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Full-Time
Advanced Practice Professional
NP or PA, Emergency Medicine-United Hospital Center
Posted on 11/23/2025
WVU Medicine
No salary listed
Clarksburg, WV, USA
In Person
On-site role at United Hospital Center; in Bridgeport, WV
Category
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1) |
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Requirements
- Graduate of a CCNE accredited nursing program with Master’s Degree in Nursing.
- National Certification by one of the recognized APRN Certification Centers
- Licensure or eligibility for licensure, as a professional Registered Nurse and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in West Virginia.
- American Heart Association BLS, ACLS and ATLS certification required.
- Acute care or emergency medicine experience preferred.
- Eligible new graduates will be considered.
- Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree as a Medical/Surgical Physician Assistant; Graduate of an ARC-PA approved Physician Assistant training program; Certification by the National Commission for Certification of Physician Assistants; Must be licensed or eligible for licensure by the WV Board of Medicine or WV Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
- Masters level education as Medical/Surgical (as applicable) Physician Assistant preferred.
- American Heart Association PALs certification is encouraged.
Responsibilities
- Manages comprehensive and individualized care for emergency medicine patients and their families in the DEM and immediate post discharge in the ambulatory setting. Coordinates hospitalization if necessary.
- Completes pre-procedure evaluations.
- Completes integrated assessments.
- With the collaboration of emergency medicine faculty or by following established clinical Guidelines and Protocols, orders additional tests or consults as deemed appropriate.
- Performs and communicates results of diagnostic tests following established clinical guidelines and scope of practice.
- Consults and communicates with DEM clinic and hospital staff regarding abnormal findings in the evaluations of patients.
- Performs succinct comprehensive clinical evaluations and documents findings in medical record.
- Facilitates patient DEM discharge by coordinating appropriate services and tests prior to discharge necessary for outpatient follow-up appointments in the clinic (as applicable).
- Develops a comprehensive individualized plan of care for emergency medicine patients, which includes teaching, discharge planning and necessary referral to other members of the health care team or admission as necessary.
- Demonstrates expertise in caring for patients across the age continuum of their educational experience and certification.
- Identifies unstable or complex emergency medicine patient care situations and facilitates appropriate intervention in the DEM setting.
- Recognizes emergency situations and initiates effective emergency care.
- Evaluates emergency medicine patients and serves as a coordinator for follow up procedures and tests in the ambulatory setting or upon admission (as applicable).
- Assists in the collection of outcome measures (as applicable).
- Demonstrates critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills in clinical decision making by the identification, evaluation and management of the individual needs of patients/families.
- Demonstrates the ability to utilize equipment in a safe manner.
- Bases decisions made/actions taken on the relevant scientific principles, established standards of care and/or research findings.
- Utilizes teaching/learning theory and appropriate teaching strategies in the provision of education to nursing staff, hospital staff, students, patients, families and the community.
- Promotes an environment that facilitates learning by responding to appropriate patient/family preferences, priorities and readiness to learn.
- Updates own knowledge base throughout the year.
- Completes all identified clinical competencies.
- Serves as a resource person for staff caring for the emergency medicine patient.
- Provides educational programs to professional and paraprofessional personnel in area of expertise.
- Participates in community programs, distribution of literature, as appropriate in area of expertise.
- 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.
- Collaborates with other leaders and staff to effectively achieve patient outcome based improvements in care.
- Provides leadership in the development and implantation of changes in the emergency medicine practice that positively impact patient outcomes.
- Works collaboratively with medical and nursing staff to facilitate creative problem solving and provide professional support.
- Participates and initiates inter-disciplinary approaches to patient care, program development and education. Serves as a professional role model.
- Promotes and practices innovation of the expanded role in the delivery of care to emergency medicine patients and families throughout the inpatient hospitalization, and the ambulatory setting.
- Participates and provides leadership for committees and task forces.
- Documents hours and submits billing reports, as appropriate.
- Reviews and interprets emergency medicine 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.
- Participates in clinical trials and research studies with the Principal Investigator.
- Assists emergency medicine Faculty, Administrators and Directors in the collection of outcome measures.
- Other duties/projects as assigned.
Desired Qualifications
- ACNP or Family Nurse Practitioner considered.
- American Heart Association PALs certification is encouraged.
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