Emergency Medicine PA or NP

Position Summary

Interact with emergency department physicians, APPs, registered nurses, and other interdisciplinary team members to ensure ED patients receive optimal evaluation, stabilization, treatment, and care coordination.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assess patients' health and their demands, with aim of fulfilling them as well as possible
• Acquire and review patient histories
• Monitor patients' progress and keep records of treatment, procedures, or other medical events
• Prepare patients for examinations and conduct routine procedures
• Cultivate a climate of trust and compassion for the patients
• Comply strictly with medical care regulations and safety standards
• Collaborate effectively with team members of various specialties

Minimum Qualifications

• 2+ years' experience in emergency medicine
• Graduate from an accredited Physician Assistant program, or Nurse Practitioner program with an emergency medicine certification
• NP applicants must have FNP w/ emergency medicine graduate certificate and/or compelling EM experience or PNP w/ compelling ED experience
• We are unable to accept applicants with either the AGACNP or PNP-AC certification only due to the inability to complete patient encounters of all ages (newborn to elderly). If both are obtained, this is acceptable
• Current licensure and/or registration with the State of Michigan
• DEA licensure and ACLS certification

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Initiative, confidence, and great communication skills
• Desire to consistently learn and educate others
• Strong desire to innovate and improve medical care
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills
• Problem solving outlook with ability to multi-task

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Regularly required to talk or hear
• Frequently required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls
• Often required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate