APP Inpatient Infectious Disease PA-C or NP

Bronson Healthcare Group•Kalamazoo, MI

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Bronson Healthcare is seeking a Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) to join their growing Infectious Disease program in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, Michigan. This role involves providing comprehensive Infectious Diseases services in the inpatient setting at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, MI. The ideal candidate will have experience in infectious diseases and will work collaboratively with two physicians, one other APP, other medical specialties, and hospital epidemiology and infection prevention teams. This is a hospital-employed position with a primarily inpatient service, working Monday-Friday from 8 am to 5 pm, with shared call responsibilities. The position utilizes the EPIC EMR and is fully integrated within the Bronson Healthcare system.

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

Infectious disease experience

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.
Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served.
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.
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.
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.