Advanced Practice Provider, Spine Program, Sentara Princess Anne Hospital

City/State

Virginia Beach VA

Work Shift

First (Days)

Provider Specialty

Neurosurgery

Overview:

Department: Spine/Neurosurgery
Schedule: MondayFriday Day Shift No Call No Weekends No Holidays

Sentara Princess Anne Hospital is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) to join its growing Spine Program. This hospital-based role is dedicated exclusively to the care of neurosurgical and spine patients at the Sentara Princess Anne campus. The APP will partner closely with neurosurgeons hospitalists nursing case management utilization management and multidisciplinary care teams to improve quality patient outcomes care coordination documentation and operational performance across the inpatient spine continuum.

• Round daily with neurosurgeons on hospitalized spine patients.
• Provide inpatient assessment and management of spine patients.
• Participate in multidisciplinary medical discipline rounds.
• Serve as the clinical liaison between surgeons hospitalists nursing therapy case management and ancillary departments.
• Enhance communication across the care team to improve coordination and patient experience.
• Support continuity of care from admission through discharge.
• Identify barriers to discharge and facilitate timely patient progression.

• Participate in educational modules to enhance medical documentation knowledge and skills.
• Improve documentation quality specificity and accuracy.
• Assist with discharge summaries and documentation priorities.
• Partner with Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) to promote documentation excellence.

• Collaborate with Utilization Management to optimize level of care.
• Support appropriate patient status and efficient throughput.
• Participate in initiatives that improve length of stay and discharge planning.

• Maintain high performance within the Spine Program.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives.
• Support hospital-specific neuroscience and spine initiatives.
• Promote patient safety and evidence-based practice.

• Length of Stay (LOS)
• Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) Documentation Score
• Operating Room Utilization Optimization
• Continuity of Care / Seamless Coverage
• Medical Staff Partnership and Collaboration
• Spine Quality Metrics

• Dedicated 1.0 FTE supporting the Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Spine Program.
• MondayFriday schedule.
• No call responsibilities.
• No weekend coverage.
• No holiday coverage.
• Daily inpatient rounding with spine surgeons.
• Participation in multidisciplinary rounds.
• Support 3D and Neuroscience service line initiatives.
• Promote communication collaboration documentation excellence and exceptional patient care.

• Licensed Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant eligible to practice in Virginia.
• BLS and ACLS certification.
• Experience in neurosurgery orthopedic spine hospital medicine or inpatient care preferred.
• Eligible for Sentara credentialing and privileging.

Join Sentara Princess Anne Hospitals Spine Program as a foundational team member partnering with neurosurgeons to improve patient outcomes strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration advance quality metrics and help shape the future of spine care while maintaining excellent work-life balance.

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We provide market-competitive compensation packages inclusive of base pay incentives and benefits. The base pay range for full-time employment is $107785.60 - $312000.00 annually. Additional compensation may be available for this role such as shift differentials standby/on-call pay overtime shift premiums extra-shift incentives or bonus opportunities. Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications experience location market conditions and business needs. Note: If an annual salary is posted it is based on a full-time colleague working 2080 hours annually.

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

Medical Dental Vision plans

Adoption Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10000

Paid Time Off and Sick Leave

Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave

Emergency Backup Care

Long-Term Short-Term Disability and Critical Illness plans

Life Insurance

401k/403B with Employer Match

Tuition Assistance $5250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education

Student Debt Pay Down $10000

Pet Insurance

Legal Resources Plan

Colleagues may have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met

Providers at Sentara are eligible for special benefits such as Annual CME Allowance and 100% malpractice and tail coverage.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30000-member workforce. Diversity inclusion and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission to improve health every day this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work Sentara Health employs providers in the following states:

North Carolina Nevada South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia and Wisconsin.