APP - NP or PA - Trauma Hospitalist - Casual - Minneapolis, MN, United States - Allina Health

Description

Number of Job Openings Available:
0
Date Posted:
January 04, 2024
Department:
Mercy Trauma Services
Shift:
Day/Evening/Night (United States of America)
Shift Length: Hours Per Week:
0
Union Contract:
Non-Union
Weekend Rotation:
Occasional
Job Summary: Key Position Details:

• One shift per month min and integrates into the weekend coverage hour shifts) ~every 6th weekend.
• Demonstrates principle centered leadership by consistent, ethical decision making and practice.
• Demonstrates assertiveness and courage to encourage necessary change.
• Acts in a manner consistent with the Allina mission, vision and values.
• Create communication mechanisms that support excellence in practice, open dialogue, shared meaning and continuous learning.
• Motivates others through modeling clinical and professional practice behaviors that support patient centered care, as well as department, hospital, and system-wide goals.
• Demonstrates a positive attitude and professional demeanor.
• Demonstrates involvement and/or support of unit/department, hospital or system initiatives.
• Participates in ongoing educational activities to expand clinical knowledge and professional practice as evidenced by continuing education, competency completion, and individual goals relating to development.
• Optimizes the collaboration and coordination of the interdisciplinary team to enhance the environment of patient care.
• Collaborates with other disciplines in teaching, consultation, and research activities to improve outcomes in nursing practice and to enhance the healthcare environment.
• Collaborates with the physician at the time of admission or consultation request & on a regular basis thereafter, as needed.
• Facilitates peer support by acting as a resource to others, and providing constructive, ongoing feedback.
• Encourages teamwork and foster mutual respectful cooperative working relationships.
• Performs and documents a complete health history, based on age and history, and systematically records findings.
• Performs a complete physical exam, when appropriate, and develops a differential diagnosis list; records in a systematic manner.
• Assesses patient/family psychosocial/mental health needs, in consideration of physician and age-specific needs.
• Requests and interprets necessary laboratory and radiographic data for patient treatment management and progress evaluation.
• Analyzes information gathered, identifies problems and sets priorities.
• Identifies the effect of health status on family members.
• Utilizes appropriate communication/interpersonal skills in dealing with families and health team members, presenting positive professional representation of family centered care.
• Proficient in a variety of EMR applications.
• Formulates the appropriate differential diagnoses based on the history, physical exam and clinical findings.
• Conduct hospital rounds on identified patients.
• Assesses patients/family expectations about treatment outcomes, explains their role in planning care.
• Write orders and progress notes.
• Order appropriate laboratory and radiographic test.
• Evaluate patient's clinical condition, formulate and implement therapeutic plans of care.
• Facilitates communication between physician, patient, family, and all health team members to ensure a unified approach to the plan of care.
• Coordinate discharge of patients with appropriate disposition, follow-up, adjunctive therapy management and education.
• Complete discharge summaries.
• Identifies learning needs, in collaboration with the leadership team. They are validated and prioritized based on evidence and standard of care changes, competency needs, assessment of quality activities, safety and risk management data, and patient population goals.
• Develops, coordinates, and/or presents educational programs related to area of expertise to meet learner's needs.
• Integrates current practice, new research findings and technological advances into educational programming.
• Mentors staff resulting in employee development along a continuum of novice to expert.
• Mentors students and/or residents in specialty area to advance a culture and commitment to learning.
• Helps to create a learning environment that fosters self-learning, reflective practice, critical thinking, as well as technical and interpersonal skill development.
• Provides direct education and/or educational resources to patients/families as needed.
• Ensures evidence and standards based patient education is available for specific patient populations.
• Implements strategies to improve care that are appropriate to the complexity, patient, hospital, and community needs, and resources of the system.
• Develops and implements, as appropriate, programs within clinical areas in collaboration with other health care professionals and community liaisons.
• Supports and champions program goals

Job Description: The Trauma Advanced Practice Provider (Trauma APP) is part of the Trauma Team at Mercy Hospital, providing care for injured patients throughout their hospitalization. This includes assessment, evaluation, treatment, and appropriate referrals. The Trauma APP will work collaboratively with the rest of the Trauma Team to ensure consistent, high-quality care and enable admission and management of the majority of injured patients to the Trauma Service.
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