Nurse PractitionerPhysician Assistant, Home Hospital
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Job Location:
Newton, MA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 122803 - 173867
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals including doctors nurses business people tech experts researchers and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit we support patient care research teaching and community service striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.
Our Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) play a vital role in this innovative care model working at the top of their license within a highly collaborative multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive patient-centered care supported by daily in-home and virtual visits 24/7 remote monitoring and advanced telehealth technology. APPs in Home Hospital manage a diverse range of acute and post-acute conditions while helping improve patient outcomes enhancing care transitions and redefining how high-quality hospital care is delivered.
APPs provide care to patients both in-person in their homes and through virtual visitsmanaging responsibilities such as placing orders completing documentation (including progress notes handoffs and discharge preparation) billing and maintaining consistent communication with patients and the interdisciplinary care team.
APPs will also work onsite at one of our partnering hospitals (including but not limited to Newton-Wellesley Hospital Brigham and Womens Faulkner Hospital or Brigham and Womens Hospital) collaborating closely with Nurse Navigators and Operations Coordinators to evaluate and admit appropriate patients from the Emergency Department or facilitate transfers from inpatient teams. Responsibilities in this setting include reviewing referrals obtaining patient consent placing orders completing documentation billing and ensuring clear communication with patients and the care team to support safe transitions into the Home Hospital program.
We are seeking an experienced flexible full-time 36 or 40-hour Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) to join our innovative team. This position is fundamentally a hybrid telehealth-based role with required local travel to patient homes for in-person care and to partnering hospital sites to support patient admissions and transitions into the Home Hospital program. Our APPs are scheduled for 12-hour shifts from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM. It is a rotating schedule inclusive of weekends and holidays. If you are passionate about making a meaningful impact and contributing to a team that values patient-centered care we encourage you to apply to join our team.
Job Summary
The Physician Assistant (PA) is a licensed provider. The PA is responsible for the assessment and management of various populations of patients medical and/or surgical including diagnostic and therapeutic interventions development of appropriate plans of care and ongoing evaluation. May also perform additional duties such as precepting a small group of learners.Does this position require Patient Care
Yes
Essential Functions
-Provides direct care counseling and teaching to a designated patient population in the ambulatory inpatient operative and/or procedural setting.
-Performs complete histories and physical examinations.
-Orders interprets and evaluates appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests.
-Develops appropriate plans of care and follow-up based on the outcomes of diagnostic laboratory and physical examination findings.
-Orders medications and writes prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures.
-Consistently provides high quality and timely documentation including admission and progress notes procedure notes operative notes and discharge summaries.
-Performs bedside procedures as are appropriate to the patient population.
Qualifications
Education
Masters Degree Physician Assistant required
Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree
No
Licenses and Credentials
Physician Assistant State License - Generic - HR Only required
Experience
2 years of experience as a PA required required
Additional Job Details (if applicable)
3 years of acute hospital APP experience highly preferred; academic medical center experience a plus
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Scheduled Weekly Hours
Employee Type
Work Shift
Pay Range
$122803.20 - $173867.20/AnnualGrade
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Mass General Brigham Competency Framework
At Mass General Brigham our competency framework defines what effective leadership looks like by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level. The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success. These competencies are used to evaluate performance make hiring decisions identify development needs mobilize employees across our system and establish a strong talent pipeline.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Key Skills
About Company
Patients at Mass General have access to a vast network of physicians, nearly all of whom are Harvard Medical School faculty and many of whom are leaders within their fields.
