Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner Inpatient Cardiovascular Medicine

Job Summary

Job Summary

We're recruiting a highly motivated Advanced Practice Provider to join our dynamic inpatient APP team. This team consists of 20 APPs who provide critical care level cardiovascular medicine primarily in the inpatient setting. Our APP teams function collaboratively with our physician colleagues in a team based care model to provide high level cardiac care.

Under physician supervision, provides medical care to patients of varying type and acuity.

Essential Functions

Functions in the role of advanced practitioner to coordinate comprehensive care delivery. Writes orders/prescriptions for standard formulary medications, laboratory, radiographic studies and consultations, coordinating the scheduling of admissions, diagnostic evaluations, follow-up exams, laboratory tests, referrals to home care, social services, and other community agencies, etc., in order to ensure continuity of care and coordination of services.

• Obtains histories and performs physical exams.

• Assesses the patients/significant other, health care team, school and other community educational needs and develops, implements, evaluates and revises teaching strategies/educational programs related to area of specialty.

• Acts as a patient advocate, crossing multidisciplinary lines to meet patient needs.

• Communicates, collaborates, networks with and acts as a consultant to other members of the health care team within and outside Spectrum Health. Acts as a consult in area of expertise.

• Performs and assists with designated procedures.

• Documents in the medical record and dictates information as appropriate.

• Provides input into the strategic planning, implementation and evaluation of service/program. Measures the outcomes of care and evaluate services across the continuum of inpatient to outpatient services. Makes recommendations to improve the quality of patient care provided and utilizes the scientific method of research clinical problems.

Basic Qualifications:

Education

• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant educational program

Licenses -

Physician Asst (PHYS ASST)*

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Basic Life Support (BLS) Note used for BLS,CPR & BCLS) Specific to SHMG 90 Days

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) As appropriate for patient population

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Specific to SHMG: PALS is required by specialty or stress test is performed 120 Days

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Specific to SHMG ACLS if required by specialty or stress test performed 120 Days

Education

• Nurse Practitioners who obtained their education and certification after 2000 must show evidence of completion of a master's, post-master's or doctorate from a Nurse Practitioner program that is accredited by the Commission on the Collegiate of Nursing Education or the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission

Experience

• 3 years of experience typically gained through skills/knowledge/abilities in current, relevant clinical experience Previous experience functioning in a collaborative role

Licenses -

Registered Nurse (RN)* All

Nurse Practitioner

• Licensed (NP)* All

Basic Life Support (BLS) Note used for BLS,CPR & BCLS) All

Basic Life Support (BLS) Specific to SHMG 90 Days

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Specific to SHMG ACLS if required by specialty or stress test performed 120 Days

Completes credentialing and privileging process upon hire and undergoes reprivileging every 24 months or as determined by policy.

Primary Location

SITE - Butterworth Hospital

• 100 Michigan St

• Grand Rapids

Department Name

Cardiovascular Medicine

• Grand Rapids

Employment Type

Full time

Shift

Variable (United States of America)

Weekly Scheduled Hours

40

Hours of Work

Variable

Days Worked

Variable days and weekends

Weekend Frequency

Variable weekends

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