Bariatric Surgery Job In Richmond, Virginia
Surgery Bariatric Nurse Practitioner
Description
Specialization:
Surgery Bariatric
Job Summary:
Seeking an experienced (preferred) physician assistant/nurse practitioner to join an HCA bariatric surgery practice located on the campus of Parham Doctors’ Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. This position may include limited inpatient care.Qualified Candidates:
- Primary role of the provider is to conduct clinic or outpatient office visits for the preoperative and postoperative care and long term management of bariatric patients.
- Perform dietary counseling/bariatric educations visits in the preoperative/criteria process (this may include initial consultation for bariatric surgery)
- Provide postoperative weight management/maintenance care of bariatric patients (this may include use of pharmacological therapy with anti-obesity medication prescribing and management)
- Role may also include preoperative care of performing H&P’s and reviewing lab results
- Prior experience in bariatric medicine, medical weight loss is preferred as well as the ability to have some level of independence in their patient care practice
- Board certification required in their specialty
- Virginia licensure or ability to obtain
- Must have excellent interpersonal skills to communicate clearly and concisely with all levels of nursing, physicians and administration
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive benefits package including paid malpractice
- CME and dues allowance
- 200-bed acute care community hospital
- 24/7 adult and dedicated ER
- Bariatric & Metabolic Care Center
- Inpatient & Outpatient Rehabilitation Care
- Orthopedic & Spine Care
- Behavioral Center – Adult Partial Hospitalization Program
- 11 Licensed Operating Rooms – full range of surgical services – minimally invasive program
- Cardiovascular Services
- Sarah Cannon Cancer Center – Oncology Nurse Navigators – National Clinical Trials
Richmond is a wonderful place to practice medicine and raise a family. With a metropolitan area population of over a million, Richmond offers a great balance of big city excitement and small town charm. The area abounds with parks, nationally recognized school systems, and innumerable recreation and cultural activities. Richmond is within a two-hour drive of the Atlantic Ocean, Washington, DC and the Blue Ridge Mountains. The cost of living is very reasonable; traffic congestion is minimal.
Richmond, the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has a metropolitan population of approximately 1.2 million people. Richmond is a city deep in history with terrific neighborhoods, museums and festivals year round. The city also boasts the first state-supported art museum in the United States and the Southeast's largest museum, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. With easy access to Interstates 95 and 64, Washington, DC, Virginia's beaches and the Blue Ridge Mountains are all less than two hours away. In Richmond, you will find a wealth of small-town charm and big-city amenities woven into a landscape catering to all walks of life. The area enjoys four distinct seasons, including one of the most remarkable displays of fall foliage along the Eastern seaboard.
The Parham Campus, located in Richmond's West End on Parham Road near Broad Street, is a 200-bed acute care hospital also acredited by the joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO). HDH-Parham provides excellence in emergency and traditional acute care hospital services, as well as advanced care in orthopedics, physcial rehabilitation, oncology, minimally invasive surgery, and diagnostic imaging. Among the many specialty programs available are a 36-bed inpatient physical rehabilitation unit (treating patients recovering from orthopedic procedures, stroke, cardiac or neurological complications and amputation); a Sleep Center (providing diagnostic and therapeutic sleep studies to patients in a private and comfortable setting) and an accredited Cancer Care Program.