Physician Assistant-Critical Care- New Jersey

Kennedy Medical Group, Practice, PC; Artesia (CA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Kennedy Medical Group, Practice, PC is seeking an Advanced Practice Clinician (Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant) to work in an acute care hospital setting as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team. The APC provides comprehensive inpatient care, collaborating with physicians and staff to ensure continuity from admission to discharge.

The role involves performing histories and physicals, ordering tests, managing diagnoses, and formulating plans of care with evidence-based guidelines.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Performs complete history & physicals and documents in the medical record.
• Orders and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques and diagnostic procedures.
• Serves as first responder for patient status changes and orders/advances procedures as needed.
• Assesses risks for acute and chronically ill patients, including meds, immobility, nutrition, fluids/electrolytes, immunocompetence, invasive procedures.

Education

Master's Degree

National Board Certification

BLS certification

Job description

Number of Positions in Requisition 1 Job Details

The advanced practice clinician (Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant) within the acute care hospital setting works in collaboration with, and is an integral member of, a multidisciplinary health care team. The APC provides comprehensive care on the inpatient service.

Job Description

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 APC 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.

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.

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, death summary) in the medical record per specific patient unit or service. Documentation is timely, meets acute care compliance standards, and captures patient acuity.

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 Advanced 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

Salary Range

$108,173.02 to $154,146.55 Annual The actual hiring rate will be determined based on candidate experience, skills and qualifications. This position is not eligible for an annual incentive.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular Employee Entity Kennedy Medical Group, Practice, PC

Primary Location Address

1099 White Horse Road, Voorhees, New Jersey, United States of America

Employer

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

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.

Equal Opportunity Statement

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

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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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 farmers' 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.