Ortho Hospitalist NP or PA - Cedar Rapids, United States - UnityPoint Health

Description

UnityPoint Clinic is actively recruiting for an Ortho Hospitalist Advanced Practitioner to join our team in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Choose a career that matters at UnityPoint Health. At UnityPoint Health, we believe that our patient-centered vision and physician-driven philosophy, along with our one team approach, ensures every patient knows just how much they matter to this world. Commitment to our team has earned us a spot on the Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare 2022 by Becker's Healthcare. Come be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve. At UnityPoint Health, you matter.

UnityPoint Clinic is a physician-led, nonprofit health care organization offering comprehensive services in primary care, walk-in care and specialty care. The clinical teams at the area's clinics are improving outcomes, lowering the number of hospital readmissions and reducing avoidable costs associated with treating chronic conditions. The UnityPoint Clinic team is known for excellence and quality patient care putting patients at the center of their care to provide the best level of health and well-being.

UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids serves a seven-county area surrounding Cedar Rapids. St. Luke's Hospital is the only hospital in Cedar Rapids designated as a Top 50 Heart Hospital six times, has been named a top 50 Hospital in the Nation by Healthgrades, named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals by IBM Watson Health eight times and also has been honored six times as Becker's Hospital Review '100 Great Hospitals in America'. St. Luke's is also a Magnet hospital for nursing excellence.

• Well established Hospitalist program since 2006, currently includes 19 physician & 3 ARNP team
• Care team support that includes 5 dedicated hospitalist RNs for care coordination and rounding efficiency + 1 CDE nurse
• Excellent multi-specialty support
• Fully integrated system with clinics and hospitals on EPIC EMR to improve care coordination
• Full-time position
• Hospitalist APP schedule is Monday - Friday 7AM-3:30PM
• Hospitalist Joint APP collaborates with orthopedic surgery, anesthesiology, hospitalist, nursing, therapy and hospital leadership to provide well-coordinated, high-quality, cross-continuum patient care to patients undergoing total joint replacement surgery at St. Luke's Cedar Rapids
• Subject matter expert in total joint management and perioperative medicine
• Review total joint list every week to identify same day discharge vs. overnight admission in collaboration with surgical services & joint academy
• On day of surgery, hospitalist joint APP will be placed on patient treatment team and conducts physical assessments of post-operative joint patients including day of surgery discharges
• Manages medical conditions of the post-operative total joint patients to the level of licensure and experience. Seeks consultation with Hospitalist physician or other services when appropriate
• Evaluates, interprets and coordinates information to make decisions and recommendations regarding patient care
• Patient-focused, friendly and willing to collaborate in a team environment
• Excellent communication (written and verbal), analytical and problem-solving skills
• Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
• Board Certified
• Must be experienced with Ortho (total joints)
• Inpatient experience as a nurse practitioner or registered nurse
• Acute Care Nurse Practitioner preferred
• Hold an unrestricted medical license in the state of Iowa
• Hold current and unrestricted state and federal authority to prescribe and administer medications as necessary or appropriate to the Advanced Practitioners field of practice
• Eligible to work in the United States

We offer

• Salary Position + Annual Performance incentive available
• Attractive incentive package
• A competitive program offers benefits that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what stage of life you are in.
• Generous time off and CME allowance, malpractice insurance, retirement contributions and more
• Dedicated provider resources to positively impact providers work-life balance
• Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, including a free third-party service for loan restructuring and consolidation.
• A commitment to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.
• Support and that are a crucial part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.
• A guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what's right for the people we serve.

Community Details

Cedar Rapids

Vibrant, unique and industrious, Cedar Rapids is one of Iowa's centers of excellence for arts and culture and an economic hub of the state's Eastern region. As the second-largest city in the state, "The City of Five Seasons" offers its residents a wide variety of amenities, attractions and career opportunities on par with its nearby, out-of-state counterparts (Chicago, St. Louis and Minneapolis) without the high cost of living, hustle and bustle. about Cedar Rapids and why it offers one of the best places to live, work and play in the Midwest.

Please contact Drew Birdsall, Physician and Provider Recruiter, at or