Advanced Endoscopy Hybrid Ambulatory/Inpatient APP - Milford - Yale New Haven Health

Description

Overview

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the Yale New Haven Health System Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values.

These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

What Makes This Opportunity Distinctive?
Work in close collaboration (1:1) with a

nationally recognized advanced endoscopist

within a high-volume tertiary/quaternary referral practice at the

Center for Advanced Endoscopy, Yale New Haven Hospital

.

• The Center for Advanced Endoscopy serves as a regional and national destination center for complex endoscopic care, delivering services that are not available at most hospitals nationwide.
• Exposure to highly specialized clinical care, including EUS, ERCP, interventional endoscopy, advanced endoscopic resection, bariatric endoscopy, and complex pancreaticobiliary disease.

A thoughtfully designed hybrid role integrating:

• Subspecialty ambulatory clinics
• Advanced endoscopy procedural care
• Select inpatient consultative care
• Meaningful opportunities for clinical autonomy, advanced clinical decision-making, and procedural involvement.
• A robust mentorship model emphasizing professional growth, skill development, and long-term career advancement.
• Evaluate and manage complex patients longitudinally.
• Assist with advanced endoscopic procedures and peri-procedural care.
• Collaborate closely within a multidisciplinary academic care environment.

Opportunities to engage in:
Quality improvement initiatives
Education of nurses and trainees
Attend local, regional, national, and international conferences
To publish papers and be involved in scholarly activities
Key Clinical Responsibilities (in addition to standard APP scope)

• Provide ambulatory, inpatient, and procedural (endoscopy unit) clinical care within a subspecialty advanced endoscopy practice.
• Independently manage complex GI patients in the advanced endoscopy clinic under physician collaboration.
• Conduct pre- and post-procedure evaluations for EUS, ERCP, and other advanced procedures.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary care across surgery, oncology, radiology, pathology, and hepatopancreatobiliary services.
• Participate in longitudinal care of patients with high-acuity pancreaticobiliary and complex GI disease.
• Contribute to peri-procedural clinical decision-making and procedural support in advanced cases.

Qualifications

• Prior experience in gastroenterology, advanced endoscopy, acute care, or complex ambulatory medicine strongly preferred.
• Exceptionally motivated newer graduates with strong clinical training and a demonstrated commitment to pursuing a career in gastroenterology will be considered.

Schedule

• Full-time, 5 days per week
• Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• No nights
• No weekends
• No on-call

Why Choose Yale New Haven Health?
Excellent work environment

"- Flexible schedules to ensure work-life balance. Keeping the patient at the center of everything we do, we focus on improving clinical care, outcomes, patient satisfaction, safety, value, clinical research, and education. Our efforts reach beyond the walls of our hospitals to care for our communities, too.
Career Advancement

"- Unlock your potential and embrace exciting opportunities for professional growth and career advancement within our esteemed healthcare system
Compensation Package

"- Enjoy an enhanced compensation package. If you're looking for a challenging and rewarding career where you can make a real difference, we want you on our team.
Relocation Assistance

"- We recognize how vital a smooth transition is, and with our relocation assistance, your journey can be seamless.
Benefits-Competitive salary, comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance. Pension plan matched tax-sheltered annuity plan and Roth contributions.
Employment Perks

• Employee wellness initiatives and support programs. Professional development and continuing education opportunities. Yale New Haven Health includes Yale New Haven, Bridgeport, Greenwich, Lawrence + Memorial, and Westerly hospitals; several specialty networks; and Northeast Medical Group, a physicianled multispecialty group with over 1,000 physicians. Intriguing cities with something for everyone, whether you love arts, history, parks or delicious food.

