Advanced Practice Clinician-Emergency Medicine-Philadelphia
About The Position
The Advanced Practice Clinician (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) works in an acute care hospital in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team and provides comprehensive care on the inpatient service. The clinician assesses and manages acute and complex chronically ill patients; collaborates on diagnosis; develops, implements, and modifies plans of care; communicates with patients, families, and staff; and documents care in the medical record. The role may include responding to changes in patient status and performing advanced procedures within granted privileges and validated competencies. The clinician also contributes to professional practice through precepting and mentoring, educating graduate students, engaging in research and evidence-based practice analysis, and participating in Advanced Practice Grand Rounds and specialty meetings. The position requires maintaining continuing education units and membership in a professional organization.
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 data using appropriate assessment techniques, diagnostic information, and procedures.
- Respond to patient status changes and situations requiring orders, procedural interventions, or resuscitation.
- Assess risks associated with care of acute and complex chronically ill patients, including medication side effects, immobility, impaired nutrition, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, immunocompetence, invasive interventions, and diagnostic procedures.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary health care team to diagnose acute and complex chronic conditions.
- Manage diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision.
- 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 practice guidelines and protocols in individualized plans of care, and implement or modify those plans.
- Prescribe diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions.
- Perform advanced procedures consistent with privileges and competency validation.
- Maintain ongoing communication and collaboration with the interdisciplinary health care team.
- Facilitate communication with patients, families, and staff to promote continuity of care across inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Document or dictate patient progress, plans, procedures, acute events, transfers, discharges, and other applicable clinical notes in the medical record in a timely manner and according to acute care compliance standards.
- Precept and mentor, and provide education and instruction to graduate students.
- Seek opportunities to participate 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, including prescription coverage, is available to all colleagues, including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps
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Job Type
Full-time
