Full Time and Pa - New Castle, PA, United States - UPMC - Pittsburgh Medical Center

Description

University of Pittsburgh Physicians is hiring a full-time Physician Assistant or Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner to support UPMC Horizon at Jameson, Greenville, and Shenango.

This role will work in the emergency department. This position requires comfortability with independently evaluating, managing, and performing procedures on patients. ED APPs provide 24/7 coverage for the emergency rooms.
\Contribute to UPMC's mission of Life Changing Medicine

Set the standards for the level and quality of care for the care delivery team

Provide patient care activities for a group of patients and their families through the application of independent judgment, communication and collaboration with all team members.

\Demonstrate a commitment to the community and to your health care profession

\Health and welfare benefits like medical, vision, dental, and life and disability, and an exceptional retirement program

Work life balance to help manage other importance aspects of your life such as: PTO, wellness programs, paid parental leave

Competitive pay for the work that you do – base pay, merit, and premium pay, Sign-On Bonus if applicable


Staff Level:

The Staff Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is a Physician Assistant or Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner and a member of the care delivery team.

The Staff APP is responsible to set the standards for the level and quality of care.

The Staff APP has responsibility, authority and accountability for the provision of care through supervision by and collaboration with a physician.

The Staff APP manages and provides patient care activities for a group of patients and their families through the application of independent judgment, communication and collaboration with all team members.

The role of the Staff APP encompasses the beginnings of leadership, partnership, collaboration and supervision.

The Staff APP establishes and maintains collaborative relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients and their families, to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care.

The Staff APP begins to demonstrate a commitment to the community and to their healthcare profession.
\Possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs

Provide the care needs as described in the department policy and procedures

\Ability to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, physicians, non-physician providers, ancillary and support staff, other departments, and patients/families

Handle multiple/changing priorities and specialized equipment

Critical thinking skills necessary to exercise and lead others in application of acceptable standards of practice

Mobility and visual manual dexterity

n This position is dependent upon successful attainment and maintenance of hospital privileges, if applicable to the Business Unit practice.

\A graduate of a physician assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the physician assistant (ARC-PA) is required

Professional nursing experience and/or nurse practitioner experience is preferred

National certification, eligible for licensure by Pennsylvania board of nursing, eligible for certification as a CRNP by Pennsylvania state board of nursing

n UPMC has a Center for Engagement and Inclusions that is charged with executing leading-edge and next- generation diversity strategies to advance the organization's diversity management capability and its national presence as a diversity leader.

This includes having Employee Resources Groups, such as PRIDE Health or UPMC ENABLED (Empowering Abilities and Leveraging Difference) Network, that support the implementation of our diversity strategy.

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran