Advanced Practice Professional; NP or PA- Emergency Medicine

Advanced Practice Professional (NP or PA)- Emergency Medicine

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In addition, it includes five institutes, as well as providing management services for other local hospitals through affiliate agreements. Whether you are caring for our patients at one of the critical access hospitals, community sites, regional or academic medical centers, we are all one WVU Health System.

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WVUHS and the department of Emergency Medicine seek a full-time (0.9

FTE) Advanced Practice Professional (APP) to join the Wheeling team.

• Manage comprehensive and individualized care for emergency medicine patients and their families in the DEM and immediate post discharge in the ambulatory setting. Coordinate hospitalization if necessary.
• Complete pre-procedure evaluations.
• Complete integrated assessments.
• With the collaboration of emergency medicine faculty or by following established clinical Guidelines and Protocols, order additional tests or consults as deemed appropriate.
• Perform and communicate results of diagnostic tests following established clinical guidelines and scope of practice.
• Consult and communicate with DEM clinic and hospital staff regarding abnormal findings in the evaluations of patients.
• Perform succinct comprehensive clinical evaluations and document findings in medical record.
• Facilitate patient DEM discharge by coordinating appropriate services and tests prior to discharge necessary for outpatient follow-up appointments in the clinic (as applicable).
• Develop a comprehensive individualized plan of care for emergency medicine patients, which includes teaching, discharge planning and necessary referral to other members of the health care team or admission as necessary.
• Demonstrate expertise in caring for patients across the age continuum of their educational experience and certification.
• Identify unstable or complex emergency medicine patient care situations and facilitate appropriate intervention in the DEM setting.
• Recognize emergency situations and initiate effective emergency care.
• Evaluate emergency medicine patients and serve as a coordinator for follow up procedures and tests in the ambulatory setting or upon admission (as applicable).
• Assist in the collection of outcome measures (as applicable).
• Demonstrate critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills in clinical decision making by the identification, evaluation and management of the individual needs of patients/families.
• Demonstrate 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.
• Utilize teaching/learning theory and appropriate teaching strategies in the provision of education to nursing staff, hospital staff, students, patients, families and the community.
• Promote an environment that facilitates learning by responding to appropriate patient/family preferences, priorities and readiness to learn.
• Update own knowledge base throughout the year.
• Complete all identified clinical competencies.
• Serve as a resource person for staff caring for the emergency medicine patient.
• Provide educational programs to professional and paraprofessional personnel in area of expertise.
• Participate in community programs, distribution of literature, as appropriate in area of expertise.
• Document 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 policies and compliance standards for documentation.
• Collaborate with other leaders and staff to effectively achieve patient outcome based improvements in care.
• Provide leadership in the development and implantation of changes in the…