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Job Title
Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant- Fairview Hospital Inpatient Workflow Integrity & Operational Resilience Program I (Part-time .6 FTE)
Location
Cleveland
Facility
Fairview Hospital
Department
Surgery-Fairview Hospital
Job Code
T98100
Shift
Days
Schedule
7:00am-5:00pm
Job Summary
Job Details
Fairview Hospital is seeking a part-time Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant (0.6 FTE) to join our inpatient Workflow Integrity & Operational Resilience program!
This role will be responsible to executing effective and efficacious care delivery, across teams and specialties, resolving gaps and barriers to ensure quality and reliability in caring for our patients. The APP will engage both medical and surgical patients in the hospital setting. The ideal candidate is highly professional and has at least three years of experience in a high volume, high acuity inpatient practice. The ideal candidate has direct clinical experience managing both medical and surgical patients, performing comprehensive acute assessment, managing routine and complex clinical conditions at a high level of autonomy, collaborating effectively across specialties, and executing highly efficacious transitions of care. The ideal candidate will feel comfortable functioning in role across all hospital units. They would have experience performing various bedside procedures to facilitate and provide effective, high quality, and safe medical and surgical care. BLS, ACLS, and individual DEA will be required for this position. Previous experience with EPIC is a plus. This position will offer a highly flexible schedule, in tandem with a partner APP.
Who you are:
- Calm under pressure – You respond quickly and accurately in fast moving, complex environments.
- Analytical – You are able to dive into the minutia of issues to find the break in logic.
- An original thinker – you see how things will unfold ahead of the crowd. You are creative, motivated, and enjoy thinking outside the box.
- Detail Oriented – In your work, you are confident that the small details are correct.
- Flexible – You will be asked to do tasks that are outside of the stated job description. You are willing and enjoy learning on the fly.
- A lifetime learner – You’re driven by innate curiosity and an endless desire to learn. You consider learning a reward. You relish mastering your craft.
- Comfortable with complexity – You absorb complex ideas quickly and easily separate the things that matter from the things that don’t.
- Your confidence is balanced by a sense of humility. You’re more interested in figuring out what’s right than being right.
- You enjoy working as part of a high-performance team.
- You’re a builder - you want to find ways to guide our culture, and push us in new directions we’ve not yet considered.
- You believe in innovation and its place in maintaining a productive and sustained business environment.
- You have strong oral and written communication skills and can articulate effectively regarding complex topics.
- You are inherently capable of developing internal and external relationships and partnerships.
- You enjoy working in a collaborative, transparent and diverse environment.
Nationally certified Advanced Practice Provider who provides primary and/or specialty care in a variety of healthcare settings. Functions in collaboration with the health care team in accordance with certification and licensure. Practice emphasizes health promotion, disease prevention and the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic health problems. Responsible for dissemination of knowledge through instructing, leading and developing educational programs.
Responsibilities:
- Conducts thorough medical histories, performs complete physical examinations (where indicated), initiates appropriate lab, radiology tests or other special tests required for evaluation of illness, and scrutinizes lab data to establish a record of the patient's current health status and to develop a working diagnosis and treatment plan. Works in collaboration with the health care team.
- Performs and interprets common laboratory, radiologic, cardiographic and other routine diagnostic procedures used to identify pathophysiologic processes as credentialed and privileged by the Medical Executive Committee and the Governing Body of the applicable hospitals.
- Performs routine and specialized procedures as credentialed and privileged by the Medical Executive Committee and the Governing Body of the applicable hospitals.
- May prescribe and monitor medications as allowed by license through applicable state board and Cleveland Clinic policies.
- Educates patients and answers questions regarding their disease, treatments, related drug and treatment side effects and hazards.
- Participates in medical team rounds; collaborates with nursing, medical and other healthcare team members regularly to ensure quality patient care.
- Refers patients to specialists as appropriate for consultation or for specialized health resources and treatment.
- Ensures continuity of care by serving as a liaison between patient and other members of the multi-disciplinary care team or with other specialty areas as necessary.
- Participates in quality monitoring thru the review of records and treatment plans for patient outcomes on a periodic basis to assure quality care.
- Facilitates appropriate length of stay, discharge planning and compliance with regulatory standards for inpatient management.
- Supports professional development of the health care team.
- Promotes translation of evidence-based practices, guidelines, and research.
- May conduct research studies. May assists in data collection and analysis.
- May serve as clinical preceptor for students. May onboard new caregivers.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education:
- Effective 05/01/2014: MSN required upon hire or within 3 years of hire for external hires and internal hires moving from a non-APRN licensed role to an APRN licensed role.
- Graduate of an accredited APRN program.
- If in neonatal care service area Master’s Degree is required upon hire.
Languages:
- Oral and written communication in English
Certifications:
- Currently licensed as a Nurse Practitioner in applicable state(s).
- Must be licensed as an RN in applicable state(s).
- National certification as a Nurse Practitioner by nationally accredited organization recognized by state Board of Nursing.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA) required.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through the American Heart Association (AHA); or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) through the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) may be required based upon work setting.
- Must have arrangements with at least one physician in accordance with requirements set forth by the State Board of Nursing in applicable states.
- Must be credentialed and privileged by the Medical Executive Committee and the Governing Body of the applicable hospitals.
Complexity of Work:
- Excellent analytical and decision-making skills are required.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Demonstrated competency and the ability to perform advanced assessment and diagnosis.
- Demonstrated ability to utilize the electronic medical record.
- Demonstrates a high standard of moral and ethical behavior.
- Demonstrates compassion and professionalism and a commitment to excellent patient care.
- Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgement, and the ability to work independently.
- Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
Work Experience:
- Related clinical experience preferred.
Physical Requirements:
- Typical physical demands include the ability to walk and stand for long periods of time.
- Manual and finger dexterity and eye/hand coordination to perform physical examinations.
- Requires corrected vision and hearing to a normal range.
- Occasionally lifts and carries items weighing up to 50 pounds.
- May require exposure to communicable diseases and/or body fluids.
Personal Protective Equipment:
- Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
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