APP, Neurocritical Services, Full Time, Day

Position Summary

Contributes professional and clinical expertise to ensure the delivery of best-in-class care to hospitalized patients requiring neurological care.

Primary Clinical Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive neurologic histories and physical exams on new admissions, consults and deteriorating patients.
• Order and interpret neuroimaging (CT, MRI, EEG) and laboratory testing.
• Prescribe medications, perform procedures, such as lumbar puncture.
• Attend and manage acute stroke codes throughout the hospital, including the ED, including ordering and administering thrombolytic agents.
• Orders and monitors appropriate medications.
• Carefully coordinates the transition to higher level of care as needed.
• Ensures clinical stability for safe transition to post-discharge care or rehabilitation facilities.
• Coordinates treatment plans with physical therapists, occupational therapists, case manager and social work.
• Participates in quality assessment and performance improvement activities.
• Demonstrates and models service excellence behavior.
• Maintains patient confidentiality.
• Utilizes appropriate and effective patient care plans. Completes documentation concurrently as patients are seen.
• Affirms continuity of care through completion of treatment plans, and follow-up of chronic problems, abnormal tests.
• Delegates clinical tasks appropriate to the level of training of each staff member.
• Provides an accounting of services rendered and accurate, specific diagnosis codes for each patient by completing appropriate billing/reimbursement documentation.
• Utilizes infection control and safety protocols appropriately.
• Maintains familiarity with practice’s on-site diagnostic procedures and equipment.
• Safeguards continuity of care through completion of treatment plans, and follow-up of chronic problems, abnormal tests.
• Ensures the professional development of self and team, i.e., pursues continuing education opportunities and shares knowledge as appropriate with other members of the health care team; participates in professional organizations; reads professional journals and texts; etc.
• Participates in the “on-call” schedules as needed. Is available for emergency calls from VMG staff or physicians.
• Identifies opportunities to improve processes, reports, or systems that take advantage of cost savings, employee satisfaction, and/or customer satisfaction. Promotes and practices economical and effective healthcare.
• Completes in a timely manner all managed care applications, credentialing, and re-credentialing requests from the corporate office.
• Abides by guidelines established by all managed care and insurance payors including Medicare.

Education

• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program as determined by the Committee on Allied Health.
• Current Registered Professional Nurse and Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program/Masters in Nursing.
• Current Certification from the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) or for Advanced Practice Nurses a current Certification from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
• Valid, current New Jersey license.
• New Jersey CDS and federal DEA certificate upon employment if not already covered.
• If NP, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner preferred.
• Inpatient Neurology experience desired.

Skills

• Proven relationship-building skills with physicians as well as with all other key stakeholders.
• Skilled in problem resolution and strong analytical capabilities.
• Ability to build trust and confidence with utmost integrity.
• Ability to lead change and build consensus to support change.
• Solid clinical and clinical data related analytical skills.
• Ability to serve as a role model for collegiality and collaboration across the organization.
• Outstanding people skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both verbal and written.
• Interest to function as part of a team.
• Exhibits a strong orientation toward the provision of high quality, cost effective, comprehensive medical care.
• Demonstrates behavior that is courteous, caring, respectful and compassionate.
• Listens and responds in a non-judgmental manner, with clear explanations.
• Models the Valley Health System values and standards as well as the Valley Medical Group Mission and Vision Statements.
• Represents the organization positively.
• Respects patient confidentiality always.
• Honors commitments to the job and coworkers.
• Speaks constructively about coworkers and the organization.
• Assumes responsibility and accountability of job duties.
• Supports company-wide efforts to improve and maintain a high level of patient/customer satisfaction as evidenced by (but not limited to) customer/patient satisfaction survey scores.

Salary

Minimum new grad base salary $135,000 K. Salary commensurate with years of experience as an NP/PA.

Job Location

The Valley Hospital-Paramus

Shift

Day

Benefits

• Medical/Prescription, Dental & Vision Discount Program (Full Time/Part Time Employees)
• Group Term Life Insurance and AD&D(Full Time Employees)
• Flexible Spending Accounts and Commuter Benefit Plans
• Supplemental Voluntary Benefits ( e.g. Short-term and Long-term Disability, Whole Life Insurance, Legal Support, etc.)
• 6 Paid Holidays, Paid Time Off (varies), Wellness Time Off, Extended Illness
• Retail Plan
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Valley Health LifeStyles Fitness Center Membership Discount
• Day Care Discounts for Various Daycare Facilities

EEO Statement

Valley Health System does not discriminate on the basis of ancestry, age, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, civil union status, color, creed, disability, domestic partnership, gender, gender identity or expression, familial status, genetic information, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, marital status, medical condition or illness, mental or physical handicap, national origin, nationality, perceived disability, pregnancy, race, refusal to submit to genetic testing or make available results of such tests, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran’s status or any other protected basis, in accordance with all applicable Federal, State and Local laws. This applies to all areas of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training and development, promotion, transfer, termination, layoff, compensation, benefits, social and recreational programs, and all other conditions and privileges of employment.