APP Hospitalist - Days

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.

About the Role

Yale New Haven Health System is seeking a full-time Advanced Practice Provider (APP) to join the Hospitalist team at Bridgeport Hospital Milford Campus. In this role, you will be a key member of the Hospitalist Team, providing high-quality, timely care to patients across the hospital.

Schedule

• Full-time APP role with a 3/3/4 schedule (12-hour shifts)

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Pension plan
• Matched tax-sheltered annuity plan and Roth contributions
• Annual incentive bonus and a career ladder program
• Employee wellness initiatives and support programs
• Professional development and continuing education opportunities

Responsibilities

Clinical Care

• Provides assessment, triage, and therapeutic management of patient/family needs throughout the disease process as an integral part of an interdisciplinary team in inpatient, ambulatory, or outpatient settings.
• Works in collaboration with the attending supervising/collaborating physician(s) in accordance with state law, hospital regulations, policies, protocols, and clinical pathways; may provide autonomous team-based care.
• Obtains medical histories, performs physical examinations, reviews/orders diagnostic/therapeutic tests and radiologic results, formulates and manages patient treatment plans.
• Performs procedures, prescribes treatment and medications in accordance with institutional and state guidelines, within specialty or professional competency standards.
• May function as first or second assistant on operative cases, using fine motor skills and manual dexterity (within scope and educational 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 MD.
• 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.
• Consistently demonstrates high reliability organizational behaviors through reporting safety events and near misses.

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.
• Maintains all employee requirements determined by hospital policy.
• May serve as a clinical preceptor for NP/PA students and other healthcare professionals, and as a mentor to pre-PA/NP candidates.
• May collaborate on research, quality assurance, performance improvement projects, and assist with protocol formation.

Requirements

Education

• Graduate from an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Program.

Experience

• Clinical working experience as a NP/PA within the given specialty/service line preferred but not required.

Licensure & Certification

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

APRNs, PAs, CRNAs, and CNMs are required to be appointed to the Affiliated Medical Staff of a YNHHS Hospital and credentialed through the Medical Staff process. Evidence of current competence to practice must be obtained during the Medical Staff appointment process.