Location: Burlington,VT, USA
Job Quick Facts:
• Specialty: Transplant Surgery• Job Type: Locum Tenens• Facility Location: Burlington VT• Service Setting: Inpatient• Reason For Coverage: Supplemental• Coverage Period: Dec 23, 2024 - Ongoing• Shifts Needed to be Filled: - Dec 23 - Jan 6 - Feb 22 - Mar 2• Coverage Type: Call Only• Call Schedule: 24-hr call - No block time in OR• Patient Volume: Varies• Rounding Included: Yes• Specialty Backup: Anesthesiologists• Mid-level in Practice: NP who does first assist in OR, rounds IP & completes discharges.• Support Staff: Surgical techs in OR, Transplant Administrator, Transplant Coordinators (all BSNs), Transplant Multidisc team as required by CMS; NP available (IP)• Duties: - Transplant Call, screening/accepting/declining deceased donor kidneys - Collaborate w/ the on-call Transplant Coordinator to bring transplant candidate in for potential transplant - Rounding on transplant patients in the hospital less than 90 days from transplant in collaboration w/ the Transplant Nephrologist. - Collaborate w/ IP staff, Tx Nephrologist & Tx NP can assist w/ IP throughput (Transplant admin & coordinators can assist in navigating transplant candidate throughout. Coordinators call patients in for transplants but do not triage sick calls on acute transplant.• Required Procedures: - Kidney Transplant w/o Recipient Nephrectomy - Preferred: Lap donor nephrectomy• Trauma Level: I• EMR: Epic• Other Info: - Locum is welcome to attend the weekly Selection Committee meeting. - Locum does not need to supervise NP.• Travel, lodging, and malpractice insurance covered
1576982EXPTEMPJob RequirementsRequirements:• VT License• BC/BE• ASTS Certified (Transplant Surgery)• BLS, ACLS
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