PA for Hospital Medicine - Pittsburgh, PA, United States - UPMC - Pittsburgh Medical Center

Description

University of Pittsburgh Physicians are hiring a Full-Time Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (acute care certification required) or Physician Assistant to join our Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Team


Hours:
Full-Time - primarily days (8/10/12 hour shifts) including weekend rotation


Location:
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

\Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Management of critically ill patients, ICU coverage, CCM APP coverage for Pediatric ICU. ICU round with team and pediatric critically ill patient management.

Department Details:

The Department of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine provides full intensive care services for pediatric patients from birth to young adults.

The UPMC Pediatric Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Fellowship Program is dedicated to advancing UPMC as the premier educational setting for producing excellence in patient care delivery through an innovative and world-class clinical curriculum specifically tailored to prepare the physician assistant and nurse practitioner to practice in an evolving and increasingly complex health care market.

The UPMC Pediatric APP Fellowship Program cultivates a mastery of pediatric fundamentals including acute care, ambulatory care, procedure performance, and principles of pediatric subspecialty medicine.

The Pediatric APP Fellows are employed, paid learners with the goal to provide the manual skill, fundamental knowledge, and critical thinking skills needed to make sound clinical judgments on a daily basis.

Pediatric APP Fellows are being trained to provide autonomous comprehensive pediatric care, within the scope of their license and in collaboration with their supervising physician.

The first one year of employment will consist of the UPMC Pediatric Critical Care Medicine APP Fellowship Program .

Candidates with greater than or equal to 3 (three) years' experience within Pediatric Critical Care Medicine will have the option of foregoing the Fellowship Program but are encouraged to enroll for the most comprehensive onboarding experience possible.

\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.

\Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients, and their families, to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care.

\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 important aspects of your life such as: PTO, wellness programs, paid parental leave

Sign-on Bonus available if applicable


Staff/Senior Level:

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

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

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

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

The 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 APP begins to demonstrate a commitment to the community and to their healthcare profession.

Learns to incorporate acceptable standards of professional practice as well as business unit and health system's goals to improve patient safety, quality, and satisfaction.

Formulates a plan of care that considers individual patient needs. Identifies ethical situations within patient care or within the workplace and seeks assistance. Requests opportunities to learn advanced professional practice techniques from senior healthcare team members.

Seeks, accepts, and utilizes performance feedback from peers, preceptors, and unit/department Leaders as a learning opportunity and to improve practice.

Identifies patient and family needs for education and provides basic education to support the episode of care. Clinical practice demonstrates knowledge of how quality and innovation impacts patient satisfaction, safety, and clinical quality outcomes. Demonstrates the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with all members of the health care team. Begins to demonstrate awareness of cultural diversity, horizontal violence, and impairment in the health professions. Demonstrates accountability for professional development that improves the quality of professional practice and the quality of patient care.

Makes recommendations for the improvement of clinical care and the health of the workplace and welcomes and participates in change initiatives.

Leads by investing and building healthy relationships among colleagues and other disciplines. Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and/or interact appropriately with the patients served as specified below

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 their 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, analytical and problem-solving abilities required as related to various aspects of patient care

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.

\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

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

n Senior Level

\Minimum 3 years of experience or Completion of a post-graduate residency

The successful completion of an approved Nurse Practitioner or a graduate of a physician assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the physician assistant (ARC-PA) program is required

Must achieve a Solid/Strong/Good performance rating or higher on annual performance evaluation for consideration and to maintain status annually

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OAPP:

If practicing in an outpatient or other non-inpatient setting, APPs can use one of the certifications above or use a business unit approved certification which is relevant, and value added to the practice setting.

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

UPMC has a Center for Engagement and Inclusion 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 Resource Groups, such as PRIDE Health or UPMC ENABLED (Empowering Abilities and Leveraging Differences) Network, which support the implementation of our diversity strategy.