Nurse Practitioner Anesthesiology / Pre-Anesthesia Testing Locums Description
We are seeking a Board-Certified Nurse Practitioner / APP for an urgent, full-time locums opportunity in Pre-Anesthesia Testing in Clifton Springs, New York.
This assignment is an excellent opportunity for an APP seeking a consistent Monday Friday schedule with no call and no weekend requirements . The position is focused on outpatient pre-operative assessment, optimization, chart review, data collection, and coordination of care. Patients are being evaluated for upcoming surgeries and are not having surgery on the same day as their pre-operative visit .
About the facility
The practice is an acute-care hospital setting with an ambulatory, office-type environment dedicated to pre-operative and pre-anesthesia assessment.
The APP will work closely with the Surgery and Anesthesia teams and evaluate patients preparing for procedures in:
- Orthopedics
- General Surgery
- Urology
The clinical environment is primarily focused on chart review, patient assessment, data collection, optimization, and coordination of care . No procedure-based skills are required.
Compensation:
Pay Rate: Details can be discussed further after applying to the job posting.
Travel expenses reimbursed, including:
- Mileage
- Rental car
- Hotel
- Flight
Malpractice Covered
Job Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive pre-operative evaluations.
- Assess and optimize patients before upcoming surgical procedures.
- Review H&Ps and relevant patient information.
- Perform detailed chart reviews.
- Review and utilize optimization protocols and resources available within the facility's existing system.
- Collect necessary clinical and patient data.
- Identify patients requiring additional evaluation or optimization.
- Make appropriate referrals as needed.
- Coordinate care with the Surgery and Anesthesia teams.
- Document patient assessments and care in Epic .
- Evaluate approximately 8 9 patients per day .
- Provide care in an outpatient, pre-operative assessment setting.
- Support patients preparing for orthopedic, general surgery, and urology procedures.
- No same-day surgical procedures are involved.
- No procedure-based clinical skills are required.
Qualifications
- Board Certified required.
- Active New York State license in hand required.
- Active BLS certification required.
- BLS certification must be through AHA or RQI .
- Epic experience required.
- APP experience appropriate for a pre-operative or pre-anesthesia setting.
- Current and complete work history is required.
- Work history must not contain gaps of 30+ days .
- Residents and fellows cannot be accepted.
- No specific years of experience are otherwise listed.
- No specific DEA or CSR requirement is listed.
- No teaching-hospital or trauma-level experience is required/listed.
- Agency must pay the applicable APP application fee.
- If malpractice history is involved, whether dismissed or not, a physician statement is required .
Working Hours
- Monday Friday
- 8-hour shifts
- 7:30 AM 3:30 PM
- First patient: 8:00 AM
- Last patient: 3:00 PM
- No call
- No weekends
- No block schedule
- Scheduled coverage
- Approximately 8 9 patients per day
- Outpatient pre-operative visits
- Patients are preparing for future surgery and are not undergoing surgery the same day
Holiday Schedule
The posting identifies the following observed holidays:
- New Year's Day
- Memorial Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas
The listed holiday coverage window is 7:00 PM the day before through 7:00 AM the day after .
Skills
- Pre-operative patient assessment
- Pre-anesthesia evaluation
- Patient optimization
- Clinical chart review
- H&P review
- Clinical data collection
- Risk assessment
- Care coordination
- Referral identification and coordination
- Surgical patient preparation
- Familiarity with optimization protocols
- Collaboration with Surgery and Anesthesia teams
- Epic electronic medical record proficiency
- Outpatient clinical assessment
- Strong clinical documentation and communication skills
- Ability to work independently within established protocols
- Ability to manage approximately 8 9 pre-operative patients per day