Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryAdvanced Practice Providers
About the job
Requirements
For the nurse practitioner pathway, graduate from a Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education-accredited nursing program with a master’s degree in nursing.
For the nurse practitioner pathway, hold national certification from a recognized Advanced Practice Registered Nurse certification center.
For the nurse practitioner pathway, be licensed or eligible for licensure as a professional Registered Nurse and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in Pennsylvania.
For the nurse practitioner and physician assistant pathways, hold American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification; additional Advanced Life Support training may be required at the department’s discretion.
For the physician assistant pathway, hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree as a Medical/Surgical Physician Assistant, as applicable.
For the physician assistant pathway, graduate from an Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant-approved physician assistant training program.
For the physician assistant pathway, hold certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
For the physician assistant pathway, be licensed or eligible for licensure by the Pennsylvania Board of Medicine.
Be able to lift, move, stoop, reach, position, stand, walk, and carry patients, materials, and equipment weighing 40 pounds or more.
Work closely with others, work protracted or irregular hours, and work around biohazards, infectious diseases, deceased persons, water, and electrical hazards associated with patient-care equipment.
Demonstrate proficiency with computers and strong communication skills.
Responsibilities
Coordinate and provide comprehensive management of primary care patients, including biological, social, and psychological assessments.
Coordinate medical specialty team involvement to develop comprehensive patient care plans, review plans with the clinical team, participate in directing care, perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and coordinate discharge planning as applicable.
Participate in educating residents and medical and nursing students.
Manage individualized care for primary care patients and their families in the ambulatory setting.
Conduct consultations and pre-procedure evaluations, acute visits, and wellness visits.
Complete integrated assessments.
In collaboration with primary care faculty or according to established clinical guidelines and protocols, order additional tests or consultations as appropriate.
Perform diagnostic tests and communicate results according to established clinical guidelines and scope of practice.
Consult and communicate with clinic and hospital staff about abnormal evaluation findings.
Conduct comprehensive clinical evaluations and document findings in the medical record.
Coordinate appropriate services and tests to facilitate patient follow-up appointments in the clinic, as applicable.
Develop individualized plans of care for primary care patients, including teaching, follow-up planning, and referrals to other healthcare team members as needed.
Care for patients across the age continuum covered by the provider’s education and certification.
Identify unstable or complex primary care situations and facilitate appropriate intervention in the clinic or hospital.
Recognize emergency situations and initiate effective emergency care.
Evaluate primary care patients and coordinate follow-up procedures and tests in the ambulatory setting, as applicable.
Assist with collecting outcome measures, as applicable.
Use critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning to identify, evaluate, and manage the needs of patients and families.
Use equipment safely.
Base decisions and actions on relevant scientific principles, established standards of care, and research findings.
Use teaching and learning theory and appropriate teaching strategies to educate nursing staff, hospital staff, students, patients, families, and the community.
Facilitate learning by responding to appropriate patient and internal preferences, priorities, and readiness to learn.
Update professional knowledge throughout the year and complete identified clinical competencies.
Serve as a resource for staff caring for primary care patients.
Provide educational programs to professional and paraprofessional personnel in the area of expertise.
Participate in community programs and distribute literature as appropriate to the area of expertise.
Document each patient visit’s plan of care, interventions, and evaluations clearly and concisely in the medical record in accordance with approved hospital and University Health Associates policies and compliance standards.
Collaborate with leaders and staff to achieve patient-outcome improvements in care.
Lead development and implementation of changes in the primary care practice that improve patient outcomes.
Collaborate with medical and nursing staff to solve problems and provide professional support.
Participate in and initiate interdisciplinary approaches to patient care, program development, and education, and serve as a professional role model.
Promote innovation in the expanded role of care delivery to primary care patients and families during inpatient hospitalization and in ambulatory settings.
Participate in and provide leadership for committees and task forces.
Document hours and submit billing reports, as appropriate.
Review and interpret primary care data from patient registries and clinical and financial reports, including length of stay, access to care, and cost per case, and recommend or implement changes as needed.
Participate in clinical trials and research studies with the principal investigator.
Assist primary care faculty, administrators, and directors in collecting outcome measures.
Perform other assigned duties and projects.
Desired Qualifications
Primary care experience is preferred for both nurse practitioner and physician assistant candidates.
A master’s degree as a physician assistant is preferred.
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Additional Job Description:
POSITION SUMMARY: The Advanced Practice Professional (APP) has coordination and clinical skills required for the comprehensive management of primary care patients, (including biological, social and psychological assessments). The APP coordinates involvement of medical specialty teams necessary to develop a comprehensive plan for the patient and reviews the plan of care with the other members of the clinical team, participates in directing that care, performs diagnostic/therapeutic procedures and coordinates discharge planning (as applicable). The APP participates in the education of residents and medical/nursing students.
Provide healthcare services consistent with state law and the requirements of the professional licensing or certification authority and/or hospital privileges, where applicable. Such service may include but are not limited to.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR NURSE PRACTITIONER:
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:
1. Graduate of a CCNE accredited nursing program with master’s degree in nursing.
2. National Certification by one of the recognized APRN Certification Centers.
3. Licensure or eligibility for licensure as a professional Registered Nurse and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in Pennsylvania.
