Advanced Practice Provider (NP or PA) - Gastroenterology (Full Time)

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Cambridge, MA

12d•$113,776 - $150,000

About The Position

The Advanced Practice Provider (NP or PA) provides gastroenterology care to a panel of patients. The role is full time, 40 hours per week, and can be filled by either a Nurse Practitioner or a Physician Assistant. The provider assesses patients, develops and implements plans of care within defined practice guidelines, monitors responses to therapy, and revises plans as indicated. The role includes patient education and counseling, consultation and referrals, and participation in practice guideline development and evaluation. The provider also identifies patient and staff learning needs, participates in interdisciplinary education, precepts students, and supports practice policies and goals. The position requires patient-care competency across neonatal, youth, young adult, middle-age, and elderly age groups. It involves medium physical work, including standing or moving around for most of the shift and exerting up to 50 pounds occasionally or 20 pounds frequently. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires staff to be vaccinated against influenza as a condition of employment.

Requirements

For Nurse Practitioners: Master's degree in Nursing.
For Nurse Practitioners: Required nursing license, MA Board authorization to practice as an APRN NRSG, and valid prescriptive authority from both the MA DPH-DCP and Federal DEA.
For Nurse Practitioners: Basic Life Support certification; the posting specifies an American Heart Association Basic Life Support Certificate.
For Nurse Practitioners: 1–3 years of related work experience.
For Physician Assistants: Massachusetts license as a PA and DEA registration.
For Physician Assistants: BLS/ACLS certification; the posting also specifies an American Heart Association Basic Life Support Certificate.
Experience with computer systems, including web-based applications and some Microsoft Office applications such as Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Access.
Written communication skills to summarize and convey moderately complex information in English in varied written formats.
Oral communication skills to understand and communicate complex verbal information in English to staff, patients, families, and external customers.
In-depth knowledge of relevant concepts, practices, and policies, with the ability to apply them in complex and varied situations.
Ability to lead collaborative teams across internal and external groups and functional areas.
Ability to provide high-level customer service and staff training, and resolve service issues promptly and respectfully.
Competence to provide patient care to neonatal, youth, young adult, middle-age, and elderly age groups.
Ability to perform medium physical work: exert up to 50 pounds occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently, and stand or move around for most of the shift.
Must be vaccinated against influenza as a condition of employment.

Nice To Haves

Related primary care practice expertise.

Responsibilities

Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate plans of care for a panel of patients.
Evaluate patients’ health status by obtaining histories, performing physical examinations, ordering screening and diagnostic tests, conducting risk assessments, and interpreting findings to establish diagnoses.
Develop and implement plans of care, including treatments and medications, within defined practice guidelines.
Provide care that incorporates patient satisfaction and cost-effective care principles.
Participate in the development and evaluation of practice guidelines.
Monitor patients’ responses to therapy and revise plans of care as indicated, emphasizing education, counseling, and self-care.
Provide ongoing individualized patient orientation to APG/BIDCO.
Seek consultation from consulting physicians and other healthcare-team members, and make referrals based on patient needs.
Identify patient and staff learning needs and collaborate with leaders to set educational priorities.
Participate in interdisciplinary education programs and provide clinical precepting for nursing, nurse practitioner, and medical students, among others.
Provide leadership supporting APG and BIDHC practice policies and goals.