WVU Medicine
Academic health system
Advanced Practice Professional - Hospitalist
Full-Time
No salary listed
Entry, Junior, Mid
Bachelor's, Master's
Princeton, WV, USA
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About the job
Requirements
- Graduation from a Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education accredited nursing program with a Master's Degree in Nursing is required for nurse practitioners.
- National certification by a recognized Advanced Practice Registered Nurse certification center is required for nurse practitioners.
- Licensure or eligibility for licensure as a professional Registered Nurse and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in West Virginia is required for nurse practitioners.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification is required, with additional Advanced Life Support training at the department's discretion.
- A Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree as a Medical/Surgical Physician Assistant is required for physician assistants.
- Graduation from an Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant 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.
- Acute care or hospitalist experience is preferred, but eligible new graduates will be considered.
- The role requires the ability to provide healthcare services consistent with state law and the requirements of the applicable professional licensing or certification authority or hospital privileges.
- The role requires proficiency with computers.
- The role requires strong communication skills.
- The role requires the physical strength or stamina to lift, move, stoop, reach, position, stand, walk, and carry patients, materials, and equipment weighing more than 40 pounds.
- The role requires working closely with others, during protracted or irregular hours, around biohazards and infectious diseases, with or near the deceased, with hands in water, and near electrical hazards associated with patient-care equipment.
Responsibilities
- Provide high-quality, patient-centered care as a member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team.
- Assess, diagnose, treat, and manage patients within the applicable scope of practice and specialty.
- Deliver evidence-based care, promote positive patient outcomes, maintain professional and regulatory standards, and support the department's and organization's clinical, educational, and operational goals.
- Coordinate medical and surgical specialty team involvement to develop comprehensive patient plans and review plans of care with the clinical team.
- Participate in directing patient care, perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and peri-operative services, and coordinate ambulatory management or discharge planning and follow-up as applicable.
- Participate in educating residents and medical and nursing students.
- Manage comprehensive and individualized care for hospitalized patients and their families during inpatient hospitalization and immediate post-discharge planning in the ambulatory setting.
- Complete daily rounds, consultations, and pre-procedure evaluations.
- Complete integrated assessments.
- Order additional tests or consultations with hospitalist faculty collaboration or according to established clinical guidelines and protocols.
- Perform diagnostic tests and communicate their results according to established clinical guidelines and scope of practice.
- Consult and communicate with clinic and hospital staff about abnormal patient findings.
- Perform comprehensive clinical evaluations and document findings in the medical record.
- Facilitate patient discharge by coordinating services and tests needed before discharge and for outpatient follow-up appointments.
- Develop individualized inpatient plans of care including teaching, discharge planning, and referrals to other healthcare team members.
- Provide care across the age continuum consistent with educational experience and certification.
- Identify unstable or complex inpatient situations and facilitate appropriate intervention in clinic or hospital settings.
- Recognize emergency situations and initiate effective emergency care.
- Evaluate general medicine patients and coordinate ambulatory follow-up, procedures, and tests as applicable.
- Assist with collecting outcome measures.
- Apply critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning to identify, evaluate, and manage individual patient and family needs.
- Use equipment safely.
- Base decisions and actions on scientific principles, 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.
- Promote an environment that facilitates learning by responding to patient and family preferences, priorities, and readiness to learn.
- Maintain and update clinical knowledge throughout the year and 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 as appropriate within the area of expertise.
- Document plans of care, interventions, and evaluations clearly and concisely in each patient's medical record according to approved hospital and WVU Medicine policies and compliance standards.
- Collaborate with leaders and staff to achieve improvements in patient outcomes and care.
- Provide leadership in developing and implementing changes in cardiology practice that improve patient outcomes.
- Work collaboratively with medical and nursing staff to solve problems and provide professional support.
- Initiate and participate in interdisciplinary approaches to patient care, program development, and education, and serve as a professional role model.
- Promote innovation in the expanded role in delivering inpatient and ambulatory care to patients and families.
- Participate in and provide leadership for committees and task forces.
- Document hours and submit billing reports as 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 as necessary.
- Participate in clinical trials and research studies with the Principal Investigator.
- Assist hospitalist faculty, administrators, and directors with collecting outcome measures.
- Complete other assigned duties and projects.
Desired Qualifications
- Acute care or hospitalist experience.
- Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner certification for nurse practitioners; Family Nurse Practitioners will also be considered.
- Master's-level education as a Medical/Surgical Physician Assistant.
About the company
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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