Hospitalist APP

Community Memorial Hospital; Village of Hamilton (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Memorial Hospital in Hamilton, NY is seeking a Hospitalist APP (NP/PA) to provide inpatient medical care. The role includes 12-hour shifts on a 7-days-on/7-days-off schedule, and clinical coordination with nursing staff and other providers.

Responsibilities include admitting unassigned inpatients from the ED, performing rounds, and documenting for billing. Must possess NYS NP/PA licensure, active medical staff membership, and prescriptive authority with ACLS and BLS certifications.

Qualifications

• NY licensed NP or PA with active credentials.
• Active hospital privileges or eligibility at Community Memorial Hospital.
• Prescriptive authority for controlled substances (DEA registration) must be current.

Responsibilities

• Manage inpatient medical care for hospitalized patients.
• Coordinate care with nurses and other providers; act as primary contact for patient care.
• Complete history and physical within 12 hours of assignment and dictate note within 24 hours.
• Perform daily rounds and document for hospital billing.

Skills

NYS Licensed/Registered NP or PA

Job description

Community Memorial
Hamilton, NY 13346, USA

• Pay or shift range: $160,000 USD to $173,000 USD
  The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job-related reasons.

Description

Responsibilities and Duties:

• APP shall be scheduled to work 12-hour shifts for 7 consecutive days, followed by 7 consecutive days off
• Ensures that they cultivate a work climate supportive of the Hospital’s mission, vision and values as noted above.
• Commits to a customer service-oriented culture within his/her area, which includes service orientation to work processes, staff customer service and actively participates and supports development of key customer service outcomes.
• Focusing primarily on hospitalized patients, the Hospitalist has the unique ability to follow up on patient care, discuss patient care with nurses and resolve any problems that may arise, often seeing patients more than once a day. While attending their own patients, the Hospitalist will also coordinate care between different providers caring for a patient, serve as point of contact for hospital staff and maintain communication with the patient’s family.
• APP shall be available to accept as his or her patients, all unassigned medical patients from the Emergency Department or any other department who require inpatient admission, provide professional medical services to these patients while hospitalized, and arrange for necessary follow-up care upon discharge from the Hospital.
• APP shall make daily rounds on all patients assigned to the Hospitalist Program and complete all necessary documentation for the Hospital to bill and collect for medical services rendered
• Absent extraordinary circumstances, APP shall conduct a history and physical examination within twelve (12) hours of the patient’s assignment to the Hospitalists’ Program and have the history and physical note dictated within 24 hours of admission.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• NYS Licensed/Registered NP or PA
• The ability to hold and maintain Community Memorial Hospital active medical staff membership and clinical privileges appropriate to duties and responsibilities.
• Current, valid and unrestricted federal and state registrations to prescribe and dispense controlled substances.

Licenses & Certifications

Required

ACLS

BLS

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