Responsibilities

• Clinical Care * The Physician Assistant (PA) or the Nurse Practitioner (NP) provides assessment, triage, and therapeutic management of patient/family needs throughout the disease process as an integral part of an interdisciplinary team. The NP/PA, whether the practice setting is the inpatient, ambulatory, or outpatient settings, provides optimal patient care, from diagnostic to prognostic matters. This individual works in collaboration with the attending supervising/collaborating physician(s) in accordance with state law and hospital regulations, hospital policy, protocols and clinical pathways and may provide autonomous team based care. * Obtains medical histories, performs physical examinations, reviews/orders diagnostic/therapeutic tests and radiologic results, formulates and manages patient treatment plans. The NP/PA may perform procedures, prescribe treatment and medications in accordance with institutional and state guidelines, as well as, when necessary for scope within specialty or professional competency standards. In some clinical specialties, the NP/PA may have autonomous practice managing certain patient populations. * The NP/PA may also function as first or second assistant on operative cases (as long as within position scope and job educational prerequisites are in place), using fine motor skills and manual dexterity. * Other clinical job duties may be applied in accordance with departmental and operational goals, training related to profession and practice necessitated guidelines and responsibilities, inclusive but not limited to responding to emergency situations within the YNHHS parameters
• Patient Education & Psychosocial Support * The NP/PA will educate patients/families on care and recommended or available resources. In collaboration with the supervising/collaborating MD, this may be inclusive of admitting instructions, treatment plan, actual and potential side effects of treatments/medications, and discharge plan. * The NP/PA, as part of a multidisciplinary team, provides psychosocial support to patients, their family members, and significant others in a caring, ethical, and professional manner.
• Information Management * The NP/PA ensures appropriate documentation within the accordance of hospital and regulatory requirements and protects information of all forms, whether computer-based, paper, film, voice, or other media from unauthorized access modification, destruction, or intentional or accidental disclosure.
• Quality Management * The NP/PA is expected to demonstrate a high standard of moral and ethical behavior, professionalism, compassion, and commitment to patient care. * Ensures compliance with patient related healthcare regulatory requirements, standards and recommendations.
• Professional Development * The NP/PA continuously engages in projects that maintain and advance professional competency. * The NP/PA serves as a clinical resource for new house staff and may provide service specific orientation pertinent to clinical education * Consistently demonstrates high reliability organizational behaviors through reporting safety events as well as near misses. * The NP/PA continuously engages in projects that maintain and advance professional competency. * Maintains all employee requirements determined by hospital policy. * The NP/PA may serve as a clinical preceptor for NP/PA students and other health care professionals and may serve as a mentor to pre-PA/NP candidates. * The NP/PA may collaborate on research, quality assurance and performance improvement projects, and assist with the formation of protocols that will be applied to clinical practice or further their educational and clinical expertise.

Qualifications

EDUCATION
Graduate from an accredited Nurse Practitioner or an accredited Physician Assistant Program.

EXPERIENCE
Prefer clinical working experience as a NP/PA within the given specialty/service line recommended, but none required.

APRNs, PAs, CRNAs and CNMs are required to be appointed to the Affiliated Medical Staff of a YNHHS Hospital and credentialed through the Medical Staff process.

Evidence of current competence to practice as {an APRN, PA, CRNA, CNM} via appropriate reference letters from physicians and other practitioners must be able to be obtained during the Medical Staff appointment process in order to be eligible.

LICENSURE

Active PA Certification by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), Connecticut State Physician Assistant License, ACLS/BLS Certified, when indicated for position profile DEA License, when indicated for pediatric position profile PALS, when indicated for neonatal care NRP Certification.

Additional licensure, certifications and/or continuing education credits may be required during employment based on position and area of specialty.

ORConnecticut State Registered Nurse License, Connecticut State Nurse Practitioner License, Board specialty certification, as appropriate for position profile ACLS/BLS Certified, when indicated for position profile DEA License, when indicated for pediatric position profile PALS, when indicated for neonatal care NRP Certification.

Additional licensure, certifications and/or continuing education credits may be required during employment based on position and area of specialty.
Additional Information
To learn more, please email our In-House Physician Recruiter
Nathalie Martinez at

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YNHHS Requisition ID
171139