app hospitalist pa-c or np - , MI, United States - Bronson Battle Creek

Description

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Location

BBC Bronson Battle Creek

Title

APP Hospitalist PA-C or NP

Bronson Healthcare is seeking to hire a physician assistant or nurse practitioner to work with our excellent hospitalist team.


Position Highlights:

• Evaluate, Diagnose, and treat patients who are admitted to the Bronson hospitalist service. This can include managing chronic conditions, addressing acute medical issues, and collaborating with other healthcare professionals.
• Candidate will work in the emergency department assisting with the admission of patients who are coming on to the hospitalist service.
• Will work in shifts, which can include nights and weekends.
• This full-time opportunity will rotate between Bronson Battle Creek Hospital and the new Bronson Behavioral Health Hospital

Qualifications:

• Successful completion of an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner Program
• Current unrestricted or pending Licensure in the state of Michigan
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Commitment to providing compassionate and quality patient-centered care

Bronson Methodist Hospital offers:

• A supportive and collaborative work environment
• Competitive compensation with Annual Quality Incentives
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Relocation Assistance, CME Stipend and Sign On Bonus

About the area:

Located halfway between Chicago and Detroit, we occupy a beautiful part of the state of Michigan that offers cultural opportunities, economic diversification and very affordable real estate.

With a major focus on education, there are several colleges including Western Michigan University, as well as many private and parochial schools.

Graduates of the public high schools of Kalamazoo can take advantage of the Kalamazoo Promise-a pledge by a group of anonymous donors to pay up to 100 percent of tuition at Michigan colleges and universities.

The area offers many year-round family attractions, events and festivals for children of all ages. Abundant natural resources, including easy access to Lake Michigan, make it the perfect choice for biking, boating and skiing. With a variety of entertainment, quality dining, unique shops and galleries, you will find something to please the entire family

Bronson Healthcare's Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging:

At Bronson, we believe all people should have full and equal access to opportunities to live healthy lives. We are committed to putting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) into practice across our health system.

We are building a culture of belonging in an environment free of prejudice, negative bias and stereotypes for those we employ and for the communities we serve.

We are striving to employ a diverse workforce to enhance the quality of care we provide and the interactions we have with our patients, families, colleagues and communities.

We have a strategic focus on DEI to help us live our values by showing respect, building trust and uncovering and addressing avoidable and unjust conditions that negatively impact individual health and wellbeing.

We dedicate ourselves to seeing and advocating for the underserved, removing barriers to care and reducing disparities to conscientiously fulfill our mission:
Together, we advance the health of our communities.

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Interested Candidates please email CV to Hilary Wade at

Performs comprehensive and problem focused histories and physical examinations, interprets laboratory and radiologic tests. Interprets and correlates subjective and objective patient data, formulating a diagnosis. Under the direction of the physician, reviews patient findings and develops a treatment plan within the scope of practice. Performs above activities in the outpatient and inpatient settings. Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served.

Successful completion of a Physician Assistant program

Licensure as Physician Assistant and state DEA license to prescribe medications

Current prescriptive authority and collaborative agreement with oversight physician(s) should also be in place

Must maintain all requirements for medical staff privileges

• Ability to utilize word processing, spreadsheet, presentation programs, and other software relevant to the job
• Regularly communicates clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing (Utilizing SBAR technique)
• Communicates with internal customers such as, physicians, multi-disciplinary team, finance, management and external customers such as, patients, third party payers, community agencies on a daily basis and often simultaneously

Work which produces high levels of mental/visual fatigue, e.g., interactive and repetitive or small detailed work requiring alertness and concentration for sustained periods of time, the operation of and full attention to a personal computer or CRT between 40 and 70 percent of the time.

The job produces some physical demands. Typical of jobs that include regular walking, standing, stooping, bending, sitting, and some lifting of light weight objects.

• Concurrent Clinical Management
• Coordinates care with the multi-disciplinary team to facilitate implementation of patients' progress towards outcomes, which includes discharge or transfer of care. Acts as a clinical resource for the multi-disciplinary team.

This is accomplished by:
o Assertive coordination among the multi-disciplinary team

o Identifying common patient complications and utilizes appropriate preventative measures.

o Assisting in the development and integration of quality measures/evidence into clinical practice.


Utilization Review:

• Performs an initial comprehensive assessment of the patient to determine if the patient requires a higher intensity of service and requires transfer to a hospital setting.

This is accomplished by:
o Applying knowledge of regulatory and third party payor criteria.

o Utilization Management

o Facilitating timely discharges/transfers to the appropriate level of care.

Clinical Management

• Evaluate and appropriately manage patients.
• Evaluate lab, EKG, imaging studies
• Complete appropriate documentation necessary to support:
• Billing
• Medical care
• Orders
• Progress Notes
• Be available for any nursing questions or to evaluated status changes for patients

Shift

Variable

Time Type

Full time

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Cost Center

7500 Internal Medicine Hospital Specialists (BMH)

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