APP Inpatient Infectious Disease PA-C or NP - Kalamazoo, Michigan

APP Inpatient Infectious Disease PA-C or NP - Kalamazoo, Michigan

Location
: BMH Bronson Methodist Hospital

Title
: APP Inpatient Infectious Disease PA-C or NP - Kalamazoo, Michigan

Description
:
Bronson Healthcare is seeking a NP/PA to join our growing Infectious Disease program in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

• Work alongside 2 Physicians and 1 other APP
• Provide comprehensive Infectious Diseases services in the inpatient setting
• Ideal Candidate will have Infectious disease experience
• Collaborative relationship with other medical specialties
• Collaboration with hospital epidemiology and Infection prevention teams
• Hospital Employed, Primarily Inpatient Service working M-F 8a-5p
• Shared Call Responsibilities with other providers
• EPIC EMR fully integrated within the Bronson Healthcare system

• Successful completion of an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner Program
• Current unrestricted or pending Licensure in the state of Michigan
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Commitment to providing compassionate and quality patient-centered care

• A supportive and collaborative work environment
• Competitive compensation with Annual Quality Incentives
• Comprehensive benefits package
• CME Stipend and Sign On Bonus

Performs comprehensive and problem focused histories and physical examinations, interprets laboratory and radiologic tests. Interprets and correlates subjective and objective patient data, formulating a diagnosis. Under the direction of the physician, reviews patient findings and develops a treatment plan within the scope of practice. Performs above activities in the outpatient and inpatient settings. Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served.

Successful completion of a Physician Assistant program
Licensure as Physician Assistant and state DEA license to prescribe medications
Current prescriptive authority and collaborative agreement with oversight physician(s) should also be in place
Must maintain all requirements for medical staff privileges

• Ability to utilize word processing, spreadsheet, presentation programs, and other software relevant to the job
• Regularly communicates clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing (Utilizing SBAR technique)
• Communicates with internal customers such as physicians, multi-disciplinary team, finance, management and external customers such as patients, third party payers, community agencies on a daily basis and often simultaneously

Work which produces high levels of mental/visual fatigue, e.g., interactive and repetitive or small detailed work requiring alertness and concentration for sustained periods of time, the operation of and full attention to a personal computer or CRT between 40 and 70 percent of the time.
The job produces some physical demands. Typical of jobs that include regular walking, standing, stooping, bending, sitting, and some lifting of light weight objects.

• Concurrent Clinical Management
• Coordinates care with the multi-disciplinary team to facilitate implementation of patients’ progress towards outcomes, which includes discharge or transfer of care. Acts as a clinical resource for the multi-disciplinary team. This is accomplished by:
• Assertive coordination among the multi-disciplinary team
• Identifying common patient complications and utilizes appropriate preventative measures.
• Assisting in the development and integration of quality measures/evidence into clinical practice.

• Performs an initial comprehensive assessment of the patient to determine if the patient requires a higher intensity of service and requires transfer to a hospital setting. This is accomplished by:
• Applying knowledge of regulatory and third party payor criteria.
• Utilization Management
• Facilitating timely discharges/transfers to the appropriate level of care.

• First Shift, Full time, 40 hours weekly

Interested Candidates please email CV to Hilary Wade at wadeh