Full-Time
Advanced Practice Professional
Hospitalist
Updated on 9/3/2026
WVU Medicine
No salary listed
Petersburg, WV, USA
In Person
Bachelor's, Master's
Category
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1) |
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Required Skills
Nursing
Patient Care
Care Coordination
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Requirements
- Graduation from a Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education accredited nursing program with a Master's Degree in Nursing for nurse practitioner applicants.
- National certification by a recognized Advanced Practice Registered Nurse certification center for nurse practitioner applicants.
- Licensure or eligibility for licensure as a professional Registered Nurse and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in West Virginia for nurse practitioner applicants.
- 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, as applicable, is required for physician assistant applicants.
- 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 assistant applicants.
- Proficiency with computers is required.
- Strong communication skills are required.
- The employee must be able to perform heavy or hard work requiring strength or stamina, including lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, positioning patients, standing, walking, and carrying patients, materials, and equipment weighing 40 or more pounds.
- The role involves working closely with others, protracted or irregular hours, biohazards, infectious diseases, deceased persons, hands in 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 plan disposition for immediate post-discharge ambulatory care.
- 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 their results according to established clinical guidelines and scope of practice.
- Consult and communicate with clinic and hospital staff regarding abnormal findings in patient evaluations.
- 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 plans of care that include teaching, discharge planning, and referrals to other healthcare team members.
- Care for patients across the age continuum within the scope of educational experience and certification.
- Identify unstable or complex hospitalized-patient situations and facilitate appropriate intervention.
- Recognize emergency situations and initiate effective emergency care.
- Evaluate general medicine patients and coordinate follow-up, procedures, and tests in the ambulatory setting.
- Assist in collecting outcome measures.
- Use critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning to identify, evaluate, and manage individual patient and family needs.
- Use clinical equipment safely.
- Base 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 learning by responding to patient and family preferences, priorities, and readiness to learn.
- Update professional knowledge throughout the year.
- Complete all 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 the patient medical record according to approved hospital and health-system policies and compliance standards.
- Collaborate with leaders and staff to achieve patient-outcome improvements in care.
- Provide leadership in developing and implementing changes in cardiology practice that positively affect patient outcomes.
- Work collaboratively with medical and nursing staff to facilitate problem solving 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 for inpatient and ambulatory care delivery.
- 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 in collecting outcome measures.
- Perform other assigned duties and projects.
Desired Qualifications
- Acute care or hospitalist experience is preferred.
- An Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner qualification is preferred for nurse practitioner applicants, although Family Nurse Practitioners will be considered.
- Master's-level education as a Medical/Surgical Physician Assistant, as applicable, is preferred.