Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Family Medicine - Float Pool

About This Role

This Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant role involves working in a collaborative model with residents, fellows, attendings, and staff to care for outpatient clinic patients. The role involves primary and urgent medical management, emergency stabilization of critically ill patients, and teaching and education responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Utilize the approved medical practices process in the delivery of all patient care
• Provide care based on physical, psycho/social, educational, safety and related criteria, appropriate to the ages of patients served in assigned areas
• Maintain an attitude of inquiry towards medical practices and patient care outcomes, and may develop research methodology
• Provide education experiences to patient families, staff, other health professionals, and to the community
• Adapt behavior to the specific patient population, including but not limited to: respect for privacy, method of introduction to the patient, adapting explanation of services or procedures to be performed, requesting permissions and communication style
• Perform other related duties as required
• Remain knowledgeable on current federal, state and local laws, accreditation standards or regulatory agency requirements that apply to the assigned area of responsibility and ensure compliance with all such laws, regulations and standards

Requirements

• Master’s degree in nursing OR Bachelor’s degree in Physician Assistant medicine or Health Sciences, or graduate of an approved Physician Assistant Training Program
• Current License as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) in the state of practice
• Family Nurse Practitioner or Adult/Geriatric Nurse Practitioner ANCC or AANPCP Certified for Family Nurse Practitioner or Pediatric Nurse Practitioner ANCC or AANPCP Certified
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) / Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Certification from the American Heart Association
• Eligible for Prescriptive Authority in the state of practice as outlined by the State Board of Nursing
• Current license as a Physician Assistant in the state of practice
• National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) certified
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) Certification from the American Heart Association
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Certification from the American Heart Association
• Eligible for Prescriptive Authority in the state of practice as outlined by the State Board of Medical Examiners
• Computer skills and dexterity required for data entry and retrieval of required job information
• Effective verbal and written communication skills and the ability to present information clearly and professionally