Advanced Practice Provider IV | Neurosurgery | Days | Full Time

Job Duties

An Advanced Practice Provider IV (APP IV) is a direct patient care provider licensed in the State of Florida and/or Georgia and provides medical services to patients as defined by their scope of practice and under the supervision of a physician licensed to practice medicine in the State of Florida/Georgia.

Clinical Area: Provides care primarily in the inpatient and/or critical care, Labor & Delivery and/or emergency department

settings; > 50% inpatient hospital-based setting.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Performs or assist with procedures of higher complexity in office, inpatient unit, operating room, or emergency department. May perform first assist functions in the operating room setting. Call coverage may be required specific to departmental needs

• Actively participates in meetings, functions, events, and committees, as well as in a team of interdisciplinary health care providers

• Will directly care for patients with all types of neuroendovascular pathology including acute strokes, SAH…in both critical care and outpatient setting

• Opportunity to scrub in/first assist in Neuroendovascular procedures.

• Monitoring or management of medical/ invasive devices and placement of devices within scope of practice. May manage care of Pre-/ post- operative and pre-/ post- procedure patients.

• Conducts high level evaluation and triage specific to the specialty/ subspecialty including patient histories, performs physical examinations and/or diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, differential diagnoses, ordering of ancillary studies, medical decision making, treatment and stabilization.

• Formulates comprehensive health management plans for patients in collaboration with physicians, pharmacists, and other medical professionals to include progress notes, narrative discharge summaries, consults, etc. Facilitates patient participation in making health care decisions.

• Contributes to the development, implementation, and expansion of programs and initiatives, including participation in research activities, quality improvement projects, etc., as appropriate. Participates in professional development opportunities and introduces innovation in practice where applicable.

• Enters pertinent clinical information in the patient’s medical record in a timely and accurate manner and in accordance with established compliance billing guidelines. Documents and closes open encounters, My Chart messages, and other EMR communications in accordance with institutional requirements.

• Educates and counsels patients/families regarding their health care, including routine health maintenance.

• Calls and responds to consults, handles discharge planning, and schedules procedures routinely.

• Additional duties as assigned

Qualifications

Experience Requirements

2 years Critical Care, Labor & Delivery /ED/OR care settings preferred

Education Requirements: High School Diploma or GED required

Masters Nursing Practitioner required or Masters Physician Assistant program required

Certification/Licensure

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Licensure required at time of hire or

Physician Assistant (PA) Licensure in State of Florida/Georgia required at time of hire

Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required at time of hire

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) preferred

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) preferred at time of hire

New Grads in Orthopedics must acquire DEA within 90 days of hire

May be required to take call coverage

Travel up to 25%

UFJPI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Drug Free Workplace

About UF Health:

Led by Patrick L. Green, FACHE, senior vice president and Northeast Florida regional president, and affiliated with the University of Florida, UF Health Jacksonville and UF Health St. Johns are part of UF Health, the Southeast’s most comprehensive academic health center, with campuses in Jacksonville and St. Augustine, as well as Gainesville and Central Florida.

UF Health North is located in northern Duval County and is a 168-licensed-bed hospital and medical office building, offering emergency medicine, primary care and specialty services.

UF Health Jacksonville is located in Jacksonville’s urban core, north of downtown, and has 623 licensed beds, multiple medical office buildings, as well as the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville. It is also home to Trauma One Flight Services, a Level III NICU, and is the area’s only adult and pediatric Level 1 trauma center.

UF Health St. Johns consists of UF Health Flagler Hospital and soon UF Health Durbin Park Hospital. UF Health Flagler Hospital, has a 130-year legacy of caring for the community. The 335-licensed-bed hospital has been named among America’s 50 Best hospitals out of nearly 4,500 nationwide.

Opening in fall 2026, the UF Health Durbin Park campus will include a 99-licensed-bed hospital and a three-story medical office building. Durbin Park is an area adjacent to Nocatee in the northern part of St. Johns County.

UF Health has a range of medical offerings, with more than 100 specialty care options, including cardiology, neurology, oncology and orthopaedics. Combining its strengths with the UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville, it offers residents and fellows in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia all the research and leading-edge diagnosis and treatment advantages of an academic health center.

About College of Medicine - Jacksonville (COM-J):

The UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville is the largest of the three colleges at the Health Science Center Jacksonville. The college's 16 clinical science departments house more than 500 faculty members, 1,560 staff and 450 residents and fellows, as well as medical students from UF and around the country. We offer an incredible breadth of clinical training programs and proud to train many of best primary care providers and specialists throughout the region, the state and the country.

Research, discovery and innovation are critical aspects of our clinical campus and we have some of the country’s leading researchers at our locations searching for and finding new treatments and clinical options.

The UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville faculty, administrators, residents, fellows, students and staff work as a team in pursuit of our common mission — to heal, to comfort, to educate and to discover through quality health care, elimination of health disparities, medical education, innovation and research.

To learn more about our college, leadership, mission, faculty resources, and the city of Jacksonville visit https://med.jax.ufl.edu/administrative-affairs/faculty-orientation-guide/.