Advanced Practice Provider - APRN or PA - Trauma - 3535 Southern Blvd. - Kettering - PT

Kettering Medical Center Network • Kettering, OH

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About The Position

Kettering Health is a not-for-profit system of 13 medical centers and more than 120 outpatient facilities serving southwest Ohio. We are committed to transforming the health care experience with high-quality care for every stage of life. Our service-oriented mission is in action every day, whether it's by providing care in our facilities, training the next generation of health care professionals, or serving others through international outreach. The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is a provider of trauma health services who synthesizes and utilizes evidence-based practice, research, and current clinical knowledge. The APP demonstrates an advanced level of medical and/or nursing knowledge, clinical and technical competence, sound clinical judgment, professionalism as it relates to interpersonal and general communication skills, timely and complete documentation and takes responsibility for ongoing professional development and competency validation. The APP works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team and in partnership with supervising/collaborating physician(s) with responsibilities that include: history taking, clinical assessment, physical examination, order entry, clinical documentation, interpretation of diagnostic studies, clinical diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of care for the given population. The APP may have On Call duties and/or weekend responsibilities as assigned by practice/department.

Requirements

• APRN: Master's degree with an Advanced Practice Nursing Focus and National Board Certification required
• PA: Master's degree required with the appropriate National Certification
• APRN - National Board Certification as a CNP, CNS, CNM, or CRNA and Acute Care Certification
• PA- National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required
• Current Ohio Board of Nursing license for APRN
• Current Ohio License 50RX - License to practice as a physician assistant with prescriptive authority

Nice To Haves

• Ability to communicate and relate well with staff, provider(s), and the public
• Must have awareness of patient confidentiality and be able to follow directions well from physician and work autonomously with little direction
• Demonstrates positive interpersonal relationships and critical analysis skills
• Demonstrates ability to multi-task and work under stress
• Maintains competencies and skills of specialty area of practice
• Demonstrates assessment skills, diagnosis with critical thinking and implementation of a plan of care
• Professional Role- skill includes clinical reasoning and builds collaborative intra and interprofessional relationships
• Managing and Negotiating Healthcare Delivery Systems - skill in addressing the development and implementation of system policies affecting services

Responsibilities

• Physician and APP completed Quality Assurance chart reviews (25 charts for new grad, 10 charts for an established provider)
• Evaluates signs and symptoms, including age-appropriate changes, noting pertinent positives and negatives
• Assesses the complex acute, critical, and chronically ill-patient and obtains relevant comprehensive and problem-focused health histories
• Demonstrates the ability to develop and reformulate as necessary, differential diagnoses by priority
• Participates in daily team transition huddles to facilitate effective coordinated patient care
• Utilizes evidence-based practice, along with prescribing appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities
• Monitoring and ensuring the Quality of the Healthcare Practice
• Adapts teaching and learning approaches based on physiological and psychological changes
• Participates professionally and works collaboratively to identify processes, principles to meet quality core metrics and documentation standards

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees