Outpatient Surgery - Nurse Practitioner - Abington

Abington Memorial Hospital; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical (including prescription)

Dental

Vision

Life and AD&D insurance

Short- and long-term disability

Retirement plans

Tuition assistance

Employee discounts

Job summary

Jefferson Health in Abington, Pennsylvania seeks an Advanced Practice Clinician (Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant) to join the ambulatory Surgery practice as an integral member of a multidisciplinary health care team. The APP provides comprehensive care in collaboration with other clinicians in the ambulatory setting.

The role includes performing H&Ps, ordering diagnostics, participating in plan of care, and documenting progress; requires collaboration with the care team and ongoing

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Assessment & Management: Performs complete history & physicals; orders and collects data; may serve as first responder for patient status changes; assesses risks in acute and chronically ill patients.

Education

Master’s Degree

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

BLS certification

Job description

Number of Positions In Requisition 1 Job Details Advance Practice Clinician Job Description Responsibilities: 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 Surgery ambulatory practice.

Responsibilities

• Assessment & Management 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.
• 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 evidenced 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 evidenced 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 Shift Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type Regular Employee Entity

Primary Location Address 1235 Old York Road, Abington, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

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

• medical (including prescription)
• supplemental insurance
• dental
• vision
• life and AD&D insurance
• short- and long-term disability
• flexible spending accounts
• retirement plans
• tuition assistance
• voluntary benefits providing group rates on insurance
• 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.

In keeping with Jefferson's Mission, We Improve Lives, it is our goal to recruit, retain, develop and reward highly-qualified employees. Jefferson encourages its employees to expand their knowledge and develop their careers through growth opportunities and continuing education. With a long standing history, Jefferson has been advancing the medical field from the heart of Center City Philadelphia for nearly 200 years. Our Mission, We Improve Lives, expands to every corner of the organization. From our weekly farmer’s market, to our new Jefferson Accelerator Zone for innovation, our employees’ passion for the community is evident by the daily gestures towards our patients, students and each other.