Advanced Practice Professional - PICU

WVU Medicine; Morgantown (WV); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

WVU Medicine in Morgantown seeks an Advanced Practice Professional (APP) with skills in managing critical care patients. The role includes comprehensive care coordination, diagnostic procedures, and collaboration with medical teams.

A Master's Degree in Nursing or Bachelor's as a Physician Assistant is required, along with relevant certifications. This position involves daily patient assessments, planning discharge protocols, and educational responsibilities for residents and nursing staff.

Qualifications

• Graduate from a CCNE accredited nursing program with a Master's Degree in Nursing.
• National Certification by recognized APRN Certification Centers.
• Current Registered Nurse license in West Virginia or multi-state RN license.
• American Heart Association BLS Certification required.

Responsibilities

• Manages individual care for critical care patients during hospitalization.
• Completes integrated assessments and orders additional tests.
• Facilitates patient discharge by coordinating services.
• Develops a comprehensive plan of care for critical care patients.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Proficiency with computers

Education

Master's Degree in Nursing

Bachelor's Degree as a Medical/Surgical Physician Assistant

Job description

Position Overview

The Advanced Practice Professional (APP) has coordination and clinical skills required for the comprehensive management of critical care medicine patients, including biological, social and psychological assessments. The APP possesses specialized skills in caring for patients and families undergoing operative and other invasive procedures, coordinates the involvement of medical/surgical specialty teams, reviews care plans with clinical team members, and participates in directing and ensuring adherence to protocol requirements and regulatory guidelines. The APP performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, peri‑procedural services, and coordinates discharge planning to the next level of care as applicable. The APP also participates in the education of residents and medical/nursing students and is responsible for responding to rapid response alerts, assessing and initiating care for critically ill patients upon activation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages comprehensive and individualized care for patients and families in the inpatient/critical care patients and their families during the intensive care phase of hospitalization and immediate post‑transfer to stepdown, ward or discharge.
• Completes daily rounds; consults and/or pre‑procedure/evaluations.
• Completes integrated assessments.
• Orders additional tests or consults as deemed appropriate following established clinical guidelines and protocols.
• Performs and communicates results of diagnostic tests following established clinical guidelines and scope of practice.
• Consults and communicates with clinic and hospital staff regarding abnormal findings in the evaluations of patients.
• Performs succinct comprehensive clinical evaluations and documents findings in the medical record.
• Facilitates patient discharge or transfer by coordinating appropriate services and tests for follow‑up, as applicable.
• Develops a comprehensive individualized plan of care for critical care patients, which includes teaching, discharge or transfer planning and necessary referral to other members of the health‑care team.
• Demonstrates expertise in caring for patients across the age continuum.
• Identifies unstable or complex critical care patient situations and facilitates appropriate intervention in the hospital setting.
• Recognizes emergency situations and initiates effective emergency care.
• Evaluates critical care patients and serves as a coordinator for follow‑up procedures and tests in the ambulatory setting, as applicable.
• Assists in the collection of outcome measures, where applicable.
• Demonstrates critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills in clinical decision making.
• Demonstrates the ability to utilize equipment in a safe manner.
• Bases decisions on relevant scientific principles, established standards of care and/or research findings.
• Utilizes teaching/learning theory and appropriate strategies in the provision of education to nursing staff, hospital staff, students, patients, families and the community.
• Promotes an environment that facilitates learning by responding to appropriate patient/family preferences, priorities, and readiness to learn.
• Updates own knowledge base throughout the year.
• Completes all identified clinical competencies.
• Serves as a resource person for staff caring for the critical care patient.
• Provides educational programs to professional and paraprofessional personnel in the area of expertise.
• Participates in community programs and distribution of literature as appropriate.
• Documents the plan of care, interventions, and evaluations in a clear and concise manner in the patient’s medical record following approved hospital/UHA policies and compliance standards for documentation.
• Collaborates with leaders and staff to achieve patient outcome‑based improvements in care.
• Provides leadership in the development and implantation of changes in the critical care practice that positively impact patient outcomes.
• Works collaboratively with medical and nursing staff to facilitate creative problem solving and provide professional support.
• Participates and initiates inter‑disciplinary approaches to patient care, program development and education; serves as a professional role model.
• Promotes and practices innovation of the expanded role in the delivery of care to critical care patients and families throughout the inpatient hospitalization and the ambulatory setting.
• Participates and provides leadership for committees and task forces.
• Documents hours and submits billing reports, as appropriate.
• Reviews and interprets critical care data from sources such as patient registries, clinical and financial reports, length of stay, access to care, and cost per case reports and recommends/implements changes as necessary.
• Participates in clinical trials and research studies with the Principal Investigator.
• Assists critical care faculty, administrators and directors in the collection of outcome measures.
• Other duties/projects as assigned.

Physical Requirements

• Heavy/Hard Work: Work requires strength and/or stamina, lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, positioning of patients, standing, walking, and carrying of patients, materials and equipment weighing 40+ pounds.

Working Environment

• Working closely with others.
• Protracted or irregular hours.
• Working around biohazards.
• Working around infectious diseases.
• Working with or near the deceased.
• Working with hands in water.
• Electrical hazards associated with patient care equipment.

Skills and Abilities

• Proficiency with computers.
• Strong communication skills.

Qualifications: Nurse Practitioner

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduate from a CCNE accredited nursing program with a Master’s Degree in Nursing.
• National Certification by one of the recognized APRN Certification Centers.
• Current Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which services will be provided or current multi‑state RN license through the eNLC, and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse License issued by the West Virginia Board of Nursing.
• American Heart Association BLS Certification required with additional Advanced Life Support training at the discretion of the department.
• Eligible new graduates will be considered.

Preferred Qualifications

• Acute care or critical care experience preferred.
• ACNPs preferred but will consider FNPs.

Qualifications: Physician Assistant

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree as a Medical/Surgical Physician Assistant required.
• Graduate of an ARC‑PA approved Physician Assistant training program required.
• Certification by the National Commission for Certification of Physician Assistants required.
• Must be licensed or eligible for licensure by the WV Board of Medicine or WV Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
• American Heart Association BLS Certification required with additional Advanced Life Support training at the discretion of the department.
• Eligible new graduates will be considered.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree as Physician Assistant preferred.
• Critical care or critical care experience preferred.

Additional Job Description

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Shift: Varied (United States of America)

Exempt/Non‑Exempt: United States of America (Exempt)

Company: UHA University Health Associates

Cost Center: 8238 UHA CH Pediatrics Inpatient Based Services

Address: 1 Medical Center Drive, Morgantown, West Virginia

Equal Opportunity Employer

University Health Associates and its subsidiaries (collectively "UHA") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. UHA strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All UHA employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.