Advanced Practice Professional- Behavioral Medicine - Experience Required

The West Virginia University Health System is the state’s largest health system and private employer, comprising 18 hospitals, five institutes, and management services across the state.

The Advanced Practice Professional (APP) has coordination and clinical skills required for the comprehensive management of behavioral medicine patients, including biological, social and psychological assessments. The APP coordinates involvement of medical/surgical specialty teams necessary to develop a comprehensive plan for the patient, and reviews the plan of care with the other members of the clinical team, participates in directing that care, performs diagnostic/therapeutic procedures, and coordinates ongoing management as applicable.

The APP participates in the education of residents and medical/nursing students.

Provide healthcare services consistent with state law and the requirements of the professional licensing or certification authority and/or hospital privileges, where applicable. Such service may include, but are not limited to …

• Graduate of a CCNE accredited nursing program with a Master’s Degree in Nursing.
• National Certification by one of the recognized APRN Certification Centers.
• Licensure or eligibility for licensure as a professional Registered Nurse and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in State of Practice.
• BLS Certification required with additional Advanced Life Support training at the discretion of the department.

• BLS certification required. Additional life support certification at the discretion of the department.

• Bachelor’s Degree as a Medical/Surgical Physician Assistant required.
• Graduate of an ARC-PA approved Physician Assistant training program required.
• Certification by the National Commission for Certification of Physician Assistants required.
• Must be licensed or eligible for licensure by the Board of Medicine in State of Practice.
• BLS certification required. Additional advanced life support training at the discretion of the department.

• Masters level education as Medical/Surgical Physician Assistant preferred.

• Manages comprehensive and individualized care for behavioral medicine patients and their families in the behavioral medicine hospitalization and/or ambulatory setting.
• Completes daily rounds; consults and/or emergent/evaluations.
• Completes integrated assessments.
• With the collaboration of behavioral medicine faculty or by following established clinical Guidelines and Protocols, orders additional tests or consults as deemed appropriate.
• Performs and communicates results of diagnostic tests following established clinical guidelines and scope of practice.
• Consults and communicates with clinic and hospital staff regarding abnormal findings in the evaluations of patients.
• Performs succinct comprehensive clinical evaluations and documents findings in medical record.
• Facilitates patient discharge by coordinating appropriate services and tests prior to discharge necessary for outpatient follow-up appointments in the clinic (as applicable).
• Develops a comprehensive individualized plan of care for behavioral medicine patients, which includes teaching, discharge planning and necessary referral to other members of the health care team as necessary.
• Demonstrates expertise in caring for patients across the age continuum of their educational experience and certification.
• Identifies unstable or complex behavioral medicine patient care situations and facilitates appropriate intervention in the clinic and/or hospital setting.
• Recognizes emergency situations and initiates effective emergency care.
• Evaluates behavioral medicine patients and serves as a coordinator for follow up procedures and tests in the ambulatory setting (as applicable).
• Assists in the collection of outcome measures (as applicable).
• Demonstrates critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills in clinical decision making by the identification, evaluation and management of the individual needs of patients/families.
• Dem…