Physician Assistant​/Emergency Medicine​/Hampshire​/Advanced Practice Practitioner

Emergency Department
- Advanced Practice Practitioner

General

Summary:

The Emergency Department Advanced Practice Practitioner (APP) functions as an active member of the interdisciplinary team that provides health care services to patients seeking care in the Emergency Department. The APP works both independently and collaboratively with the Emergency Department physician to provide comprehensive health care services to patients, including assessment, diagnosis, prescription, treatment and follow-up planning.

Essential Job Functions*:

• Performs physical exams and assessments of patients in the Emergency Department, including urgent, non-urgent, and emergent presentations

• Selects orders and performs laboratory and other diagnostic testing to augment physical findings

• Interprets data and diagnostic results for appropriate course of action

• Formulates differential diagnosis based on history, physical and clinical findings, and diagnostic testing

• Documents current injury, physical findings, diagnosis, and plan of care in the medical record

• Orders prescriptions as allowed by APP licensure without physician co-signature

• Consults with the Emergency Department physician, the patient?s PCP, or appropriate on call consultants when needed to plan appropriate follow-up or admission

• Consults with Emergency Department physician when unsure about any aspect of patient care or when necessary to plan appropriate follow-up or admission

• Arranges referrals and consultations with non-medical health care providers and arranges for medical consultations

• Formulates, in collaboration with the patient, primary nurse and others a plan that includes discharge and follow-up care

• Evaluates patient physiological and behavioral responses to interventions for revision of management plan and documents changes in the medical record

• Communicates with patient and their family members regarding plan of care

• Identifies educational needs of patients/families and assists with teaching

• Ensures confidentiality of patient information

• Performs procedures granted through the credentialing process

Qualifications:

• Education

Required:

Successful completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner or AMA approved Physician Assistant Program

Preferred:
Emergency Medicine/Family Practice Focus

• Work Experience

Required:

1 year experience in Urgent Care, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine

Preferred:
Experience working independently in either of these settings

• Licensure/Certification s/Registrations

Required:

- Licensed by NH Board of Nursing or Board of Medicine as Physician

Assistant

• Must possess valid narcotics registration (DEA certificate)

• Current BCLS

• ACLS and PALS certification; to be completed within one

year of hire

Preferred:

• Other Skills/Knowledge

Required:

- Ability to deliver patient care in a manner that is appropriate to the

patient?s age, physical ability and intellectual development. Must

demonstrate proficiency in assessing treatment and responses and

adapting care to meet the needs of the Emergency Department

population

• Ability to communicate ideas by means of the spoken word, medical

orders, and patient written instructions

• Ability to efficiently utilize EMR

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