APP Emergency Medicine Nights/UKHC

U K Healthcare Ltd; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Kentucky is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) for a nights-only role in the Emergency Department. The position emphasizes direct patient care, coordination with fast track, and collaboration with physicians in triage and the clinical care team.

Responsibilities include reviewing records, documenting findings, ordering tests, performing procedures, and educating patients and families about therapies.

Responsibilities

• Direct patient care in the Emergency Department during nights
• Review outside records and obtain patient health histories
• Order and interpret diagnostic tests and perform approved procedures
• Educate patients and families about therapies and care plans
• Serve as a role model for advanced practice providers through professional conduct and teamwork

Job description

The Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Kentucky is currently seeking an Advanced Practice Provider to function as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.

This is a nights only position and will primarily provide clinical coverage and patient care in the Emergency Department. This position will improve the capacity of the clinical practice, provide enhanced monitoring of clinically complex patients, and contribute to excellence in patient care and patient satisfaction. Duties for this position include direct patient care, patient and family education, support to fast track and physician in the triage system, and serving as a critical member of the clinical care team.

This includes obtaining patient health histories, reviewing outside records, and performing complete physical examinations. It also includes documenting findings and noting pertinent normal and abnormal findings. In addition, this position orders and interprets appropriate diagnostic and laboratory tests and performs approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures based on patients’ clinical status.

Patient education will also be an essential function, and this position will be required to explain the necessity, preparation, nature, and anticipated effects of therapy to patients, patients’ families, staff, and healthcare learners. In addition, this position will serve as a role model for advanced practice professional providers through conduct, appearance, communication, mutual respect, leadership, ethical decision-making, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.