4. American Heart Association BLS Certification required with additional Advanced Life Support training at the discretion of the
department.
EXPERIENCE:
1. Primary care experience preferred.
2. Eligible new graduates will be considered.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:
1. ACNPs and FNPs considered.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT:
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:
1. Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree as a Medical/Surgical (as applicable) Physician Assistant required.
2. Graduate of an ARC-PA approved Physician Assistant (PA) training program required.
3. Certification by the National Commission for Certification of Physician Assistants required.
4. Must be licensed or eligible for licensure by the PA Board of Medicine.
5. American Heart Association BLS Certification required with additional Advanced Life Support training at the discretion of the
department.
EXPERIENCE:
1. Primary care experience preferred.
2. Eligible new graduates will be considered.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:
1. Master’s Degree as Physician Assistant preferred.
CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties. Other duties may be assigned.
1. Manages comprehensive and individualized care for primary care patients and their families in the ambulatory setting.
2. Consults and/or pre-procedure/evaluations, acute visits and wellness visits.
3. Completes integrated assessments.
4. With the collaboration of primary care faculty or by following established clinical Guidelines and Protocols, orders additional tests or consults as deemed appropriate.
5. Performs and communicates results of diagnostic tests following established clinical guidelines and scope of practice.
6. Consults and communicates with clinic and hospital staff regarding abnormal findings in the evaluations of patients.
7. Performs succinct comprehensive clinical evaluations and documents findings in medical record.
8. Facilitates patient follow-up by coordinating appropriate services and tests for follow-up appointments in the clinic (as applicable).
9. Develops a comprehensive individualized plan of care for primary care patients, which includes teaching, follow-up planning and necessary referral to other members of the health care team as necessary.
10. Demonstrates expertise in caring for patients across the age continuum of their educational experience and certification.
11. Identifies unstable or complex primary care patient care situations and facilitates appropriate intervention in the clinic and/or hospital setting.
12. Recognizes emergency situations and initiates effective emergency care.
13. Evaluates primary care patients and serves as a coordinator for follow up procedures and tests in the ambulatory setting (as applicable).
14. Assists in the collection of outcome measures (as applicable).
15. Demonstrates critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills in clinical decision making by the identification, evaluation and management of the individual needs of patients/families.
16. Demonstrates the ability to utilize equipment in a safe manner.
17. Bases decisions made/actions taken on the relevant scientific principles, established standards of care and/or research findings.
18. Utilizes teaching/learning theory and appropriate teaching strategies in the provision of education to nursing staff, hospital staff, students, patients, families and the community.
19. Promotes an environment that facilitates learning by responding to appropriate patient/internal preferences, priorities and readiness to learn.
20. Updates own knowledge base throughout the year.
21. Completes all identified clinical competencies.
22. Serves as a resource person for staff caring for the primary care patient.
23. Provides educational programs to professional and paraprofessional personnel in area of expertise.
24. Participates in community programs, distribution of literature, as appropriate in area of expertise.
25. Documents the plan of care, interventions and evaluations in a clear and concise manner for every patient visit in the patient’s medical record following approved hospital/UHA policies and compliance standards for documentation.
26. Collaborates with other leaders and staff to effectively achieve patient outcome-based improvements in care.
27. Provides leadership in the development and implantation of changes in the primary care practice that positively impact patient outcomes.
28. Works collaboratively with medical and nursing staff to facilitate creative problem solving and provide professional support.
29. Participates and initiates inter-disciplinary approaches to patient care, program development and education. Serves as a professional role model.
30. Promotes and practices innovation of the expanded role in the delivery of care to primary care patients and families throughout the inpatient hospitalization, and the ambulatory setting.
31. Participates and provides leadership for committees and task forces.
32. Documents hours and submits billing reports, as appropriate.
33. Reviews and interprets primary care data from sources such as patient registries, clinical and financial reports, length of stay, access to care, and cost per case reports and recommends/implements changes as necessary.
34. Participates in clinical trials and research studies with the Principal Investigator.
35. Assists primary care Faculty, Administrators and Directors in the collection of outcome measures.
36. Other duties/projects as assigned.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1. Heavy/Hard Work: Work requires strength and/or stamina, lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, positioning of patients, standing, walking, and carrying of patients, materials and equipment weighting 40+ pounds.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1. Working closely with others.
2. Protracted or irregular hours.
3. Working around biohazards.
4. Working around infectious diseases.
5. Working with or near the deceased.
6. Working with hands in water.
7. Electrical hazards associated with patient care equipment.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
1. Proficiency with computers.
2. Strong communication skills.
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
24
Shift:
Exempt/Non-Exempt:
United States of America (Exempt)
Company:
SMG System Medical Group
Cost Center:
8208 SMG Pediatrics - Weirton
Address:
222 N Fifth StreetMartins FerryOhio
Equal Opportunity Employer
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