Neurology - Advance Practice Clinician - Einstein Montgomery

Myana; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Albert Einstein Medical Center in Plymouth Meeting, PA, seeks a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to provide ambulatory neurology care within a multidisciplinary team. The APP conducts histories, exams, orders tests, and documents progress while collaborating on diagnoses and plans of care.

The role emphasizes evidence-based practice, professional development, and active participation in rounds and meetings to improve patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree is required.
• National Board Certification as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.
• BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Performs complete history and physicals and documents in the medical record.
• Orders and collects data using assessment techniques and relevant diagnostic procedures.
• May serve as first responder for nursing and house staff during patient status changes and invasive interventions.
• Assesses risks for acute and complex chronically ill patients, including medication effects, immobility, nutrition, fluids, immunocompetence, and invasive procedures.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to diagnose acute and complex chronic conditions.
• Manages diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, and supervision.
• Formulates differential diagnoses by priority and orders appropriate interventions.
• Identifies outcomes and documents a plan of care applying evidence-based guidelines.
• Prescribes diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions and may perform advanced procedures.

Education

Master’s Degree

National Board Certification as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

BLS certification

Job description

Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner

Job Description

The advanced practice provider (Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant) within the ambulatory setting works in collaboration with, and is an integral member of, a multidisciplinary health‑care team. The APP provides comprehensive care in the Neurology ambulatory practice.

Responsibilities

• Performs complete history & physicals and documents in the medical record.
• Orders and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
• The APP may serve as the first responder for both nursing and house staff in the event of patient status changes, orders, and in situations requiring procedural and resuscitative interventions.
• Assesses for risks associated with the care of the acute and complex chronically ill patient including: medication side effects, immobility, impaired nutrition, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, immunocompetence, invasive interventions and diagnostic procedures.

Diagnosis

• Collaborates with interdisciplinary health‑care team in making diagnoses of acute and complex chronic conditions.
• Manages diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision.
• Formulates differential diagnoses by priority.
• Diagnoses complications and orders appropriate interventions.

Formulates Plan of Care

• Identifies expected outcomes from diagnosis, and formulates and documents a plan of care to address complex acute and chronic health‑care needs.
• Utilizes evidence‑based practice guidelines and protocols in an individualized, dynamic plan of care that can be applied across the continuum.
• Implements and modifies plan of care.
• Prescribes diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions.
• May perform advanced procedures consistent with privileges and competency validation.

Documentation

• Documents/dictates key components of patient’s progress via daily progress note, transfer, and discharge summary, and/or clinic note where applicable. (h&p, daily progress notes, plan of care, problem lists, procedure notes, acute event note, discharge summaries, in medical record per specific patient unit or service, death summary)
• Documentation is timely, meets acute care compliance standards and captures patient acuity.

Communication and Collaboration

• Maintains ongoing communication and collaboration with interdisciplinary health‑care team.
• Facilitates and communicates with patient, family and staff to promote continuity of care across the inpatient and outpatient continuum of care.

Professional Practice

• Demonstrates Professional Practice behaviors including: preceptor/mentoring, education and instruction of graduate students.
• Seeks opportunities for active engagement in research and the analysis of evidence‑based practice.
• Actively participates in Advance Practice Grand Rounds and specialty specific meetings.
• Maintains CEUs, and membership in a professional organization.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree.
• National Board Certification as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.
• BLS certification.

Work Information

Work Shift: Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type: Regular

Employee Entity: Albert Einstein Medical Center

Primary Location Address: 633 West Germantown Pike, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Equal Opportunity Employer

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full‑time and part‑time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short‑ and long‑term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full‑time service or two years of part‑time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part‑time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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