APP Inpatient Infectious Disease PA-C or NP

Bronson Healthcare•Battle Creek, NE

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Bronson Healthcare is seeking a NP/PA to join our growing Infectious Disease program in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, Michigan. This position involves providing comprehensive Infectious Diseases services in the inpatient setting at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, MI. The role is hospital-employed, primarily inpatient service, working Monday-Friday from 8 am to 5 pm, with shared call responsibilities. The Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system used is EPIC, which 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

Provide comprehensive Infectious Diseases services in the inpatient setting.
Work alongside 2 Physicians and 1 other APP.
Collaborate with other medical specialties.
Collaborate with hospital epidemiology and Infection prevention teams.
Perform comprehensive and problem-focused histories and physical examinations.
Interpret 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 activities in the outpatient and inpatient settings.
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.
Assertively coordinate among 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.
Facilitate 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, and progress notes.
Be available for any nursing questions or to evaluate status changes for patients.