Advanced Practice Professional - Hospitalist - Grant Memorial Job Arthur West Virginia USA,Nursing

Location: Arthur

The West Virginia University Health System, the state’s largest health system and largest private employer, comprises 18 hospitals throughout the state and bordering states. It also includes five institutes and provides management services for other local hospitals through affiliate agreements.

Advanced Practice Professional (APP)

The APP has coordination and clinical skills required for the comprehensive management of hospitalized patients. 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 and therapeutic procedures, provides peri‑operative services, and coordinates ambulatory management and/or discharge planning/follow‑up 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.

Core Duties and Responsibilities

Manages comprehensive and individualized care for hospitalized patients and their families in the inpatient phase of hospitalization and plans disposition for immediate post‑discharge in the ambulatory setting.

Completes daily rounds; consults and/or pre‑procedure evaluations.

Completes integrated assessments.

With the collaboration of hospitalist 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 the 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 hospitalized patients which includes teaching, discharge planning (as applicable) 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 hospitalized patient care situations and facilitates appropriate intervention in the clinic and/or hospital setting.

Recognizes emergency situations and initiates effective emergency care.

Evaluates general 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.

Demonstrates the ability to utilize equipment in a safe manner.

Base decisions made/actions taken on the relevant scientific principles, established standards of care and/or research findings.

Utilizes teaching/learning theory and appropriate teaching strategies in the provision of education to nursing staff, hospital staff, students, patients, families and the community.

Promotes an environment that facilitates learning by responding to appropriate patient/family preferences, priorities and readiness to learn.

Updates own knowledge base throughout the year.

Completes all identified clinical competencies.

Serves as a resource person for staff caring for the hospitalized patient.

Provides educational programs to professional and paraprofessional personnel in area of expertise.

Participates in community programs, distribution of literature, as appropriate in area of expertise.

Documents the plan of care, interventions and evaluations in a clear and concise manner for every patient visit in the patient’s medical record following approved hospital/WVU M policies and compliance standards for…