Primary Care APC

Health Partners Plans; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Abington Memorial Hospital is seeking an experienced Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA) to deliver comprehensive care in an inpatient setting. The role includes performing history and physicals, ordering tests, and documenting progress in the medical record, with responsibility for patient status changes and resuscitative interventions when needed.

The APP collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to diagnose, plan, and implement care, maintain professional practice standards, and participate

Qualifications

• Master's Degree from an accredited program.
• National Board Certification as a Primary/Family 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, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
• May serve as the first responder for nursing and house staff in patient status changes, orders, and in situations requiring procedural and resuscitative interventions.
• Assesses risks for the care of acute and complex chronically ill patients including medication side effects, immobility, impaired nutrition, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, immunocompetence, invasive interventions, and diagnostic procedures.
• 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 Plan of Care and identifies expected outcomes from diagnosis, and formulates and documents a plan of care to address complex acute and chronic health care needs.
• Implements and modifies plan of care.
• Prescribes diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions.
• May perform advanced procedures consistent with privileges and competency validation.

Education

Master's Degree

National Board Certification as a Primary/Family Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

BLS certification

Job description

Number of Positions In Requisition

1

Job Details

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
• 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 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 a Primary/Family Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
• BLS certification

Job Description Disclaimer

This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Abington Memorial Hospital Primary Location Address

1380 Easton Road, Warrington, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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