Head and Neck Surgical APP - Louisville, KY

Head and Neck Surgical APP 

Job Responsibilities: • The APP Surgical NCI provides healthcare to patients with an emphasis on disease prevention, health promotion, health maintenance and supportive care. The APP works independently, as well as collaboratively, to diagnose, prescribe treatment, manage and evaluate patient care and under the direct supervision of the surgeon is in the operating room 50% or more of the time. The APP functions as an educator, healthcare resource, interdisciplinary consultant and patient advocate. This individual makes patient rounds in the hospitals and may be required to take call. Required: • Three years of healthcare experience as an RN, APRN, or Physician Assistant (PA) • Master Degree Nursing or Physician Assistant Program • One of: NNP or PA AND One of: CSFA or SAC Desired: • Previous surgical experience • Doctorate Degree • Certified Surgical First Assistant Certified Surgical First Assistant or Certified Surgical Assistant OR Surgical Assistant Certified Certified Surgical First Assistant or Certified Surgical Assistant OR National Nurse Practitioner National Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant OR Physician Assistant (State) National Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

About Norton Healthcare - Norton Children's

Norton Healthcare is a leading not-for-profit hospital and health care system serving adult and pediatric patients across Greater Louisville, Southern Indiana, the commonwealth of Kentucky and beyond. The system has six hospitals in Louisville — including Norton Children’s Hospital, which is a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center and the region’s only full-service, freestanding, dedicated pediatric hospital — and three hospitals in Southern
Indiana.

With nearly 24,000 employees, over 1,750 employed medical providers and more than 3,000 total providers on its medical staff, Norton Healthcare is Louisville’s second largest employer. It provides care at more than 480 locations throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana. The six Louisville hospitals have a combined total of 1,907 licensed beds, and the Southern Indiana hospitals have 347 licensed beds. Services include inpatient and
outpatient general care as well as specialty care in heart, neuroscience, cancer, orthopedics, women’s health and pediatrics. The system also includes 10 outpatient centers, 20 Norton Immediate Care Center locations and an expanded telehealth program. A strong research program provides access to clinical trials in a wide range of areas.

Norton Healthcare is proud to be recognized nationally for excellence as a top employer and health care leader. Recent honors include:
• Forbes: America’s Best Employers for Company Culture, America’s Best Employers by State, America’s Best Large Employers, America’s Best Employers for New Grads
• Fortune: America’s Most Innovative Companies
• Newsweek: America’s Greatest Workplaces, America’s Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare, America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women, America’s Greatest Workplaces by State, America’s Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion & Diversity, America’s Greatest Workplaces for Mental Wellbeing