Nurse Practitioner/Allied Health Professional

Full Job Description

Job Summary:

The Hospitalist Medicine Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) will deliver primary health care in the hospital setting to include, but not limited to, the recognition and management of common illnesses and injuries; and the provisioning of care across the health care continuum with emphasis on early detection, treatment, and prevention of diseases.

Essential Functions:

• Obtains and records patient history
• Consults with physician as established in the collaborative practice agreement. Develops and implements a collaborative practice agreement in the specific clinical area and performs a periodic review of the collaborative agreement.
• Completes diagnostic and therapeutic studies
• Completes charting in a thorough and timely manner
• Performs physical and medical screening examinations
• Works within legal, regulatory, and ethical practice standards
• Adequately manages patient flow in the Emergency Department
• Completes required courses, i.e. HIPAA, EMTALA and other CME /CEU requirements
• Orders diagnostic laboratory tests, radiological studies or other therapies as appropriate
• Actively participates in staff meetings and risk management education
• Instructs and counsels patients regarding mental and physical health, referring patients to appropriate specialists/resources
• Functions as House Provider (responds to all RRT 's and leads ACLS/Codes)
• Participates as a Member of the CWHMC CODE committee
• Establishes diagnostic decision-making and initiates a treatment plan, which may include ordering medications, and additional therapeutic modalities, etc.
• Performs procedures as allowed by state law and under the direction of the supervising or collaborating physician
• Coordinates patient care with other members of the health care team. Initiates consultation requests to other health professionals to provide comprehensive patient management.
• Provides acute/primary health care in accordance with written policies approved by nursing and medical administration.
• Performs a patient record review with the collaborating physician in a timely fashion but not less than every three months
• Other duties as assigned

Job Requirements:

• Physician Assistant Certification
• Registration & Licensure by the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners/ Physician Assistant Advisory required

OR

• Master's degree in Nursing
• NP Certification
• Registered Professional Nurse with current NJ state license, CDS and DEA.
• Prior work experience as a professional nurse.
• 2 years of experience in Critical Care preferred
• Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Life Support (ACLS) Certifications
• Active membership in a professional organization preferred
• Ability and willingness accommodate scheduling needs including working extended hours, weekdays, overnights, weekends, and holidays

Knowledge and Skills:

• Excellent time management skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Medical and broad-based clinical emergency medicine knowledge
• Ability to effectively and successfully work with all emergency department and hospital employees

Functional/Technical Skills Requirements :

• Comprehensive understanding of operational health care delivery systems and the current health care landscape. Skills and experience with the operational aspects of health care technology deployment. Familiarity and comfort with technology-based operational improvement.
• Communications: Excellent written and verbal communications skills. Ability to take abstract, complex and/or technical information and break it down for a variety of audiences in a way that is meaningful for them