Advanced Practice Provider; NP​/PA | Department of Florence Pulmonology and Critical Care | MUSC Health Florence, SC

MUSC Health Florence Pulmonology and Critical Care is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider to care for the rapidly growing practice in Florence, SC. The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant is under the general direction and responsibility of the supervising/collaborating physician. Assist with direct patient care, practice development, and implementation of policies and procedures to increase the continuity of care of all patients.

Collaborates with members of the team to establish protocols, supervise treatment plan and monitor quality of the clinical practice.

The APP will also contribute to providing quality care to critical care patients in the hospital setting under the general direction and responsibility of the supervising/collaborating physician.

Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Salaried

Hours per week: 12-hour shifts 7on7off

Scheduled Work Hours/Shift: 7a-7p, rotating 7 on 7 off

Patient Population focus: Inpatient, Procedural Unit, Infusion Suite, Emergency Department Management/Consultation.

Patient Population Age Range: 13 years-death

Required Minimum Training and Education: Completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program and currently licensed or eligible for licensure as a Physician Assistant or completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program and currently licensed or eligible as an AGACNP/ACNP

• AGACNP/ACNP (Adult Gerontology Acute Care NP/Acute Care Nurse Practitioner):
  Adult pts (13 years to death), acutely ill or injured, potentially unstable, or technologically dependent (vents, drips, monitors, etc.)

• Minimum of 1 year as a Physician Assistant or ACNP preferred.

Degree of Supervision: AGACNP/ACNP or Physician Assistant will be assigned a Primary Supervising/Collaborating Physician employed by MUSC and will report directly to this physician.

Required Licensure, Certifications, Registrations

• Currently licensed (or eligible) in the state of South Carolina as a Physician Assistant by the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners or as an AGACNP/ACNP with the SC Board of Nursing.

• Requires certification in Basic Life Support (BLS). If BLS is not current, provider must enroll and have received certificate by start date.

• Required certification in Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS). If ACLS is not current, provider must enroll and have received certificate by start date.

• DHEC and DEA license applications must be submitted prior to first day.

Routine Duties

• Collaborate with the client/family to establish physical, mental, cultural and environmental factors that facilitate or impede realistic goals and activities.

• Conduct and document findings on initial, periodic, episodic, and/or annual health histories and physical examinations on patients seen in the clinical setting.

• Determine potential needs for therapeutic changes, diagnostic workups or subspecialty consultation and so order.

• Order and/or interpret appropriate laboratory tests, x-rays and chest imaging, EKGs, pulmonary function testing and report of other diagnostic studies and procedures.

• Provide follow-up for evaluation of outcomes of x-rays and chest imaging, laboratory tests and diagnostic procedures. Detect and evaluate any significant change in patients condition, treating as indicated with current evidence-based practice.

• Review medications for clinical need, simplification and possible drug-drug interactions and adjust as indicated.

• Prescribe, administer and review/evaluate patients response to pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment excluding narcotics and controlled medications.

• Evaluate outpatients and manage acute and chronic illnesses according to the usual scoped of care to include attention to maintenance of stable conditions, preventive health care and screening.

• Formulate diagnostic plans and therapeutic regimen, including possible hospitalizations.

• Make referrals to and collaborate with home health services to provide and maintain continuity of care.

• Plan, provide and evaluate care that promotes wellness and prevents disease/injury and disability.

• Assist patient to maintain or improve their current state of health when disability already exists.

• Assist patients to regain or improve their abilities…