APRN​/PA-Urgent Care-Per Diem

Job Description

Completes thorough but appropriately focused evaluations of pediatric patients (from neonates to adolescents and young adults), including competent and age appropriate histories and examinations. Identifies level of illness severity in a timely manner. Presents thoughtful assessments to the supervising physician and works toward prescribing necessary care plans. Performs appropriate procedures under their responsibility with the appropriate guidance. Knows when and how to seek assistance.

• Medical knowledge: clinical knowledge, with guidance, applies basic medical knowledge to common diagnoses in the department. Expands clinical knowledge by asking insightful questions, seeking knowledge independently and reading medical literature critically. Incorporates issues of child health advocacy, preventive health care, ethical dilemmas, and cost of tests and therapies.
• Diagnostic evaluation: provides basic evaluation (e.g., diagnostic testing and consultation) for common diagnoses. Increasingly recommends broad evaluation based on an unfocused differential diagnosis. Reports results of diagnostic studies, identifying clinically significant results with guidance.
• Patient history: gathers patient information following a template. Adapts the template with guidance and as appropriate to filter and prioritize pertinent positives and negatives based on broad diagnostic categories or possible diagnoses.
• Patient care: clinical reasoning—presents clinical facts to preceptor, supervising physician, and care team, and generates an unfocused differential diagnosis. Organizes and prioritizes patient care—completes assigned patient care responsibilities focused on individual patients. Patient management—participates increasingly in the creation of patient management plans and discusses them with patients/families.
• Procedures as defined by the clinical department—exposed to the array of core procedures and guided in performance.
• Interpersonal and communication: patient and family centered communications; interpersonal team communication; communication within the Health Care System (accurate and timely records).
• Practice‑based learning and improvement: evidence‑based, reflective practice and commitment to personal growth.
• Professionalism: performs responsibilities thoroughly and timely, proactively seeks guidance, participates in creating a healthy and productive team.
• System‑based practice: system navigation for patient‑centered care and coordination. Population and community health—incorporates awareness of population and community health needs.

• Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner: graduate degree in nursing accredited by one of the national certifying bodies in nursing; or, on or before December 31, 2004, completion of an advanced nurse practitioner program recognized by a national certifying body for certification as a nurse practitioner.
• Physician Assistant: graduation from a physician assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).
• No related experience required.

N/A.

• Provider licensing: current State of Connecticut (Pediatric) Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) licensure or national certification as a Physician Assistant (NCCPA) and current State of Connecticut Physician Assistant licensure.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) and/or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification may be required.
• Federal DEA and CT controlled substance registration may be required.

• Medical knowledge and procedures—sufficient to recognize patterns, trends, disease traits, and to engage in APP learning opportunities.
• Communication—exemplary written and verbal communication.
• Interpersonal—respectful and compassionate interactions.
• Professionalism—demonstrates accountability for assigned work, openness to feedback, ability to incorporate feedback into work effort.