Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryAdvanced Practice Providers
About the job
Requirements
Graduate of a CCNE-accredited nursing program with a Master's Degree in Nursing for the nurse practitioner pathway.
National certification by one of the recognized Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Certification Centers is required for the nurse practitioner pathway.
Licensure or eligibility for licensure as a professional Registered Nurse and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in West Virginia is required for the nurse practitioner pathway.
A Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree as a Medical/Surgical Physician Assistant is required for the physician assistant pathway.
Graduation from an ARC-PA-approved Physician Assistant training program is required.
Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants is required.
Licensure or eligibility for licensure by the West Virginia Board of Medicine or West Virginia Board of Osteopathic Medicine is required for physician assistants.
American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification is required, with additional Advanced Life Support training at the department's discretion.
Eligible new graduates will be considered.
The role requires proficiency with computers.
The role requires strong communication skills.
The role requires the ability to provide healthcare services within state law, professional licensing or certification requirements, and applicable hospital privileges.
The role requires the physical ability and stamina to lift, move, position, stand, walk, and carry patients, materials, and equipment weighing 40 or more pounds.
The role requires the ability to work protracted or irregular hours and around biohazards, infectious diseases, deceased persons, water, and electrical hazards associated with patient-care equipment.
Responsibilities
Manage comprehensive and individualized care for hospitalized patients and their families during inpatient hospitalization and immediate post-discharge planning.
Complete daily rounds, consultations, and pre-procedure evaluations.
Complete integrated assessments.
Order additional tests or consultations in collaboration with hospitalist faculty or according to established clinical guidelines and protocols.
Perform diagnostic tests and communicate results according to established clinical guidelines and scope of practice.
Consult and communicate with clinic and hospital staff regarding abnormal patient evaluation findings.
Perform comprehensive clinical evaluations and document findings in the medical record.
Facilitate patient discharge by coordinating services and tests needed for outpatient follow-up appointments.
Develop individualized plans of care that include teaching, discharge planning, and referrals to other healthcare team members.
Provide care for patients across the age continuum within the scope of education and certification.
Identify unstable or complex hospitalized-patient situations and facilitate appropriate interventions.
Recognize emergency situations and initiate effective emergency care.
Evaluate general medicine patients and coordinate ambulatory follow-up, procedures, and tests when applicable.
Assist with collecting outcome measures when applicable.
Apply critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning to identify, evaluate, and manage the needs of patients and families.
Use equipment safely.
Base clinical decisions and actions on scientific principles, standards of care, and research findings.
Provide education to nursing staff, hospital staff, students, patients, families, and the community using appropriate teaching strategies.
Promote an environment that supports patient and family learning preferences, priorities, and readiness.
Maintain and update professional knowledge throughout the year.
Complete identified clinical competencies.
Serve as a resource for staff caring for hospitalized patients.
Provide educational programs to professional and paraprofessional personnel within the area of expertise.
Participate in community programs and distribute literature when appropriate.
Document plans of care, interventions, and evaluations clearly and concisely in each patient's medical record according to hospital and WVUM policies.
Collaborate with leaders and staff to achieve improvements in patient outcomes.
Provide leadership in developing and implementing changes in the cardiology practice that improve patient outcomes.
Work collaboratively with medical and nursing staff to solve problems and provide professional support.
Participate in and initiate interdisciplinary patient-care, program-development, and education approaches.
Serve as a professional role model.
Promote innovation in the expanded role of inpatient and ambulatory care delivery.
Participate in and provide leadership for committees and task forces.
Document hours and submit billing reports when appropriate.
Review and interpret cardiology data from patient registries, clinical and financial reports, length of stay, access to care, and cost-per-case reports, and recommend or implement changes.
Participate in clinical trials and research studies with the Principal Investigator.
Assist hospitalist faculty, administrators, and directors with collecting outcome measures.
Perform other assigned duties and projects.
Desired Qualifications
Acute care or hospitalist experience is preferred.
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner certification is preferred, although Family Nurse Practitioners will be considered.
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:
The Advanced Practice Professional (APP) has coordination and clinical skills required for the comprehensive management of hospitalized patients. The APP coordinates involvement of medical/surgical 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, peri-operative services, and coordinates ambulatory management and/or discharge planning/follow-up (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.
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. Acute care or hospitalist experience preferred.
2. Eligible new graduates will be considered.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:
1. ACNP or AGACNP preferred, but FNPs will be 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 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. Acute care or hospitalist experience 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 hospitalized patients and their families in the inpatient phase of hospitalization and planning disposition for immediate post discharge in the ambulatory setting.
4. With the collaboration of hospitalist 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 hospitalized patients which includes teaching, discharge planning (as applicable) 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 hospitalized 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 general medicine 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 hospitalized 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/WVUM 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 cardiology 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 inpatients 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 cardiology 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 Hospitalist 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.
For additional questions, please contact Ryan Groves, Senior Recruiter and Talent Advisor [email protected]
WVU & UHA are AA/EO employer - Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran - and WVU is the recipient of an NSF Advance award for gender equity
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Shift:
Exempt/Non-Exempt:
United States of America (Exempt)
Company:
UHA University Health Associates
Cost Center:
8066 UHA Medicine Hospitalist Service
Address:
1 Medical Center DriveMorgantownWest Virginia
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