Advanced Practice Provider - Hospitalist Night Cross Cover; Nights​/off

Advanced Practice Provider - Hospitalist Night Cross Cover (Nights: 3 on/6 off) 154541

Jimmy's Hospital is hiring an Advanced Practice Provider Hospitalist to provide internal medicine care during night coverage. The role is 3 nights on, 6 nights off, and a focus on acute inpatient medicine. Applicants must hold an active Hawaii APRN or PA license in good standing.

The Queen’s Health System is a non‑profit organization with four hospitals, 70 specialty locations, and laboratories on the Pacific. Queen’s is the state’s largest employer, with over 9,000 caregivers and medical staff. The system is accredited by The Joint Commission and has Magnet status from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Queen’s operates major referral centers for cancer, cardiovascular disease, neuroscience, orthopedics, surgery, emergency medicine, and behavioral health medicine.

As an Advanced Practice Provider Hospitalist, you will support patient care during the inpatient stay, from admission through discharge. The APP will review past medical records, perform comprehensive histories and physical examinations, and coordinate care with physicians, nurses, case managers, and other team members to develop individualized treatment plans.

An Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is a medical provider who treats, diagnoses, prescribes, and performs or assists in surgical procedures. APPs are licensed healthcare professionals, credentialed and privileged through the Medical Staff Office. APPs work collaboratively with physicians and the care team in all areas of the hospital and clinics to create a seamless environment of care. APPs are highly knowledgeable and serve as an essential part of the development and implementation of patients' care.

The APP develops protocols for care, as appropriate, serves as a health care researcher, interdisciplinary consultant, and patient advocate.

• If licensed as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) (State of Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Title 16, sub chapter 14, Hawaii Revised Statutes), the APRN functions as an expert practitioner with educator consultant, researcher, and leadership roles. The APRN provides health care that includes services to individuals and families, emphasizing health promotion, disease prevention, and diagnosis and management of acute and chronic diseases.
  
  Direct care services may include obtaining a patient history, providing a complete or focused physical examination, ordering, conducting, and interpreting diagnostic and laboratory tests, performing procedures, patient and family education, and managing social, economic, and ethical issues within the scope of a health care provider. Indirect patient care services may include setting standards for nursing practice and facilitating the professional practice of nursing care at the bedside.

• If licensed as a Physician Assistant (PA) (State of Hawaii Administrative Rules Chapter 85, Subchapter
  6), the PA may perform duties and responsibilities delegated by the supervising physician. Under PA supervision, the PA provides health care that includes services to individuals and families, health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis, and management of acute and chronic disease. Direct care services may include obtaining patient histories, performing focused or complete physical examinations, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, performing procedures, patient and family education, and management of social, economic, and ethical issues within scope of practice and licensure.

Finger dexterity, seeing, hearing, speaking. Continuous: sitting, static gripping of an object for prolonged periods. Frequent: walking. Occasional: standing, stooping/bending, climbing stairs, walking on uneven ground, lifting and carrying usual weight of 1 pound up to 5 pounds, reaching above, at, and below shoulder level, frequent gripping of an object.

Not substantially subjected to adverse environmental conditions. May be exposed to communicable disease and body fluids,…