APP - Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Hospitalist Service

Sanford Health•Sioux Falls, SD

28d

About The Position

Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We’re proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint. This provider will work 12-hour shifts with the expectation that evenings, weekends and holiday shifts are part of the rotation. There are currently 3 APP's in the group with the new provider making a group of 4. The Physician Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) role provides services to patients in the Adult inpatient setting. This role includes assisting the Hospitalist Physician team by admitting, assessing, and, treating a diverse population of Adult inpatients at USD medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD.

Requirements

Master’s or Baccalaureate degree (Associate’s or Nursing Degree if training prior to 1994).
Successful completion of a physician assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) or its predecessors.
Demonstrated current competence and provision of care, treatment, or services for at least 30 patients in the past twelve months or completion of an ARC-PA approved program in the past twelve months.
Successful completion of the national certifying examination and current certification given by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
Current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) permit to prescribe controlled substances.
Privileging documents and related credentialing requirements will supersede this job description in defining minimum qualifications, criteria, and scope of practice, if variation between documents exists

Responsibilities

Obtains a thorough medical history from patient and dependent on patient population and setting, will perform an examination and/or assessment to determine patient's needs.
With other healthcare professionals, analyze and interpret information collected from patient, medical records, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostic information, to develop and establish appropriate diagnosis.
Acknowledges and demonstrates the importance of care coordination and navigation by rounding on patients.
Works in collaboration with providers and independently to provide care.
Formulates a plan for treatment of the patient and prescribes medications based on efficacy, safety, and cost as legally authorized if necessary, in order to aid recovery and manage pain.
Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses in a timely manner.
Makes necessary healthcare referrals.
Provide patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease or disability.
Counsels' patients and family members about self-management on prevention and treatment plan for health issues, tailoring instructions to patients' individual circumstances.
May participate in clinical research studies.
Incorporates evidence based practice guidelines into care.
Maintain current knowledge of state legal regulations for advanced practice provider practices, including reimbursement of services.
Keep abreast of regulatory processes and payer systems such as Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, and private sources, as applicable.
Demonstrate extensive advanced knowledge of medical principles, practices and techniques.