APP Hospitalist NP or PA-C

Bronson Healthcare•Battle Creek, NE

21d

About The Position

Bronson Healthcare is seeking to hire a physician assistant or nurse practitioner to work with our excellent hospitalist team. Position Highlights: Evaluate, Diagnose, and treat patients who are admitted to the Bronson hospitalist service. This can include managing chronic conditions, addressing acute medical issues, and collaborating with other healthcare professionals Candidate will work in the emergency department assisting with the admission of patients who are coming on to the hospitalist service. Will work in shifts, which can include nights and weekends. Opportunity to participate in the Advanced Medicine Clinic This full-time opportunity will rotate between the Bronson Battle Creek Hospital, Bronson Methodist Hospital and the new Bronson Behavioral Health Hospital

Requirements

Successful completion of an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner Program
Current unrestricted or pending Licensure in the state of Michigan
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Commitment to providing compassionate and quality patient-centered care
Successful completion of a Physician Assistant program
Licensure as Physician Assistant and state DEA license to prescribe medications
Current prescriptive authority and collaborative agreement with oversight physician(s) should also be in place
Must maintain all requirements for medical staff privileges
Ability to utilize word processing, spreadsheet, presentation programs, and other software relevant to the job
Regularly communicates clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing (Utilizing SBAR technique)
Communicates with internal customers such as, physicians, multi-disciplinary team, finance, management and external customers such as, patients, third party payers, community agencies on a daily basis and often simultaneously
Work which produces high levels of mental/visual fatigue, e.g., interactive and repetitive or small detailed work requiring alertness and concentration for sustained periods of time, the operation of and full attention to a personal computer or CRT between 40 and 70 percent of the time.
The job produces some physical demands. Typical of jobs that include regular walking, standing, stooping, bending, sitting, and some lifting of light weight objects.

Responsibilities

Performs comprehensive and problem focused histories and physical examinations, interprets laboratory and radiologic tests.
Interprets and correlates subjective and objective patient data, formulating a diagnosis.
Under the direction of the physician, reviews patient findings and develops a treatment plan within the scope of practice.
Performs above activities in the outpatient and inpatient settings.
Concurrent Clinical Management
Coordinates care with the multi-disciplinary team to facilitate implementation of patients’ progress towards outcomes, which includes discharge or transfer of care.
Acts as a clinical resource for the multi-disciplinary team. This is accomplished by:
Assertive coordination among the multi-disciplinary team
Identifying common patient complications and utilizes appropriate preventative measures.
Assisting in the development and integration of quality measures/evidence into clinical practice.
Performs an initial comprehensive assessment of the patient to determine if the patient requires a higher intensity of service and requires transfer to a hospital setting. This is accomplished by:
Applying knowledge of regulatory and third party payor criteria.
Utilization Management
Facilitating timely discharges/transfers to the appropriate level of care.
Evaluate and appropriately manage patients.
Evaluate lab, EKG, imaging studies
Complete appropriate documentation necessary to support:
Billing
Medical care
Orders
Progress Notes
Be available for any nursing questions or to evaluated status changes for patients