Per Diem ED PA/NP - Fast-Paced, Collaborative Care

uvmhealth; Burlington (VT); On-site; USD 99,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Vermont Medical Center is seeking an experienced and skilled Physician Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) to join our Emergency Medicine team in a per diem capacity. The PA/NP will work in collaboration with board-certified emergency medicine physicians to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care in a fast-paced emergency department setting.

Responsibilities include evaluating, diagnosing, and treating patients with a wide range of acute illnesses and injuries,

Qualifications

• 3 years clinical PA/NP experience preferred; or 2 years plus completion of an approved post graduate emergency medicine training program.
• New graduates are not able to be considered for this position.

Responsibilities

• Conduct focused history taking and physical exams, order and interpret diagnostic testing, and perform necessary procedures within a fast-paced clinical environment
• Work closely with ED attendings in a collaborative care model, staffing all ESI levels 1, 2, and 3s
• Ordering and calling appropriate consults to coordinate specialty emergency care, inclusive of calling hospitalists for admissions
• Ability to multitask by seeing and managing multiple active patients at a time
• Document HPIs, clinical findings, interpretation of labs and imaging, disposition and treatment plans accurately in the electronic medical record (EMR) system (EPIC)

Skills

Emergency medicine

Communication skills

Clinical judgment

Team collaboration

Education

PA Master's degree

NP Master's degree

Job description

The University of Vermont Medical Center is seeking an experienced and skilled Physician Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) to join our Emergency Medicine team in a per diem capacity. The PA/NP will work in collaboration with board-certified emergency medicine physicians to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care in a fast-paced emergency department setting.

Responsibilities include evaluating, diagnosing, and treating patients with a wide range of acute illnesses and injuries,