Inpatient Hospitalist Night​/WEO- Nurse Practitioner​/Physician Assistant- Newnan

Overview

Inpatient Hospitalist Night/WEO - Nurse Practitioner/ Physician Assistant - Piedmont Newnan

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Performs a variety of patient care activities in accordance with established standards and practice. Emphasizes health promotion as well as acute and chronic disease management. Augments a physicians ability to provide medical services to patients; collects and documents data, conducts diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, orders and schedules laboratory studies and professional consultations and provides direct patient care services.

• Performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to assist physician in diagnosing medical and surgical problems and prescribing necessary treatment and services for quality patient care; records the data.
• Takes patient histories, conducts physical examinations, writes progress notes; prepares patient workups and summaries noting pertinent positive and negative findings; obtains psychosocial history relevant to patient care, and develops therapeutic relationships with patients.
• Orders and schedules laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures; explains necessity, preparation, nature and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient. Obtains written patient consents and communicates with experts and study subjects.
• Carries out therapeutic procedures such as cast application and removal, wound suturing and dressing changes; monitors progress of patients, reports progress to supervising physician, and maintains record of each patient's progress, consulting with supervising physician when progress does not meet anticipated criteria.

• Skill and ability in electronic medical records applications.
• Ability to work as a member of a team.
• Ability to communicate effectively both in writing and verbally with team members and patients.
• Skill and ability to handle multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to understand legal issues that influence the practice of the extenders.
• Ability to lead a team maintaining professional demeanor.
• Ability to build effective relationships within and outside PHC.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIRED: Graduate from an accredited school of nursing with current Georgia license for Advanced Practice Nursing and a Masters degree in Nursing, OR graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program with current license for the Georgia State Composite Board.

Minimum Experience Required: None

Minimum Licensure/Certification Required By Law: Licensed Physician Assistant in the State of Georgia, OR Licensed for Advanced Practice Nursing (ACNP/FNP). Updated NCCPA certification for PAs. BLS and ACLS required.

Additional Qualifications: None

• Entry level

• Full-time

• Health Care Provider

• Hospitals and Health Care