1.0 NP or PA- Emergency Medicine - Sheboygan - Experience Strongly Preferred

Advocate Health • Kohler, WI

5d • $59 - $89

About The Position

The NP or PA provides emergency medicine care in the Sheboygan emergency department. The role assesses, diagnoses, and manages patients according to their age, acuity, clinical condition, and evidence-based practice. It includes ordering, performing, and interpreting diagnostic studies; prescribing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions; counseling patients and families; and coordinating care with an interdisciplinary team. The clinician performs procedures within their specialty, competency, and granted privileges, and maintains complete and timely electronic medical records and compliant billing documentation.

The position also contributes to quality, safety, and peer-review activities; participates in meetings and workgroups; supports the education and onboarding of team members and students; and maintains clinical skills and productivity and quality standards. Care must be appropriate to the age and developmental needs of patients served.

This is a full-time position with 40 hours per week. Shifts are 12 hours, including night, weekend, and holiday rotations; listed schedules include 9 a.m.–9 p.m. and 6 p.m.–6 a.m. The listed pay range is $59.00–$88.50.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Physician Assistant.
• Active PA license in the state or states of practice.
• Active PA national board certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
• Active DEA registration before hire.
• For Illinois practice, an active Illinois Controlled Substance License before hire.
• Active BLS and/or ACLS, PALS, or NRP certification as required by clinical practice, before or within six months of hire.
• No experience required; emergency medicine experience is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated high clinical proficiency and excellent decision-making skills.
• Ability to work independently and effectively as part of a healthcare team.
• Ability to adapt to evolving technology and proficiency with the electronic medical record.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate and build relationships.
• Organizational skills and ability to prioritize effectively.
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, stoop, and twist continuously throughout the workday.
• Functional speech, vision, touch, and hearing.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds from floor to waist, lift up to 20 pounds overhead, and carry up to 40 pounds a reasonable distance.
• Ability to operate all equipment necessary to perform the job.

Nice To Haves

• Emergency medicine experience.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, and determine or modify treatment and management plans appropriate to patients’ age, acuity, and clinical condition.
• Order, perform, and interpret diagnostic studies and prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions and therapies.
• Manage conditions based on clinical indications, evidence-based care, cost effectiveness, and assessment of risks, benefits, and alternatives.
• Provide health promotion, disease prevention, and disease management counseling and education to patients and families.
• Manage patients as part of an interdisciplinary team and within scope of practice; consult or refer to physicians and other healthcare team members as appropriate and escalate patients when more emergent or specialized care is needed.
• Maintain accurate, complete, concise, and timely electronic medical records and submit professional services consistent with compliant coding and billing practices.
• Facilitate coordinated care and clear communication among healthcare team members and health or community agencies.
• Perform office or hospital procedures in accordance with specialty practice, competency, and granted privileges.
• Participate in quality, safety, peer-review, performance, organizational, and departmental activities, meetings, committees, and workgroups as needed.
• Participate in education and onboarding for new team members, students, and other healthcare professionals.
• Maintain and develop clinical and professional skills and advance the profession within and outside the organization.
• Maintain productivity, access, face-to-face time, and quality metrics to support safe, timely patient care.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills needed to provide care appropriate to patients’ ages and developmental needs.

Benefits

• Paid time off programs.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible healthcare and dependent-care expenses.
• Adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.
• Premium pay such as shift and on-call pay, based on teammate eligibility.
• Incentive pay for select positions.
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level