Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Virtual Health - Second Shift/Weekends

About the role

This role involves assessing, diagnosing, and determining/altering treatment and management plans for patients via virtual health modalities. The successful candidate will manage conditions based on clinical indication, evidence-based care, cost effectiveness, and assessment of risks/benefits and alternatives.

Responsibilities

Clinical responsibilities include:

• Assessing, diagnosing, and determining/altering treatment and management plans appropriate for age, acuity, and clinical condition via virtual health modalities
• Ordering, performing, and interpreting diagnostic studies, and prescribing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions and therapies
• Providing health promotion, disease prevention, and disease management counseling and education to patients and families
• Managing patients as part of an interdisciplinary team and within scope of practice
• Maintaining accurate, complete, concise, and timely documentation in the electronic medical record

Other responsibilities include:

• Participating in quality, safety, and peer review initiatives/performance activities, organizational and/or departmental meetings and committees, peer review, and workgroups as necessary
• Participating in education and/or onboarding of new team members, students, and other healthcare professionals
• Seeking experiences to maintain and develop clinical and professional skills and advance the profession within and outside of the organization

Requirements

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served, and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs.

Qualifications

Qualifications for this role include:

• Licensure, Registration, And/or Certification: Active RN, and applicable APRN/NP/APRN-FPA/APNP license(s) in state(s) of practice, AND Active national board certification as Nurse Practitioner in area of clinical practice and populations served: Family, Adult and Adult-Gero (if Advanced Practice Registered Nurse), or Active PA license(s) in state(s) of practice, AND Active PA national board certification from National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (if Physician Assistant)
• Education: Master’s or Doctorate’s degree from accredited Nursing Program (if Advanced Practice Registered Nurse), or Bachelor’s, Master’s or Doctorate’s degree from accredited PA Program (if Physician Assistant)
• Experience: Typically requires 3 years of experience

Skills

Required skills and abilities include:

• Demonstrated high level of clinical proficiency, and excellent decision-making skills
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as an effective member of a healthcare team
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to evolving technology and proficiency with the electronic medical record
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to effectively collaborate with and establish/build relationships with others
• Proven organizational skills and ability to prioritize effectively