WVU Medicine

Academic health system

Advanced Practice Professional – Neurology - Inpatient/Outpatient

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Full-timeWeirton, WV, USANo salary listedIn-person

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, hold or be eligible for Registered Nurse and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse licensure in West Virginia.
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 training program.
For the physician assistant pathway, hold certification from the National Commission for Certification of Physician Assistants.
For the physician assistant pathway, hold or be eligible for licensure by the West Virginia Board of Medicine or West Virginia Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
Have proficiency with computers.
Be able to meet the physical demands of heavy/hard work, including lifting, moving, positioning, standing, walking, and carrying patients, materials, and equipment weighing 40 pounds or more.
Work around biohazards, infectious diseases, the deceased, water, and electrical hazards associated with patient care equipment, and work closely with others for protracted or irregular hours.

Responsibilities

Provide high-quality, patient-centered, evidence-based care as part of the interdisciplinary healthcare team, assessing, diagnosing, treating, and managing patients within the scope of practice and specialty.
Coordinate comprehensive management of neurology patients, including biological, social, and psychological assessments; coordinate specialty-team involvement, review and participate in directing care plans, perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and coordinate discharge planning and ambulatory clinical support as applicable.
Educate residents and medical and nursing students.
Manage individualized care for neurology patients and families during inpatient hospitalization, immediately after discharge, and in ambulatory settings as applicable.
Complete daily rounds, consultations, and pre-procedure evaluations.
Complete integrated assessments.
In collaboration with neurology faculty or under established clinical guidelines and protocols, order additional tests or consultations as appropriate.
Perform diagnostic tests and communicate their results in accordance with established clinical guidelines and scope of practice.
Consult and communicate with clinic and hospital staff about abnormal evaluation findings.
Conduct concise, comprehensive clinical evaluations and document findings in the medical record.
Coordinate services and tests required before discharge to facilitate outpatient follow-up appointments as applicable.
Develop individualized plans of care, including teaching, discharge planning, and referrals to other healthcare-team members as necessary.
Care for patients across the age continuum appropriate to the employee's education and certification.
Identify unstable or complex neurology-care situations and facilitate appropriate intervention in clinic or hospital settings.
Recognize emergencies and initiate effective emergency care.
Evaluate neurology patients and coordinate follow-up procedures and tests in ambulatory settings as applicable.
Assist with collecting outcome measures as applicable.
Apply critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning to identify, evaluate, and manage the individual 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 strategies to educate nursing staff, hospital staff, students, patients, families, and the community.
Facilitate learning by responding to appropriate patient and family preferences, priorities, and readiness to learn.
Update professional knowledge throughout the year and complete all identified clinical competencies.
Serve as a resource for staff caring for neurology patients and provide educational programs to professional and paraprofessional personnel in the area of expertise.
Participate in community programs and distribute relevant literature as appropriate.
Document each patient's plan of care, interventions, and evaluations clearly and concisely in the medical record, following approved hospital and University Health Associates policies and compliance standards.
Collaborate with leaders and staff to achieve patient-outcome-based improvements in care.
Lead development and implementation of changes in neurology practice that positively affect patient outcomes.
Collaborate with medical and nursing staff to facilitate problem-solving and provide professional support.
Participate in and initiate interdisciplinary patient-care, program-development, and education approaches; serve as a professional role model.
Promote and practice innovation in the expanded role delivering care to neurology patients and families in inpatient and ambulatory settings.
Participate in and provide leadership for committees and task forces.
Document hours and submit billing reports as appropriate.
Review and interpret neurology data from patient registries, clinical and financial reports, length-of-stay, access-to-care, and cost-per-case reports, and recommend or implement changes as needed.
Participate in clinical trials and research studies with the principal investigator.
Assist neurology faculty, administrators, and directors in collecting outcome measures.

Desired Qualifications

Neurology or acute care experience is preferred for either pathway.
For the nurse practitioner pathway, Acute Care Nurse Practitioners are preferred, but Family Nurse Practitioners will be considered.
For the physician assistant pathway, master's-level education as a Medical/Surgical Physician Assistant is preferred.

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The Advanced Practice Professional (APP) provides high-quality, patient-centered care as a member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team. Working collaboratively with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals, the APP assesses, diagnoses, treats, and manages patients within their scope of practice and area of specialty. The APP is responsible for delivering evidence-based care, promoting positive patient outcomes, maintaining professional and regulatory standards, and supporting the clinical, educational, and operational goals of the department and organization.

Additional Job Description:

POSITION SUMMARY: The Advanced Practice Professional (APP) has coordination and clinical skills required for the comprehensive management of neurology 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 and ambulatory clinical support (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 West Virginia.

4.American Heart Association BLS Certification required with additional Advanced Life Support training at the discretion of the

department.

EXPERIENCE:

1.Neurology or acute care experience preferred.

2.Eligible new graduates will be considered.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1.ACNPs preferred, but will consider FNPs.

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 WV Board of Medicine or WV Board of Osteopathic Medicine.

5.American Heart Association BLS Certification required with additional Advanced Life Support training at the discretion of the

department.

EXPERIENCE:

1.Neurology or acute care experience preferred.

2.Eligible new graduates will be considered.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1.Masters level education as Medical/Surgical (as applicable) 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 neurology patients and their families in the inpatient phase of hospitalization, immediate post discharge and in the ambulatory setting (as applicable).

2.Completes daily rounds; consults and/or pre-procedure/evaluations.

3.Completes integrated assessments.

4.With the collaboration of neurology 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 discharge by coordinating appropriate services and tests prior to discharge necessary for outpatient follow-up appointments in the clinic (as applicable).

9.Develops a comprehensive individualized plan of care for neurology patients, which includes teaching, discharge 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 neurology 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 neurology 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/family 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 neurology 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 neurology 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 neurology 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 neurology 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 neurology 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:

Shift:

Exempt/Non-Exempt:

United States of America (Exempt)

Company:

UHA University Health Associates

Cost Center:

8088 UHA Neuro Neurology Weirton

Address:

601 Colliers WayWeirtonWest Virginia

Equal Opportunity Employer

University Health Associates and its subsidiaries (collectively "UHA") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. UHA strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All UHA employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.

About the Company

WVU Medicine

Academic health system

WVUMedicine is an academic health system serving West Virginia and the surrounding region. The system operates hospitals, clinics, specialty programs, emergency care, research, and medical education through an integrated network. It serves patients, families, referring clinicians, students, researchers, and regional communities. Its operating model centers on clinical care, hospital operations, ambulatory services, education, research, and shared system support. Teams work across nursing, physicians, allied health, research, technology, facilities, administration, and patient services. Work depends on coordination among clinical, operational, technical, and support teams across its care settings and communities.

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