APRN/PA - Hospital Medicine
About The Position
This position will hire either an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) or Physician Assistant (PA). As an integral part of the UAMS Hospitalist Care Team, the clinician works collaboratively with attending physicians and residents to ensure continuity of care for inpatients. The role helps plan, implement, and evaluate healthcare treatments. Duties include daily rounds, performing a variety of procedures, monitoring patient progress, and providing education to patients and families. The position coordinates multidisciplinary patient care and necessary consultations, provides healthcare during acute and chronic episodes of illness or injury, and may provide follow-up care at post-hospital clinic appointments. It also includes health promotion and prevention, counseling, and referrals to healthcare providers and community resources as appropriate. The clinician works autonomously and collaboratively as a healthcare resource, interdisciplinary consultant, and patient advocate. The position is based inside a medical facility and requires the ability to use specified personal protective equipment, including N95 masks, PAPR, or CAPR.
Requirements
- For the APRN pathway: Master’s degree in Nursing – Acute Care.
- For the APRN pathway: Three years of nursing experience.
- For the APRN pathway: Arkansas Registered Nurse license and APRN license.
- For the APRN pathway: One year of APRN experience in acute care.
- For the APRN pathway: National certification in Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, or Family Nurse Practitioner.
- For the PA pathway: Master’s degree as a Physician Assistant.
- For the PA pathway: One year of PA experience in acute care.
- For the PA pathway: PA license.
- Must be capable of being fitted for, donning, and performing routine tasks in N95 masks, PAPR, or CAPR.
- Must be able to perform the listed physical activities and handle the stated lifting and pushing/pulling demands.
Nice To Haves
- For APRNs: Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP).
- For APRNs: Three years of APRN experience in acute care.
- Previous experience in infectious diseases, internal medicine, primary care, hospital medicine, or a related specialty.
- Experience managing chronic infectious diseases.
- Experience working in an academic medical center.
- Interest in antimicrobial stewardship, quality improvement, or clinical education.
- Strong communication, organizational, and interdisciplinary collaboration skills.
- Previous experience in obesity medicine, endocrinology, primary care, family medicine, internal medicine, bariatrics, or lifestyle medicine.
- Experience managing chronic metabolic diseases and anti-obesity pharmacotherapy.
- For PAs: Three years of PA experience in acute care.
Responsibilities
- Maintain required credentialing audits.
- Participate in continuing education, maintain mandatory competencies, complete medical center computer-based learning modules, and use health monitoring services.
- Participate in institutional initiatives and encourage the participation of others.
- Collaborate in policy and program development, implementation, and evaluation using best practices in quality service delivery.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary patient care, facilitate necessary consultations, and ensure care is timely and appropriate.
- Participate actively in service line meetings and contribute to shaping healthcare policies, programs, facility design, and day-to-day interactions.
- Provide healthcare services for acute and chronic illness or injury, post-hospital clinic follow-up, family education and counseling, health promotion and prevention, and referrals to providers or community resources when appropriate.
- Diagnose and manage healthcare problems autonomously and collaboratively with multiple disciplines; serve as a healthcare resource, interdisciplinary consultant, and patient advocate.
- Communicate and share complete, unbiased, timely, and accurate information with colleagues to support informed decisions.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plans for qualifying staff and family.
- Holiday, vacation, and sick leave.
- Education discount for staff and dependents (undergraduate only).
- Retirement contribution matched by UAMS up to 10%.
- Basic life insurance up to $50,000.
- Career training and educational opportunities.
- Merchant discounts.
- Concierge prescription delivery on the main campus when using the UAMS pharmacy.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
