Advanced Practice Provider NPPA Hospitalist Nocturnist

Position Description:

The Department of Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine is seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to support the Hospitalist Medicine Inpatient service by providing initial and ongoing assessment and management of urgent care issues related to internal medicine or critical care needs located in Milwaukee Wisconsin at Froedtert Hospital.

This role will be responsible for the admission of patients to the medical teams and to provide first line jeopardy coverage for medical teams if another APP is not able to cover.

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) works as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team who will contribute to excellence in program administration patient care patient safety research quality improvement and teaching.

The Ideal Candidate has a desire to be part of a thriving and very collaborative academic practice at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). Areas of responsibility will include but not be limited to providing direct patient care to a broad range of patients and illness in an inpatient/hospital setting.

In this role you will:

• Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care teams in diagnosis and treatment of conditions requiring medical intervention in an inpatient environment as a member of the Hospitalist services.
• Provides initial and ongoing assessment and management of urgent care issues at night related to internal medicine or critical care needs.
• Writes accurate and timely progress notes procedure notes and/or admission discharge and transfer orders.
• Orders performs and interprets screening and diagnostic procedures and tests and appropriately communicates and documents information.
• Privileged to perform procedures beyond core as identified by the General Internal Medicine Hospitalist services.
• Facilitates and communicates with patient family and staff to promote continuity of care across the continuum of care.
• Attend required training and meets key regulatory requirements including those of the privileging institution CMS and the Join Commission.
• Evaluates quality outcomes for the patients receiving care of this team through participation in the development of quality indicators and outcomes dashboard.
• Acquires information on the most current development and trends in the Physician Assistant field and/or Nurse Practitioner field through educational programs inservices professional associates and current literature

Core Advanced Practice Responsibilities

• Performs comprehensive histories and physical exams identifies normal and abnormal findings including physical cognitive and psychosocial status.
• Orders and interprets laboratory and diagnostic tests.
• Develops pharmaceutical and nonpharmaceutical treatment plans.
• Monitors effectiveness of plan of care.
• Educates patients on disease and treatment plans.
• Performs procedures as trained and appropriately credentialed.
• Documents within the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and completes other necessary documents.
• Collaborates and/or consults with physicians and other health care providers as appropriate.
• Educates counsels and assists patients and families regarding current health problems health maintenance activities and preventive behaviors.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by most people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and requirements. Scheduling flexibility is required to accommodate changing business needs.

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