Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner - Inpatient Domain (A) Part-Time - Hospitalist

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides comprehensive, evidence-based patient care for acute patients within an inpatient setting. This includes conducting thorough daily rounds, performing advanced medical history and physical assessments, formulating, and implementing patient-centered treatment plans, interpreting diagnostic test results, and facilitating safe and effective discharge planning.
• Orders, interprets, and evaluates laboratory, radiological, and diagnostic studies to determine patient treatment plans and establish medical diagnoses within the scope of practice. Collaborates proactively with the attending physician and interdisciplinary team to develop and refine patient care plans.
• Institutes emergency measures, treatment, and appropriate stabilization for acute patient situations, such as cardiac arrest, hemorrhage, or shock.
• Ensures appropriate and timely documentation in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) to support accurate medical coding and billing, and record and report pertinent information to the attending physician.
• Facilitates seamless communication and coordination of patient care activities with patients, families, community health services, and the entire interdisciplinary healthcare team to ensure continuity of care and optimal patient experience.
• Affords culturally sensitive and age-appropriate education regarding patients' conditions, treatment plans, and self-care strategies to promote understanding and active participation in their recovery.
• Communicates effectively with the attending physician regarding the plan of care, involving them in clinical decision-making for issues outside the Physician Assistant's knowledge or scope of practice.
• Maintains mandatory professional continuing education and actively participates in patient safety, quality improvement processes, and patient engagement initiatives.
• Performs hospital rounds, accurately executes physician orders, and maintains professional practice consistent with organizational mission statements and specialty-specific privileges.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Required: Master’s degree in Physician Assistant Studies, Current PA Physician Assistant License PA-C or board eligible. Ongoing successful recertification (NCCPA) as a PA-C Within 90 days of hire
• Drug Enforcement Agency Licensure within 60 days of hire
• CPR - American Heart Association ACLS Certification
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate
• Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
• Preferred: 1 year with Physician Assistant Required MSN from the practicing State Board of Nursing Approved Master's ProgramNational Board Certification for Nurse Practitioners through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), National Certification Corporation (NCC), or Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB)
• Practicing-state licensure as a Nurse Practitioner Prescriptive Authority from the practicing state Within 60 days of hire
• CPR - American Heart Association ACLS certification
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate
• Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate