Advanced Practice Provider Pulmonary and Critical Care Position Available In Columbia, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

Job Description Description The division of pulmonary andcritical care is looking for acute care nurse practitioners andPA’s who have a desire to work in three exciting areas. There willbe one APP deployed in each area daily. The first is the MICU whereyou will provide critical care to acutely ill medicine patientsrounding with an attending and a resident team. The second locationis a six bed medical stepdown run with an attending and an APP. Thethird area is the code white/sepsis team where you will respond toalerts throughout the hospital as a provider with a nursing teamworking with you.

These alerts are as follows:

code white, codesepsis, code blue, code stroke. /n A Brief Overview /n The AdvancedPractice Provider is responsible for providing quality care forpatients and increasing patient access and satisfaction. Standardtasks to be performed by an Advanced Practice Provider as specifiedby the Ohio State Board of Medicine or Nursing and UH entityspecific Medical Bylaws. /n /n What You Will Do /n /n

• Initiatesand maintains positive relationships w/pts/customers (10%) /n
• Initiates and maintains positive relationships w/co-workers (10%)/n
• Takes responsibility for self-development and supports alearning environment (10%) /n
• Displays commitment to the missionof the hospital and its values (10%) /n
• Performs patientassessment and assigns diagnosis based on recorded assessment dataand current scientific and current research (20%) /n
• Establishesplan of care and implements interventions in accordancew/carepaths, protocols, and standards of care and current research(15%) /n
• Collaborates w/other health care providers in aninterdisciplinary approach to provide care to the patient andfamily (5%) /n
• Contributes to the educational development ofstaff, patients, family and self (5%) /n
• Demonstrates progressiveleadership and effective management (5%) /n
• Provides educationthrough role modeling and in-services to meet identified learningneeds and to promote professionalism (5%) /n
• Advances ownprofessional development through self-directed learning, continuingeducation and participation in peer review (5%) /n /n /n AdditionalResponsibilities /n /n
• Performs other duties as assigned. /n
• Complies with all policies and standards. /n
• For specific dutiesand responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by thedepartment during orientation. /n
• Must abide by all requirementsto safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI)for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UHpolicies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use ofPHI in the workplace. /n Qualifications Education /n /n
• Master’sDegree from an accredited PA educational program (Required) /n
• (MSN) Master’s Degree in Nursing (Required) /n /n Work Experience/n /n
• 1 years as an Advanced Practice Provider (Preferred) /n /nKnowledge, Skills, & Abilities /n /n
• Demonstrated leadershipskills. (Required proficiency) /n
• Demonstrated skills ininterpersonal relationships. (Required proficiency) /n
• Computerskills to access patient medical data from UHHS mainframe.(Required proficiency) /n
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Officeand Outlook.

(Required proficiency) /n /n Licenses andCertifications /n

Physician Assistant:

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• Physician Assistant(PA) (Required) and /n
• Basic Life Support (BLS) (Required) and /n
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) (Preferred) /n
• Passed thePhysician Assistant National Certifying Examination (Required) and/n
• Practice with a supervising physician (Required Upon Hire) and/n
• Maintain national PA Certification (Required) /n /n

NursePractitioner:

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• Registered Nurse (RN), Ohio and/or MultiState Compact License (Required) /n
• Nurse Practitioner (NP)(Required) /n
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) (Required) /n
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) (Required) /n
• Current APRNLicense (Required) /n /n Physical Demands /n /n
• StandingFrequently /n
• Walking Frequently /n
• Sitting Rarely /n
• LiftingFrequently 50 lbs /n
• Carrying Frequently 50 lbs /n
• PushingFrequently 50 lbs /n
• Pulling Frequently 50 lbs /n
• ClimbingOccasionally 50 lbs /n
• Balancing Occasionally /n
• StoopingFrequently /n
• Kneeling Frequently /n
• Crouching Frequently /n
• Crawling Occasionally /n
• Reaching Frequently /n
• HandlingFrequently /n
• Grasping Frequently /n
• Feeling Constantly /n
• Talking Constantly /n
• Hearing Constantly /n
• Repetitive MotionsConstantly /n
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination Constantly /n