APP Hospitalist

Allina Health • Sedro-Woolley, WA

1d • $133,177 - $166,940 • Onsite

About The Position

The APP Hospitalist provides clinical care for patients during their hospital stay as part of a physician/physician assistant team. The role includes diagnosing and treating patients, providing consultations, and working in inpatient and outpatient settings, independently or as part of a treatment team. The APP also serves as an educator, case manager, and consultant to staff and the multidisciplinary health care team.

The position is based at United Hospital in downtown St. Paul and is part of a hospitalist team of more than 70 physicians and APPs. The practice offers a strong teaching atmosphere, with an option to work with an associated family medicine residency program. The role is listed as a 0.6 FTE with day/evening shifts of eight hours and 24 hours per week. The hospital uses Excellian, an electronic medical record system from Epic.

United Hospital is a large acute care hospital serving the east metro Twin Cities region, with inpatient and outpatient services, 24/7 emergency care, and specialty services including heart and vascular care, women’s and birth center services, cancer care, neuroscience, and behavioral health. It is part of Allina Health and serves as the parent campus for the Hastings Regina Campus.

Requirements

• Master's degree and completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program, or a master's degree and completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
• CNP certification through ANCC or PA certification.
• Active, unrestricted Minnesota medical license, or ability to obtain one.
• Ability to obtain and/or maintain Minnesota DEA certification and a National Provider Identifier (NPI).
• Ability to meet criteria and qualifications for credentialing and licensing.

Responsibilities

• Provides clinical care for patients while they are in the hospital.
• Completes comprehensive patient assessments.
• Consults with a physician when a patient's needs are outside the Nurse Practitioner scope of practice, or when the diagnosis or treatment plan is unclear.
• Conducts patient education to support management of chronic illness or wellness care.
• Refers patients for specialty care when determined to be appropriate.
• Promotes communication within the team and with other interdisciplinary health care staff.
• Collaborates with hospital staff by consulting and rounding on patients when designated by the specialty.
• Acts as a liaison with outside agencies as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical and dental coverage.
• PTO/time away.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Voluntary benefits, including vision, legal, and critical illness coverage.
• Tuition reimbursement or continuing medical education, as applicable.
• Student loan support benefits to navigate the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
• Well-being resources, including well-being dollars, dedicated well-being navigators, programs, activities, articles, videos, personal coaching, and tools.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time