APP Consult Service

About the Role

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the Yale New Haven Health System Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values—integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion—must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

Yale New Haven Health includes Yale New Haven, Bridgeport, Greenwich, Lawrence + Memorial, and Westerly hospitals; several specialty networks; and Northeast Medical Group, a physician-led multi-specialty group with over 1,000 physicians. The system offers intriguing cities with something for everyone, whether you love arts, history, parks, or delicious food.

What Makes This Opportunity Unique

• Excellent work environment with flexible schedules to ensure work-life balance, focusing on improving clinical care, outcomes, patient satisfaction, safety, value, clinical research, and education.
• Career advancement opportunities for professional growth and development within the healthcare system.
• Enhanced compensation package, including competitive salary.
• Relocation assistance for a smooth transition.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance, pension plan, matched tax-sheltered annuity plan, and Roth contributions.
• Employee wellness initiatives, support programs, and continuing education opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Clinical Care
  • Provides assessment, triage, and therapeutic management of patient/family needs throughout the disease process as part of an interdisciplinary team in inpatient, ambulatory, or outpatient settings.
  • Works in collaboration with attending/supervising physicians in accordance with state law, hospital regulations, policies, protocols, and clinical pathways, with potential for autonomous team-based care.
  • Obtains medical histories, performs physical examinations, reviews/orders diagnostic/therapeutic tests and radiologic results, and formulates/manages patient treatment plans.
  • Performs procedures, prescribes treatments and medications in accordance with institutional and state guidelines, and within professional competency standards.
  • May function as first or second assistant on operative cases, using fine motor skills and manual dexterity, if within scope and job prerequisites.
  • Responds to emergency situations within YNHHS parameters.
• Patient Education & Psychosocial Support
  • Educates patients/families on care, treatment plans, side effects of treatments/medications, and discharge plans in collaboration with the supervising/collaborating physician.
  • Provides psychosocial support to patients, family members, and significant others as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Information Management
  • Ensures appropriate documentation in accordance with hospital and regulatory requirements.
  • Protects information (computer-based, paper, film, voice, or other media) from unauthorized access, modification, destruction, or disclosure.
• Quality Management
  • Demonstrates high standards of moral and ethical behavior, professionalism, compassion, and commitment to patient care.
  • Ensures compliance with patient-related healthcare regulatory requirements, standards, and recommendations.
• Professional Development
  • Engages in projects to maintain and advance professional competency.
  • Serves as a clinical resource for new house staff and provides service-specific orientation.
  • Demonstrates high-reliability organizational behaviors by reporting safety events and near misses.
  • Maintains all employee requirements determined by hospital policy.
  • May serve as a clinical preceptor for NP/PA students and other healthcare professionals, and mentor pre-PA/NP candidates.
  • Collaborates on research, quality assurance, and performance improvement projects, and assists in forming clinical practice protocols.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Program.
• Clinical working experience as an NP/PA in the specialty/service line is preferred but not required.
• APRNs, PAs, CRNAs, and CNMs must be appointed to the Affiliated Medical Staff of a YNHHS hospital and complete the Medical Staff credentialing process, including providing evidence of current competence to practice and obtaining appropriate reference letters.

Qualifications

• For Physician Assistants:
  • Active PA Certification by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
  • Connecticut State Physician Assistant License.
  • ACLS/BLS Certified, when indicated for position profile.
  • DEA License.
  • Additional certifications (e.g., PALS for pediatric positions, NRP for neonatal care) as required by specialty.
• For Nurse Practitioners:
  • Connecticut State Registered Nurse License.
  • Connecticut State Nurse Practitioner License.
  • Board specialty certification, as appropriate for position profile.
  • ACLS/BLS Certified, when indicated for position profile.
  • DEA License.
• Additional licensure, certifications, and/or continuing education credits may be required during employment based on position and area of specialty.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Pension plan, matched tax-sheltered annuity plan, and Roth contributions.
• Employee wellness initiatives and support programs.
• Professional development and continuing education opportunities.