Palliative Advanced Practice Provider - Skilled Nursing Facilities

Summa Health; Akron (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Paid time off

Retirement Savings Plan

Job summary

Summa Health seeks a Palliative Advanced Practice Provider to visit skilled nursing facilities and provide inpatient coverage at the Akron Campus. The APP will primarily care for residents in SNFs, typically seeing 6–8 patients daily.

Preference given to those with skilled nursing background; new graduates or APPS with primary care, internal medicine, or ICU backgrounds are welcome to apply. Driving is required with mileage reimbursement.

Qualifications

• Graduate of a nationally accredited Physician Assistant program with national certification (NCCPA) or equivalent advanced practice credentials.
• Current Ohio license to practice as APN/PA; BLS certification.
• Minimum one year experience preferred; new grads welcome to apply.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care for residents in skilled nursing facilities.
• Collaborate with physicians, care managers, social workers and therapists to coordinate care.
• See 6–8 patients per day and manage multiple concurrent cases.
• Develop and advance quality of care through standardized practices and leadership.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

Reading medical documents

Independent work

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Microsoft Office proficiency

Education

PA program graduate

MPAS preferred

National certification (NCCPA)

Job description

Palliative Advanced Practice Provider - Skilled Nursing Facilities

Full-Time, Benefit Eligible

Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm schedule.

8 to 10 Weekends / Year doing inpatient coverage at our Akron Campus.

Requires daily driving, mileage is reimbursed. Facilities are within Summit County and Medina County (1 location).

The APP will be primarily devoted to visiting nursing home and skilled nursing facilities.

Typically seeing 6 to 8 patients a day.

APPs with skilled nursing background are preferred; we welcome new graduates to apply or APPs with backgrounds in primary care, internal medicine, and ICU etc.

Summa Health System is recognized as one of the region’s top employers by a number of third party organizations, including NorthCoast 99. Exceptional candidates gravitate to Summa because of its culture, passion for delivering excellent service to our patients and families commitment to our philosophy of servant leadership, collegial working relationships at every level of the organization and competitive pay and benefits.

Summary: Develops and advances the quality of advanced practice through specialized direct patient care, leadership, consultation, education and research. Works to improve processes of care for patients. Ensures quality of patient care by utilizing established standards of care for specified department and coordination of services with physicians, care managers, social workers, patient care coordinators, therapists and other community agencies as appropriate.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduate of a nationally accredited Physician Assistant program, MPAS preferred, and have passed the national certification examination administered by the National Commission of Certification of Physicians Assistants or Masters Degree in Nursing with completion of Advanced Practice program in area of expertise and National certification as CNP, CNM, or CNS.

Experience & Training Required:

• Current license to practice as an advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant in the state of Ohio.
• Minimum one year experience as advanced practice provider preferred.
• BLS certification.

Other Skills, Competencies and Qualifications:

• Excellent skills in communication, organizing, self-motivation, accuracy, and time management
• Ability to read and interpret medical documents, which are commonly found in hospital, clinic or physician office environment.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
• Ability to provide necessary care of adult patients as required by position and requested by institution.
• Ability to work independently, to prioritize work and solve problems.
• Demonstrates competency in Microsoft office and all computer programs utilized by the Practice.
• Ability to manage multiple projects.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Maintains affiliated hospital privileges as an Allied Health Professional if practicing in hospital setting.
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team of professionals.
• Demonstrates flexibility to meet the ever changing needs of patients and health care team members.
• Population Specific Competency: Ability to effectively interact with populations of patients/customers with an understanding of their needs for self-respect and dignity.

Level of Physical Demands:

• Heavy: Exerts 50-100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 25-50 pounds of force frequently, and/or 10-20 pounds of force continuously to move objects.
• Requires exposure to communicable disease, body fluids, toxic substances, ionizing radiation, and other potentially hazardous conditions common to a clinical environment, such as risk of falls, strains, etc.
• Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

$52.93/hr - $70.20/hr

The salary range on this job posting/advertising is base salary exclusive of any bonuses or differentials. Many factors, such as years of relevant experience and geographical location are considered when determining the starting rate of pay. We believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members when determining offers. Please keep in mind that the range that is listed is the full base salary range. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical.

Summa Health offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program to include medical, dental, vision, life, paid time off as well as many other benefits.

• Basic Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
• Supplemental Life and AD&D
• Dependent Life Insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity, and Critical Illness
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts – Healthcare and Dependent Care
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Identity Theft ProtectionPet Insurance
• Education Assistance
• Daily Pay

Location: US:OH:Akron