Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA), Hospital Medicine - Night - BOSTON.
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Job description
This innovative opportunity is for an experienced Advanced Practice Provider (APP), either a Nurse Practitioner (NP) or a Physician Assistant (PA), to partner with attending physicians working with the Hospital Medicine Unit at a leading Academic Hospital providing inpatient care.
Primary responsibilities include:
- Serve as the responding clinician for already admitted patients. This is the point of first contact for Nursing and other clinical team members. In this role, documentation of significant events and responding to care needs is expected in collaboration with the attending physician.
- Assess and admit patients to the Medical service - including documenting in the electronic health record and entering orders.
Shift hours are, from 7pm-7am.
Applicants for this position should be patient-centered, motivated, and energetic clinicians who want to be part of a large academic team of Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and Physicians. The ideal candidate must be a self-starter and have the ability to respond, triage, and systematically care for both non-urgent and acute issues that arise in complex medical inpatients.
Qualifications
Responsibilities include the ability to:
o Care for critically ill adult patients with a broad range of medical problems.
o Diagnose and treat health problems; obtain patient histories, perform comprehensive physical exams, order diagnostic tests, prepare a diagnosis and implement a treatment plan for conditions; and prescribe medications.
o Follow complex patient management plans
o Work independently in a collaborative care model where you are the first contact for acute cross coverage issues that arise
O Effectively document events, assessment, and management of significant cross coverage events.
- Current Massachusetts State Licensure in good standing, with all associated active certifications, as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, is a must.
- MCSR and DEA licenses
- Qualified in all basic (BLS) and advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) standards as established by the American Heart Association.
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