OCU Nocturnist APP

Job description

Department Overview The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) serving as the Outpatient Care Unit (OCU) is a credentialed and privileged to serve as a licensed independent practitioner and is a member of the OHSU Professional Staff practicing in accordance with the respective bylaws. The OCU APP has the responsibility to provide overnight care for patients who are on daypatient or extended recovery following a surgery or procedure requiring a stay up to 2 nights. They are responsible for medical and post-operative management of a wide variety of surgeries/procedures. Additionally, the APP is responsible to partner with the patient, family, nursing, pharmacist, and surgical and procedural teams to impact timely and effective discharges and patient flow; support for emergency response and care escalation; impact patient and family experience through communication and education; promote an interdisciplinary approach to care; and support new processes to improve patient outcomes. In addition to key job responsibilities, qualifications and other job requirements listed below, the APP is expected to comply with scope of practice, other laws, regulations, OHSU policy, and other applicable prof...