Loma Linda University Faculty Medical Group, Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to join our team.

The thoracic surgery service provides comprehensive care for both benign and malignant conditions of the chest.  As such, continuity of care from the outpatient to the inpatient setting is crucial, especially for the multitude of patients who require years of continued outpatient follow up.  The Thoracic Surgery Nurse Practitioner (TSNP) is the leader of this comprehensive care.  As such, the TSNP is expected to educate and coordinate the thoracic surgery clinic staff, residents, and fellows in order to succeed.  A TSNP must be kind, self-assured, highly organized, and familiar with electronic medical records, interested in expanding their skills and teaching those skills to others.  In essence, the TSNP is willing to become a comprehensive practitioner and educator in thoracic surgery.

The TSNP will obtain privileges to work at all medical facilities where the thoracic surgery service rotates.  At each facility, the TSNP shall create a streamlined process whereby patients have the following:

• timely access to clinical office staff and surgeons
• education regarding their diagnosis
• coordinated outpatient and inpatient care
• prompt communication to the essential members of their healthcare team

Other duties include the following:

• development and maintenance of a thoracic surgical oncology database to ensure patients receive the necessary outpatient cancer surveillance imaging
• participation in the development and implementation of clinical pathways for inpatient and outpatient care
• evaluating/managing wounds, chest tubes, and gastrostomy/jejunostomy tubes
• scheduled inpatient ward rounds
• weekly clinic preparation
• weekly patient preoperative clearance verification

This is not a J1 position.