Trauma Services Advanced Practice Provider

Dignity Health; Redding (CA); On-site; USD 201,130,000 - 297,562,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercy Medical Center Redding, part of the Dignity Health network, is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider. You will deliver high-quality patient care, perform assessments, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to optimize outcomes.

The role emphasizes critical care and emergency care expertise, educational program adaptation for patients, and independent clinical decision-making in a fast-paced setting.

Qualifications

• Graduate as a Nurse Practitioner (MSN) or PA with Bachelor's degree.
• NP/PA with Critical Care or Emergency Care experience required.
• One year of experience in an acute hospital setting required.
• Advanced Trauma Life Support training required.
• Current ACLS and BLS certifications through the American Heart Association.

Responsibilities

• Performs routine physical/psychosocial assessment to collect basic data and follow care plans.
• Formulates a plan of care for individual needs and participates in routine transitional health care planning.
• Adapts educational content to individual patients and families during care delivery.
• Ensures efficiency in care delivery and identifies immediate priorities and solutions.
• Makes independent clinical decisions based on knowledge from education and experience.
• Advocates for patient rights and seeks resolution in conflicts.

Skills

Critical Care

Emergency Care

ACLS

BLS

Clinical Assessment

Education

Nurse Practitioner (MSN)

Physician Assistant (PA) with Bachelor's

Tools

ACLS

BLS

Job description

Job Summary And Responsibilities

As an Advanced Practice Provider (APP), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.

Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

• Performs routine physical/psychosocial assessment to collect basic data: follows the written plan of care, standards, practice guidelines, utilizes pathways, which includes notifying physicians as appropriate
• Formulates a plan of care for individual needs, including patient population needs. Participates in the planning of routine transitional health care needs (i.e. treatment options, patient placement options)
• Adapts planned educational programs and information to individual patients and family by modifying teaching strategies or content. Integrates education during the delivery of patient care
• Ensures efficiency in the delivery of care to determine immediate priorities and to offer solutions for problems
• Makes independent clinical decisions based on knowledge drawn from education and experience
• Actively advocates for patient rights and identifies potential conflict. Seeks counsel for resolution of conflict

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Required Job Requirements

• Graduate as a Nurse Practitioner from an accredited school of nursing (MSN) OR
• Graduate as a PA from an instititution accredited by the Commission on Education of Physician Assistants (with a Bachelors Degree)
• NP or PA with Critical Care and/or Emergency Care experience required
• One year of experience in an acute hospital setting required
• Advanced Trauma Life Support training required
• Current ACLS and BLS certifications required (must be certified through the American Heart Association)

Preferred

• English-Spanish bilingual fluency preferred
• Prefer an NP with ACNP or Trauma Trained PA-C
• Prefer PAs with a Masters Degree

Where You'll Work

Mercy Medical Center Redding offers comprehensive health care to nearly 300,000 residents in a six-county region. It is one of only two Level II trauma centers, the only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and the only Joint Commission-certified Advanced Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center north of Sacramento north of Sacramento. Mercy Medical Center Redding is a 266-bed regional medical center providing inpatient and outpatient services as well as specialized cardiovascular care, stroke care, orthopedics, neurological surgery, comprehensive cancer care, maternity care, and a robust robotic surgery program. In addition, the hospital’s network of care includes Mercy Home Health and Hospice and Dignity Health Connected Living.

One Community. One Mission. One California

Pay Range

$70.32 - $104.08/hr