Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Inpatient Urology, Weekend Position

Highmark Health•Erie, PA

About The Position

This full-time inpatient urology position involves rounding on inpatients from 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, with on-call responsibilities on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings. There are no weekday hours. The role contributes to a healing environment by prioritizing patients and providing specialty and critical-care services for acute or chronic conditions in an inpatient setting. Work is performed in accordance with applicable scope-of-practice standards, organizational policies, values, and mission. The role may involve 24/7 coverage, specialty certification, appropriately privileged advanced procedures, evenings, weekends, holidays, and on-call work. The clinician provides evidence-based inpatient care, including daily rounds, patient assessments, treatment planning, diagnostic interpretation, discharge planning, emergency stabilization, documentation, patient and family education, and coordination with physicians and the interdisciplinary care team. The position is open to a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, with role-specific education, licensing, certification, and credentialing requirements.

Requirements

For Nurse Practitioners: MSN from a practicing-state Board of Nursing-approved master’s program.
For Nurse Practitioners: National Board Certification through an accredited association and practicing-state Nurse Practitioner licensure.
For Physician Assistants: Master’s degree in Physician Assistant Studies and current PA license.
For Physician Assistants: PA-C certification or board eligibility; ongoing successful NCCPA recertification is required for PA-Cs.
Nurse Practitioners must obtain prescriptive authority in the practicing state within 60 days of hire.
Drug Enforcement Agency licensure is required within 60 days of hire.
American Heart Association CPR certification.
Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate, Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate, and Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
Physician Assistants must obtain DEA licensure within 90 days of hire.
Must comply with applicable ethical and legal standards, company policies, HIPAA and information-security requirements, and the Code of Business Conduct.

Nice To Haves

Experience in an emergency or critical care setting.

Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive, evidence-based care for acute inpatients, including daily rounds, medical history and physical assessments, patient-centered treatment plans, diagnostic interpretation, and discharge planning.
Order, interpret, and evaluate laboratory, radiological, and other diagnostic studies to guide treatment and establish diagnoses within the scope of practice.
Collaborate with attending physicians and the interdisciplinary team to develop and refine patient care plans; seek physician guidance for decisions beyond the clinician’s scope or knowledge.
Provide emergency treatment and stabilization for acute situations, including cardiac arrest, hemorrhage, or shock.
Document patient encounters, interventions, and outcomes promptly and accurately in the electronic medical record in accordance with regulatory and institutional standards; communicate pertinent information to the attending physician.
Coordinate care and communicate with patients, families, community health services, and the interdisciplinary healthcare team to support continuity and patient experience.
Assess patient and family learning needs and provide culturally sensitive, age-appropriate education about conditions, treatment plans, and self-care.
Communicate the plan of care to the attending physician and involve them in decisions outside the Nurse Practitioner’s knowledge or scope of practice.
Maintain required continuing education and participate in patient safety, quality improvement, and patient engagement initiatives.
Perform hospital rounds, execute physician orders accurately, and maintain professional practice consistent with organizational mission and specialty-specific privileges.
Perform other duties as assigned or required.