An academic medical center in Camden, New Jersey is seeking a First Assist Advanced Practice Provider to support perioperative surgical care in the operating room and throughout the postoperative continuum. This role involves collaborating with surgeons and a multidisciplinary care team to assist with procedures, patient evaluation, rounding, discharge planning, and follow-up care.
About the Opportunity:
- Shift: Day shift
- Schedule: Saturday
- Hours: 7:00am to 3:00pm
- Setting: In-person, hospital
Responsibilities:
- Serve as first assist in the operating room for surgical procedures.
- Provide surgical exposure through retraction, suctioning, tissue handling, and related first-assist techniques.
- Assist with hemostasis and wound closure or suturing as appropriate and within scope of practice.
- Perform preoperative and postoperative patient evaluations, inpatient rounding, and postoperative management.
- Review labs, imaging, and clinical findings, communicate changes in patient condition, coordinate discharge planning, and maintain EMR documentation.
Qualifications:
- Master's degree as a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner.
- Current or eligible New Jersey PA or APN license.
- Board certification appropriate to discipline.
- BLS required.
- Previous surgical and OR first assist experience.
- Ability to work effectively in a high-acuity academic medical center and multidisciplinary surgical environment.
Desired Skills:
- ACLS certification.
- Acute care certification for nurse practitioners in surgical or acute-care services.
- CDS or DEA registration.
- Experience collaborating with surgeons, residents, nursing, anesthesia, physical therapy, and case management.
- Experience with quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.
