Advanced Practice Provider - Hospitalist - Internal Medicine - Night Shift

Position Summary

Under the supervision of the physician—according to established practice guidelines and utilizing evidence-based clinical practice standards—provides inpatient management, consultation, and co-management of medical and surgical patients.

Responsibilities

• Manages patients using the highest degree of independence with minimal physician supervision in a highly specialized area across the continuum.
• Affords patients physical and psychosocial assessments through interview, health history, physical examination, and diagnostic studies, and recognizes deviations from the normal.
• Performs complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, as credentialed, in diagnosing medical and surgical problems and prescribing necessary treatment and services for quality patient care.
• Affords teaching opportunities to students, residents, and interns in complex techniques and procedures.
• Implements appropriate management based on laboratory results, physical assessment, routine diagnostic and follow-up studies, therapeutic measures, admission and discharge care in accordance with evidence based medicine.
• Initiates appropriate actions to facilitate the implementation of therapeutic plans that are consistent with the continuing healthcare needs of patients.
• Writes or dictates patient progress notes, discharge summaries, and clinical resumes that are concise throughout.
• Prescribes medication.
• Provides patient education and maintains provision of preventive health services.
• Conducts or participates in multidisciplinary rounds.
• Works with supervising physician to determine and place appropriate specialty consultations.
• Participates in quality initiatives to ensure consistent attainment of key quality indicators.
• Performs advanced cardiac life support.
• In medical emergencies, acts on behalf of the supervising medical staff member to maintain life support until a licensed physician arrives to manage the patient.
• Triages patients.
• Shares clinical expertise with professional and supportive personnel, and collaborates with other healthcare disciplines to ensure continuity and quality of care.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three (3) years of nurse practitioner or physician assistant experience, with 2 years in a specialty.
• Experienced working autonomously as a provider.
• Master’s degree in nursing or Graduate of an accredited physician assistant program.
• Licensure/Certification:
  • ARNP license in the state of Florida; specialty certification is required for certain departments.
  • Maintains current CPR certification, ACLS certification, and others as required by department.
  • Current licensure in State of Florida renewed every two years to include prescriptive authority.
  • Maintains NCCPA (National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants).
  • Maintains BLS and ACLS certifications, and others as required by department.