Nurse Practitioner, Endoscopy

Job Summary

The Salem Hospital Endoscopy and Pre-Procedural Evaluation Clinic provides comprehensive preoperative assessment and optimization services for patients undergoing a broad range of surgical and procedural interventions. Working collaboratively with surgeons, anesthesiologists, primary care physicians, and specialty providers, the team is dedicated to enhancing patient safety, improving surgical outcomes, and ensuring a seamless perioperative experience through thorough medical evaluation, risk stratification, medication management, and coordination of required testing.

We are seeking a full-time, 40-hour Nurse Practitioner to join our Endoscopy and Pre-Procedural Evaluation teams on-site at Salem Hospital. This unique opportunity offers a blend of clinical support and administrative responsibilities, including 24 hours per week supporting Endoscopy patients, 8 hours per week supporting Surgical Specialties, and 8 hours of dedicated administrative time. This is a weekday, day-shift position with flexible scheduling. Importantly, this role is non-patient facing and does not involve direct patient care visits. The Nurse Practitioner will primarily conduct preoperative and pre-admission telephone assessments, reviewing medical histories, evaluating perioperative risk factors, coordinating necessary testing and clearances, providing patient education, and partnering closely with procedural teams to ensure patients are appropriately prepared for their upcoming procedures.

Essential Functions

• Provides direct care, counseling, and teaching to a designated patient population in the ambulatory, inpatient, operative, and/or procedural setting.
• Performs complete histories and physical examinations.
• Orders, interprets, and evaluates appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests.
• Develops appropriate plans of care and follow-up based on the outcomes of diagnostic, laboratory, and physical examination findings.
• Orders medications and writes prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures.
• Consistently provides high quality and timely documentation including admission and progress notes, procedure notes, operative notes and discharge summaries.
• Performs bedside procedures as are appropriate to the patient population.