CVICU -Advanced Practice Clinician - Jefferson Hospital (Rotating Shifts)

Jefferson Health Plans•Philadelphia, PA

18h•Onsite

About The Position

The Advanced Practice Clinician (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) works in an acute care hospital setting as an integral member of a multidisciplinary health care team and provides comprehensive inpatient care. The role includes assessment and management, diagnosis, care planning, communication and collaboration, documentation, and professional practice activities.

Requirements

Master’s degree.
National board certification as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.
BLS certification.

Responsibilities

Perform and document complete histories and physical examinations.
Order and collect information using appropriate assessment techniques, diagnostic information, and procedures where indicated.
Respond to patient status changes and situations requiring orders, procedures, or resuscitative interventions.
Assess risks associated with care of acutely and chronically ill patients, including medication side effects, immobility, nutrition, fluid and electrolyte balance, immunocompetence, invasive interventions, and diagnostic procedures.
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary health care team to diagnose acute and complex chronic conditions.
Order, interpret, perform, and supervise diagnostic tests; formulate prioritized differential diagnoses; diagnose complications; and order appropriate interventions.
Identify expected outcomes and formulate and document plans of care for complex acute and chronic health care needs.
Use evidence-based guidelines and protocols to develop individualized plans of care, and implement or modify those plans across the continuum.
Prescribe diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions; perform advanced procedures when consistent with privileges and validated competencies.
Maintain ongoing communication and collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, and facilitate communication with patients, families, and staff to support continuity of care.
Document or dictate patient progress, care plans, procedures, acute events, transfers, discharges, and other applicable clinical summaries in the medical record in a timely manner and in accordance with acute care compliance standards.
Demonstrate professional practice through precepting, mentoring, education, and instruction of graduate students.
Seek engagement in research and analysis of evidence-based practice.
Participate in Advanced Practice Grand Rounds and specialty-specific meetings.
Maintain continuing education units and membership in a professional organization.

Benefits

Medical insurance, including prescription coverage
Supplemental insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life and AD&D insurance
Short- and long-term disability coverage
Flexible spending accounts
Retirement plans
Tuition assistance
Voluntary benefits, including access to group insurance rates and discounts
Tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full-time service or two years of part-time service
Medical insurance access for all colleagues, including those working less than part-time