APP Hospitalist NP or PA-C

Bronson Healthcare•Battle Creek, NE

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Bronson Healthcare is seeking to hire a physician assistant or nurse practitioner to work with our excellent hospitalist team. This position involves evaluating, diagnosing, and treating patients admitted to the Bronson hospitalist service. This includes managing chronic conditions, addressing acute medical issues, and collaborating with other healthcare professionals. The candidate will also work in the emergency department assisting with the admission of patients to the hospitalist service. The role involves working shifts, which can include nights and weekends, and offers an opportunity to participate in the Advanced Medicine Clinic. This is a full-time opportunity that will rotate between 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

Nice To Haves

Opportunity to participate in the Advanced Medicine Clinic

Responsibilities

Evaluate, Diagnose, and treat patients who are admitted to the Bronson hospitalist service.
Manage chronic conditions, address acute medical issues, and collaborate with other healthcare professionals.
Work in the emergency department assisting with the admission of patients who are coming on to the hospitalist service.
Perform comprehensive and problem focused histories and physical examinations, interprets laboratory and radiologic tests.
Interpret and correlate subjective and objective patient data, formulating a diagnosis.
Under the direction of the physician, review patient findings and develop a treatment plan within the scope of practice.
Perform above activities in the outpatient and inpatient settings.
Concurrent Clinical Management: Coordinate care with the multi-disciplinary team to facilitate implementation of patients’ progress towards outcomes, which includes discharge or transfer of care.
Act as a clinical resource for the multi-disciplinary team.
Identify common patient complications and utilize appropriate preventative measures.
Assist in the development and integration of quality measures/evidence into clinical practice.
Perform 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.
Apply knowledge of regulatory and third party payor criteria.
Utilization Management: Facilitate timely discharges/transfers to the appropriate level of care.
Clinical Management: Evaluate and appropriately manage patients.
Evaluate lab, EKG, imaging studies.
Complete appropriate documentation necessary to support billing, medical care, orders, and progress notes.
Be available for any nursing questions or to evaluate status changes for patients.