Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner - Outpatient Domain, Hepatology

This role is an integral part of the care delivery system, working to provide a healing environment by placing patients first. The incumbent provides specialty and critical care healthcare services in physician offices and non-acute settings, focusing on chronic health conditions in specific populations. Responsibilities include specialty certification, advanced procedures with appropriate privileging, and weekend/on-call coverage on a rotational basis as required. E-consults and telehealth may also be part of the care provided.

Schedule includes seeing hepatology patients in clinic Monday–Friday, hospital rounding as needed, and weekends as required.

Responsibilities

• Provides appropriate patient care, including recording medical history, physical assessment, developing therapeutic care plans, ordering diagnostic tests, interpreting results, discharge planning, and accurate medical record documentation (20%).
• Orders, interprets, and evaluates laboratory, radiological, and diagnostic studies to determine and implement treatment plans (10%).
• Makes medical diagnoses and institutes therapy within applicable scope and standards of practice (10%).
• Institutes emergency measures, treatment, or stabilization in acute situations such as cardiac arrest, hemorrhage, or shock (10%).
• Ensures timely and accurate documentation in the EMR to support medical coding, billing, and communication with the attending physician (10%).
• Educates patients and families on health/illness prevention, medication, treatment instructions, and community resources (10%).
• Communicates effectively with the attending physician regarding the plan of care and consults them for issues outside the Physician Assistant’s scope (10%).
• Maintains continuing education, participates in patient safety/quality improvement initiatives, and adheres to organizational and advanced practice mission statements (10%).
• Performs specialty-specific procedures as outlined in privileging and job agreements (10%).

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Physician Assistant Studies.
• Current PA Physician Assistant License.
• PA-C or board-eligible certification.
• Four to ten years of related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• MSN from a State Board of Nursing-approved Master’s Program (if applicable).
• National Board Certification for Nurse Practitioners (AANP, ANCC, NCC, or PNCB) (if applicable).
• State licensure as a Nurse Practitioner and prescriptive authority (if applicable).
• Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Licensure within 60 days of hire.
• CPR certification (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 Qualifications

• Experience in Emergency or Critical Care settings.
• Ongoing successful recertification (NCCPA) as a PA-C within 90 days of hire.