Advanced Practice Provider; EXP

Overview

About Shepherd Center With five decades of experience, Shepherd Center provides world-class clinical care, research, and family support for people experiencing the most complex conditions, including spinal cord and brain injuries, multi-trauma, traumatic amputations, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and pain. Shepherd Center is an elite center ranked by U.S. News as one of the nation’s top hospitals for rehabilitation. It is also recognized as both Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems.

Shepherd Center is the only rehabilitation facility in the nation with an intensive care unit on-site, allowing us to care for the most complex patients and begin the rehabilitation process sooner. Shepherd Center treats thousands of patients annually with unmatched expertise and unwavering compassion to help them begin again. Shepherd Center's culture is one of hope, humor, and hard work.

You will enjoy career growth, strong relationships with co-workers, strong support from leadership, and fun activities that have kept over 12% of staff members working at Shepherd for more than 20 years.

Expansion position – target start date May 19, 2026.

• Obtains and documents relevant health and medical history.
• Performs and documents comprehensive, system-focused or symptom specific physical examination, and orders preventative/screening and diagnostic procedures/testing based on assessment findings and history.
• Identifies health and medical risk factors.
• Establishes diagnosis/differential diagnosis; utilizes critical thinking in the diagnostic process; collaborates with interdisciplinary health care team in making diagnoses of acute and chronic conditions.
• Utilizes a consistent, patient-focused care approach to meet patient needs and demonstrates initiatives to utilize a holistic approach to identify patient needs.
• Collaborates and supports the plan of care as established by the interdisciplinary team and prescribes interventions to attain the expected outcomes.
• Synthesize and analyze collected data; orders and evaluates diagnostic studies; may perform diagnostic testing.
• Formulates a differential diagnosis based on history, physical exam and diagnostic test findings.
• Formulates a treatment plan, with the patient/family, that is evidence based, mutually acceptable, and cost-aware.
• Prescribes or orders appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions.
• Develops patient education plans.
• Recommends/requests consultations and/or referrals as appropriate.
• Orders physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, speech therapy, recreation therapy, behavioral health services, nursing services and additional relevant rehabilitation services.
• Reassesses and modifies the plan with the patient and family as needed to achieve health and medical goals.
• Obtains informed consent as indicated.
• Initiates arrangements for hospital admissions and discharges; enters appropriate orders in electronic health records.
• Evaluates the patient’s progress toward attainment of the outcomes, working collaboratively with the interdisciplinary healthcare team.
• Maintains accurate, legible and confidential records; completes documentation in a timely manner in accordance with medical staff bylaws, rules and regulations and hospital policy.
• Performs consistent with Shepherd Center standards, clinical policies, and procedures; participates in multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Always completes required CME and other relevant requirements to maintain active licensure.
• Practices proper safety techniques in accordance with Center and departmental policies and procedures; reports employee/patient/visitor injuries or accidents to the supervisor and in the occurrence notification system.
• Supports IRB approved clinical research/trials through activities including but not limited to: obtaining consent; ordering diagnostic tests; recording laboratory and diagnostic results; administering therapeutic interventions; and documenting and reporting patient outcomes including toxicities or adverse events.
• Performs and participates in quality/performance improvement activities and clinical research.
• Serves on hospital…