APRN/PA-C - Hospitalist Program

Concord Hospital • Concord, NH

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About The Position

The Advanced Practitioner for the Hospitalist Program provides acute care services to patients in the inpatient setting, including initial encounters and dispositions, daily patient rounding, consultations, preventive care, and patient education. Patient care is provided under the supervision of the supervising physician.

The Advanced Practitioner obtains patient histories, performs examinations, assesses and diagnoses medical problems within the scope of practice, orders and follows up on diagnostic tests, manages medications, educates patients, documents care, communicates with the multidisciplinary team, and performs medication reconciliation at admission and discharge.

Requirements

• Completion of an accredited Physician Assistant Program or Advanced Practice Nursing Program.
• Current license to practice in the state of New Hampshire.
• Current DEA license.
• Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, or the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
• Current ACLS certification.
• Experience as a provider is required.

Responsibilities

• Obtain patient health histories, perform physical examinations, develop relevant differential diagnoses, and document encounters appropriately.
• Order, interpret, and follow up on diagnostic tests.
• Diagnose acute and chronic medical problems within the scope of practice, or develop a comprehensive differential diagnosis and take necessary steps to obtain a diagnosis, including appropriate specialty consultations.
• Prescribe and manage medications within practice standards.
• Provide individualized patient education related to preventive care, applicable guidelines, and the care of hospitalized patients.
• Document in the medical record according to department standards.
• Communicate effectively with multidisciplinary members of the patient's care team, including consultants and specialists.
• Perform medication reconciliation upon admission and discharge to promote medication safety, eliminate interactions, and avoid omissions at discharge.
• Provide inpatient acute care, including initial encounters and dispositions, daily patient rounding, consultations, preventive care, and patient education.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time