Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Hospitalist

About This Role

This role involves performing a variety of functions and technical procedures for patient admission, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up, ensuring optimum quality of patient care for hospital patients during night shifts.

Responsibilities

• Take initial patient histories and perform physical examinations
• Initiate, document, and communicate the plan of care
• Perform daily patient rounds
• Write orders for medications, laboratory work, and diagnostic tests
• Interpret laboratory and test results
• Confer with attending physicians, residents, and nursing staff to ensure optimum quality of patient care
• Note discharge summaries, prescriptions, and any referrals on patient charts upon discharge
• Inform patients of necessary post-discharge care instructions

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in a Nurse Practitioner Program
• National Board Certification in specialty area
• Current license to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in New York State
• Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State
• Collaborative practice agreement with designated protocols filed with NYS Department of Education OR collaborative relationship attestation as per the Nurse Practitioner Modernization Act 2015
• Current BLS certification

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in a Nurse Practitioner Program

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