Emergency Medicine-Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant-36 Hours

About the role

Completes thorough evaluations of pediatric patients (from neonates to adolescents and young adults) with increasing independence. Recommends broad evaluation based on prioritized focused differential diagnosis. Interprets clinical significance of diagnostic study results. Collaborates care with the supervising physician and inter-professional team. Develops an interdisciplinary management plan for common and typical diagnoses. Continues to develop competencies in core procedures.

Responsibilities

• Medical knowledge: Applies an intermediate-level of medical knowledge to common and typical scenarios, incorporating some literature to support care.

• Clinical knowledge: Recommends broad evaluation based on prioritized focused differential diagnosis. Interprets clinical significance of diagnostic study results.

• Patient History: Gathers, filters, prioritizes, and synthesizes patient history to develop a differential diagnosis in real-time for uncomplicated or typical presentations.

• Clinical reasoning: Organizes clinical facts (e.g., history, exam, tests, consultations, etc.) to compare and contrast diagnoses being considered, resulting in a prioritized differential diagnosis.

• Organize and prioritize patient care: Develops an interdisciplinary management plan for common and typical diagnoses. Applies increasing competency in array of core procedures.

Qualifications

• Minimum education: Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner: Graduate degree in nursing accredited by one of the national certifying bodies in nursing. (Or, on or before December 31, 2004, completion of an advanced nurse practitioner program recognized by a national certifying body for certification as a nurse practitioner.) Or… Physician Assistant: Graduation from a physician assistant program accredited, at the time of graduation, by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).

• Minimum experience: At least 2 years of APP experience.

• Licenses and certifications: Current State of Connecticut (Pediatric) Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) licensure. OR Certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, Inc. (NCCPA). Current State of Connecticut Physician Assistant licensure. Additionally: Depending on privileges for role, Basic Life Support (BLS) and/or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification may be required. Depending on privileges for role, federal DEA and CT controlled substance registration may be required. Please reference the document: “APP: Certifications by Specialty.”

Skills and Abilities

• Communication: Exemplary written and verbal communication skills with the ability to modify communication strategy/method for the audience and circumstance. Highly organized in the presentation of essential information. Ability to tactfully and proactively address concerns and propose solutions.

• Interpersonal: Ability to maintain composure in increasingly complex or stressful situations and to proactively seek guidance when encountering new or more challenging situations.

• Professionalism, Organizational view: Demonstrates accountability for own work and for patient care. Demonstrates increasing understanding of one’s own role within the larger team.