Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant, Neurosurgery

Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant, Neurosurgery

Purpose of Position: Provide patient care and medical services to neurosurgical patients in the outpatient setting as well as supporting care of the neurosurgical patient in operating room, emergency department and inpatient units.

Description:

• Performing comprehensive and problem focused histories and physical examinations, interpret, laboratory and diagnostic tests.
• Interpret and correlate subjective and objective data. Formulate a differential diagnosis and establish a working diagnosis.
• Develop a treatment plan for neurosurgical conditions within the scope of practice and in conjunction with supervising neurosurgeon.
• Implement therapeutic intervention for specific conditions requiring consultation, referral, or evaluation by the supervising neurosurgeon or other healthcare professionals.
• Provider first assistant in surgery under the direct supervision of t...