first assisting in the operating room with the vascular surgeons one to two days a week and as needed.
The Advanced Practice Provider II is also available by pager 24 hours a day / 7 days a week to in-house nursing and medical staff for assistance, answering patient care questions or concerns, and general questions to help facilitate optimal patient care.
The Advanced Practice Provider II now manages the day to day tasks of the resident staff, independently makes decisions on patient care, coordinates inpatient surgical care (implements plan of care), oversees residents medical decision making and serves as liaison between the resident staff and the attending physicians.
The Advanced Practice Provider II on the vascular service provides guidance and professional expertise, leadership, management of vacation and conference absences, and orientation to new hires.
This employee has to have the ability to supervise and coordinate other allied health personnel, to evaluate the quality of services delivered by health care providers and to institute methods of improving or maintaining established standards of medical and nursing care.
This Advanced Practice Provider II will be a resource for medical students, residents, nurses and other allied health professionals, regarding vascular surgery. Physician extender is also responsible for precepting physician assistant students, completing evaluation forms, and acting in a teaching capacity.
The Advanced Practice Provider II is responsible for providing in-services to staff members. They participate in vascular screening programs aimed at the promotion of the East Carolina Heart Institute at Vidant and ECU.
This individual will interact with every member of the medial team, not only at this institution, but, on occasion, at other institutions as well.
This employee will have to teach and supervise techniques and procedures to residents, nurses, medical students, and other medical professionals who are functioning within the ECHI at Vidant and ECU. The vascular physician extender will be expected to be a spokesperson for the East Carolina Heart Institute on occasion and has to be adept in interpersonal skills.
The Advanced Practice Provider II is responsible for providing the weekly schedule of the attendings to the OR staff of ECHI at Vidant to help coordinate the weeks schedule. This Advanced Practice Provider IIwill be responsible for assisting with clinical research, initiated by the section chief. He/she will be responsible for data analysis, writing summaries of data generated during clinical or experimental research as well as outlining the conclusions of potential significance of generated data. The physician extender will have to maintain accurate records, assure strict adherence to grant requirements, specimen collection, development and maintenance of appropriate data collection. Data analysis for final study evaluation and publication is an important responsibility of this individual.

CLINICAL SUPPORT POSITION – NOT SUBJECT TO STATE HUMAN RESOURCES ACT.

The ECU Brody School of Medicine is affiliated with Vidant Medical Center. Vidant Medical Center is the flagship hospital for Vidant Health and serves as the teaching hospital for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University.

Special Instructions To Application:

*This position is subject to the Broad Banding Salary Administration Plan. If candidates are not identified at a Physician Extender II level, management may consider candidates at the Physician Extender I level. Pay will be commensurate with applicant’s competencies as well as budget, equity, and market considerations.

• Please ensure your full range of knowledge, skills, abilities, experience and education are listed on your application. Do not write ‘see resume’ on your application when completing the job duties section.
• If you answer the questions at the end of the application, please ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills, abilities and experiences to support your answers (see job duties section of previous employment).
• Failure to answer the questions at the end of the application will not preclude your application from being considered but may result in your application not receiving full consideration of your knowledge, skills, and abilities.
  *Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full time basis.

Minimum Education/Experience:

Graduation from a physician assistant program approved by the N.C. Board of Medical Examiners and “approved to practice medical acts” based on education and experience by the Board of Medical Examiners and two years of experience in the specialty area of assignment; or licensed as a registered nurse by the Board of Nursing and graduation from a nurse practitioner program approved by the N.C. Joint Subcommittee, and two years of experience in the specialty area of assignment; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

Full time or Part time: Full Time

Position Location (city): Greenville

Position Number: 969149

Organizational Unit Overview:

The Brody School of Department at East Carolina University (ECU) is composed of 18 departments which function to: 1) provide health care for the citizens of eastern North Carolina; 2) educate primary care physicians to meet the health care needs of eastern North Carolina; and 3) make medical education available to minority and disadvantaged people. The Department of Cardiovascular Sciences (herein referred to as Cardiovascular Sciences or CVS) is the university's newest department, and is a primary contributor to the School's mission of medical education, patient care, research, and community service. Playing an important role in the Brody School of Department's academic group practice, the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences consists of the Department Chairman, two Medical Directors of Clinical Services, four leadership core units (Department Administrator, CVS Operations Committee/Section Chiefs, Nurse Administrator, and Vice Chairman and Director of Research), and seven clinical and educational divisions. The primary roles of education (students, residents, fellows and continuing medical education), clinical services (Structural Heart Disease, Electrophysiology & Arrhythmias, Heart Failure, Primary and Secondary Prevention, and Vascular Diseases), research (clinical and basic bench research in cardiovascular clinical care, clinical trials to develop new treatments for cardiovascular disease, educational programs for local, regional, and national health care providers, and wellness and prevention programs), academic affairs/faculty development, and administration (business and clinical support services) are led by the Department Chairman and CVS Operations Committee. (Please reference organizational chart). The clinical sections represented in Cardiovascular Diseases include: Structural Heart Disease, Electrophysiology & Arrhythmias, Heart Failure, Primary and Secondary Prevention, and Vascular Diseases. There are currently 37 MD and PhD faculty members, 15 Fellows, and 16 Physician Extenders and Cardiovascular Sciences Technicians.
A clinical, administrative, and research support staff numbering nearly 160 CSS and SPA employees provides support to the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences' faculty and learner groups. Subspecialty fellows (fully trained internists receiving training in a clinical subspecialty within Cardiovascular Sciences and Internal Department) currently number fifteen.
The majority of the department's educational, clinical and research activities take place within the context of the East Carolina University Brody School of Department and the University Health Systems of Eastern North Carolina-Pitt County. The central component of the medical center will be the new East Carolina Heart Institute (ECHI). Designed to be a world-class cardiovascular destination offering state-of-the-art medical technology, education, and research in one location, the East Carolina Heart Institute is composed of three main partners Vidant Medical Center, East Carolina University, and private practice practitioners. The new Institute is committed to superior patient care, collaborative research, and continuous training and education. The East Carolina Heart Institute is the umbrella name for the two facilities that make up the Institute:
East Carolina Heart Institute at East Carolina University and ECHI at Vidant Medical Center.