Advanced Practice Provider: Hospital Medicine

About This Role

This Advanced Practice Provider position offers primary and/or specialty nursing and medical care in a hospital setting. The role involves performing health assessments, developing diagnoses, and implementing treatment plans in collaboration with physicians, ensuring quality patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced nursing care to patients with complex acute, critical, and chronic health conditions, including acute care services.
• Practice with a variety of specialty-based populations including neonatal, pediatric, and adult.
• Practice in settings requiring complex monitoring, high-intensity nursing intervention, or continuous nursing vigilance.
• Participate in quality monitoring through bi-annual review of records and treatment plans for patient outcomes.
• Perform health assessments and physical exams, identify health and medical risk factors, and order/interpret tests.
• Develop a diagnosis by analyzing and synthesizing collected data.
• Develop and implement treatment plans independently and in collaboration with physicians, patients, and significant others.
• Perform diagnostic or therapeutic interventions consistent with board certification, state law, and medical staff privileges.
• Prescribe and monitor medications as allowed by prescriptive authority and hospital policy.
• Develop patient education plans and participate in medical team rounds.
• Perform admission history & physical, document progress notes, and complete discharge summaries.
• Provide and request consultations and assist with discharge planning.
• Serve as resource for staff/residents and clinical preceptor for APN students.

Requirements

• Licensed as an RN in State of Ohio
• National Certification as a nurse practitioner by nationally accredited organization
• Current certificate of authority and certificate to prescribe (or eligible) by Ohio Board of Nursing
• Current Health Care Provider BLS training
• Must obtain credentialing as an active member of medical staff and appropriate medical staff privileges

Qualifications

• Master's or Doctoral Degree in Nursing preferred

Skills

* Required skills

Certifications