Physician Assistant or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
4 days ago
We are seeking a highly skilled Physician Assistant or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner to join our Soft Tissue Service at the University of Maryland Medical System. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing high-quality patient care, collaborating with physician colleagues, and contributing to the development of clinical pathways.
Key Responsibilities- Clinical Responsibilities
- Collaborate with attending physicians to provide day-to-day organizational and clinical direction to the healthcare provider team.
- Perform comprehensive history and physical assessments for patients admitted to the service.
- Order, obtain, and interpret diagnostic tests as necessary.
- Establish medical diagnoses based on history, assessment, and diagnostic findings.
- Design, order, and document treatment plans and plans of care, including prescriptions of medications.
- Initiate protocols and clinical pathways, evaluate the plan of care, and ensure timely intervention.
- Perform invasive procedures as necessary.
- Collaborate with attendings and residents regarding admission, discharge, and transfer decisions.
- Present patients in the nurse practitioner's caseload on rounds.
- Communicate the plan of care with appropriate providers, including the collaborative physician, primary care provider, referring provider, nursing staff, and case manager.
- Communicate the plan of care with patients and family members, providing patient and family instruction related to the plan of care, disease process, new treatment plans, and medication regimens.
- Counsel and educate patients and family members in disease process, health maintenance, and health promotion activities.
- Initiate appropriate referrals and specialty consultations or other agency involvement as needed.
- Facilitate patient flow and collaborate with the multidisciplinary team, including case management, to ensure appropriate and timely discharge.
- Provide specialty consultation as necessary.
- Advocate for patients, ensuring patient/family participation in care, knowledge of treatment options, and understanding of patient rights.
- Consider the holistic needs of patients and orchestrate resources, such as pain service and palliative care.
- Provide formal and informal educational programs for other members of the healthcare team, consistent with evidence-based practice standards.
- Participate in mentoring activities, precept students, and promote understanding of disease processes in the area of specialty/program.
- Function as a clinical resource for other team members, including interns, residents, fellows, nurses, and medical students.
- Provide community education, health promotion, and outreach.
- Act as a community health resource for specialty disease entities.
- Coordinate adequate nurse practitioner coverage on the service, working with the physician and nurse practitioner staff to ensure this coverage.
- Work with physician leaders and hospital administration to achieve service-specific outcome targets for key metrics, including clinical outcomes, length of stay, cost of care, and patient satisfaction.
- Participate in performance improvement activities aimed at improving clinical outcomes and minimizing variation.
- Collaborate with physician leadership and the multidisciplinary team to develop clinical pathways.
- Participate in and lead quality assurance activities, including chart reviews and peer review, and establish standards of practice.
- Advance the patient care delivery process through the application of research, evidence-based practice standards, and industry best practices.
- Advise and influence hospital-level policy and procedure to improve the delivery of care.
- Introduce and evaluate new patient care delivery systems, models of care, and therapeutic and preventive interventions that target patient needs not met by current care delivery strategies.
- Actively participate and contribute to various department and division meetings and organizational initiatives.
- Maintain compliance and regulatory documentation for administrative purposes and reimbursement for services.
- Participate in accreditation readiness.
- Supervise ancillary staff, including completing annual reviews.
- Model and uphold a customer service focus to all internal and external customers.
- Demonstrate respect for all people in the work environment.
- Ensure confidentiality of patient information.
- Serve on department, hospital, and community committees.
- Maintain professional licensure, certification, and collaborative agreement as required by the Maryland State Board of Nursing and national certifying organizations.
- Participate in department educational opportunities, including journal clubs and grand rounds.
- Participate in and present at local, regional, and national professional organizations.
- Pursue educational opportunities for professional growth, including CEUs and update conferences.
- Promote the organization to all customers, acting as a loyal and supportive informed spokesperson for the hospital.
- Serve as a clinical trial sub-investigator, participating in or coordinating all phases of industry-sponsored research.
- Doctorally prepared nurse practitioners are expected to conduct nursing research as the principal investigator, adding to the body of knowledge in the nursing domain.
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