PRN- Advanced Practice Provider (PA or NP)- Emergency Medicine-Princeton Community Hospital

About the role

The Advanced Practice Professional (APP) manages comprehensive and individualized care for emergency medicine patients and their families in the DEM and immediate post-discharge in the ambulatory setting. The APP coordinates hospitalization if necessary, completes pre-procedure evaluations, performs diagnostic tests, and coordinates discharge planning/follow-up (as applicable).

Responsibilities

• Manages comprehensive and individualized care for emergency medicine patients and their families in the DEM and immediate post-discharge in the ambulatory setting.
• Coordinates hospitalization if necessary.
• Completes pre-procedure evaluations.
• Completes integrated assessments.
• Orders additional tests or consults as deemed appropriate.
• Communicates results of diagnostic tests following established clinical guidelines and scope of practice.
• Consults and communicates with DEM clinic and hospital staff regarding abnormal findings in the evaluations of patients.
• Facilitates patient DEM discharge by coordinating appropriate services and tests prior to discharge necessary for outpatient follow-up appointments in the clinic (as applicable).
• Develops a comprehensive individualized plan of care for emergency medicine patients, which includes teaching, discharge planning and necessary referral to other members of the health care team or admission as necessary.
• Demonstrates expertise in caring for patients across the age continuum of their educational experience and certification.
• Identifies unstable or complex emergency medicine patient care situations and facilitates appropriate intervention in the DEM setting.
• Recognizes emergency situations and initiates effective emergency care.
• Evaluates emergency medicine patients and serves as a coordinator for follow up procedures and tests in the ambulatory setting or upon admission (as applicable).
• Assists in the collection of outcome measures (as applicable).
• Bases decisions made/actions taken on the relevant scientific principles, established standards of care and/or research findings.
• Utilizes teaching/learning theory and appropriate teaching strategies in the provision of education to nursing staff, hospital staff, students, patients, families and the community.
• Promotes an environment that facilitates learning by responding to appropriate patient/family preferences, priorities and readiness to learn.
• Updates own knowledge base throughout the year.
• Completes all identified clinical competencies.
• Serves as a resource person for staff caring for the emergency medicine patient.
• Provides educational programs to professional and paraprofessional personnel in area of expertise.
• Participates and initiates inter-disciplinary approaches to patient care, program development and education.
• Serves as a professional role model.
• Participates and provides leadership for committees and task forces.
• Documents hours and submits billing reports, as appropriate.
• Reviews and interprets emergency medicine data from sources such as patient registries, clinical and financial reports, length of stay, access to care, and cost per case reports and recommends/implements changes as necessary.
• Participates in clinical trials and research studies with the Principal Investigator.
• Affords assistance in the collection of outcome measures.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree as Physician Assistant or Master’s Degree as Physician Assistant required. Graduate of an ARC-PA approved Physician Assistant (PA) training program required. Certification by the National Commission for Certification of Physician Assistants required. Must be licensed or eligible for licensure by the WV Board of Medicine or WV Board of Osteopathic Medicine. American Heart Association BLS, ACLS and ATLS certification required. Fundamentals of Critical Care Support (FCCS) certification required immediately upon hire (based on class availability).
• Preferred Qualifications: Masters level education as Medical/Surgical (as applicable) Physician Assistant preferred. American Heart Association PALS certification is encouraged.