Nurse Practitioner Physician Assistant, PD, Medical Surgical -Down Unit - Medical Center

About This Role

This position is for an Advanced Practice Professional (APP) to join the clinical team on the Medical Surgical Step-Down Unit at Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center. The role involves providing direct patient care services for complex, acute, medical, and surgical patients, with ample opportunities for career growth and skill development within a multidisciplinary team environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide and coordinate clinical care for medical and surgical step-down patients
• In collaboration with the attending physician and interprofessional team, round daily on patients to assess, diagnose, plan treatment, set priorities and outcomes, and evaluate the effectiveness and cost efficiency of patient care
• Assess patients for change in status and institute appropriate interventions
• Initiate emergency interventions to stabilize the patient when appropriate
• Analyze clinical practice patterns to provide the best medical care and to increase effectiveness and efficiency
• Communicate verbally and in writing all pertinent patient information to the provider team, nursing staff, and other relevant healthcare providers
• Document in the patients' chart all relevant data including but not limited to results of diagnostic tests, laboratory results, patients' condition and response to therapies/interventions, and communications with the provider team
• Role model competence in all nurse practitioner / physician assistant advanced skills
• Provide family-centered care by communicating with the family regarding the changing health care needs of the patient
• Support IRB-approved clinical research / trials through a variety of activities
• Perform and participate in quality performance improvement activities and clinical research
• Serve as a clinical expert and leadership consultant to nursing, healthcare team members, and the larger community

Important Details

• Schedule: Per Diem days and nights, twelve-hour shifts

About the Company

Atlantic Health is one of New Jersey's largest non-profit healthcare networks.