Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation APP Hospital Consultant
About The Position
The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) will be either a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant (NP/PA). The APP will serve a key role on the PM&R consult team in the acute care hospital. The individual will advise primary teams on the management of medical complications of disability (related but not limited to: spinal cord injury, brain injury, limb loss, neuromuscular weakness, musculoskeletal injuries, pain, organ transplant, etc.). The APP will optimize complex hospital discharge planning and post-acute care throughput. The position requires a team player who will partner with a multidisciplinary team (including but not limited to: attending physicians, resident physicians, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech language pathologists, case managers, social workers, other consultants, etc.) This role requires a strong foundation in evidence-based practice, with the APP responsible for adhering to established clinical pathways and protocols to ensure safe and effective patient care. The APP will demonstrate advanced medical knowledge, clinical competence, and sound clinical judgment. In addition, the APP is accountable for timely and compliant documentation and actively participates in professional development and competency validation to maintain high standards of care. The ideal candidate will have excellent verbal/ written communication skills and will be a leader who takes initiative to collaborate with primary teams to grow the consult service.
Requirements
- LIC-Licensed Nurse Practitioner - Tennessee
- LIC-Physician's Assistant Certified - Tennessee
- LIC-Registered Nurse - Tennessee
- Relevant Work Experience
- Master's
Nice To Haves
- Experience Level: Less than 1 year
Responsibilities
- Obtains and documents a health history; performs and documents complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examination, assessment and plan of care.
- In collaboration, provides healthcare services for primary, acute and complex care of patients and manages patients’ overall care, identifying expected outcomes for diagnoses.
- Orders, performs, interprets and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
- Forms differential diagnoses and treats acute and chronic conditions.
- Prescribes therapeutic interventions both pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic and surgical, needed to achieve expected outcomes.
- Utilizes evidence-based, approved practice protocols in planning and implementing care.
- Initiates appropriate referrals and consultations
- Provides specialty specific consultation services within a specialty scope of practice.
- Facilitates the patient’s transition between and within health care settings, such as admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.
Benefits
- Affordable High Quality Health Plan Options
- Dental and /or vision plan
- 403 (b) retirement plan
- Paid Time off (flex PTO)
- Tuition Reimbursement and adoption assistance (maximums applied)
- Short-Long term disability
- Subsidized backup childcare
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
