Hospital Medicine - Advanced Practice- Nocturnist Per Diem

Job Details

The advanced practice clinician (Acute Care 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 Hospital Medicine 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

Work Shift

Rotating (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Lansdale Hospital

Primary Location Address

100 Medical Campus Drive, Lansdale, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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
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home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the
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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
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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.    

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

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time
colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance,
dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability,
flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as
voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on
insurance and discounts. 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.

For more benefits information, please click here
[https://www.wearejefferson.org/content/dam/enterprise/documents/restricted/guidebook.pdf]