Concord Hospital Health System
APRN/PA-C - Hospitalist Program (Laconia)
Concord Hospital Health System, Laconia, New Hampshire, us, 03246
Overview
APRN/PA-C - Hospitalist Program (Laconia) The Advanced Practitioner for the Hospitalist Program provides acute care services to patients in the inpatient setting, including initial encounters and dispositions, daily patient rounding, consultations, preventive care and patient education. Patient care is provided under the supervision of the supervising physician.
Responsibilities
Obtains patient health history, performs physical examination, develops a relevant differential diagnosis, and documents encounters appropriately.
Orders, interprets, and follows up on diagnostic tests.
Diagnoses acute and chronic medical problems within the scope of practice, or formulates a comprehensive differential diagnosis and takes the necessary steps to obtain a diagnosis, including appropriate specialty consultations.
Prescribes and manages medications within the practice standards.
Provides individualized patient education related to preventive care according to guidelines and relative to the care of the hospitalized patient.
Documents in the medical record according to department standards.
Provides effective communication with the multidisciplinary care team, including consultants and specialists.
Performs medication reconciliation upon admission and discharge to ensure medication safety, eliminate interactions, and avoid omissions upon discharge.
Qualifications
Education:
Completion of an Accredited Physician Assistant Program or Advanced Practice Nursing Program.
Certification, Registration & Licensure:
Current license to practice in the state of New Hampshire; current DEA license; certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), or American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC); current ACLS certification.
Experience:
Provider experience required.
Physical and Work Requirements The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is LIGHT. The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull less than 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 pounds. The employee is frequently required to bend, do fine motor, hear, reach, sit, speak, and walk. The employee is occasionally required to do repetitive motion, squat, and stand. Specific vision abilities required include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision. The employee is frequently exposed to bloodborne pathogens and bodily fluids; occasionally exposed to airborne pathogens, chemotherapeutic agents, toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level is usually moderate.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Concord Hospital is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all employees and applicants and to prohibit any discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal. Applicants to and employees of this company are protected under federal law from discrimination on several bases. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, you may contact Human Resources at 603-230-7269.
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APRN/PA-C - Hospitalist Program (Laconia) The Advanced Practitioner for the Hospitalist Program provides acute care services to patients in the inpatient setting, including initial encounters and dispositions, daily patient rounding, consultations, preventive care and patient education. Patient care is provided under the supervision of the supervising physician.
Responsibilities
Obtains patient health history, performs physical examination, develops a relevant differential diagnosis, and documents encounters appropriately.
Orders, interprets, and follows up on diagnostic tests.
Diagnoses acute and chronic medical problems within the scope of practice, or formulates a comprehensive differential diagnosis and takes the necessary steps to obtain a diagnosis, including appropriate specialty consultations.
Prescribes and manages medications within the practice standards.
Provides individualized patient education related to preventive care according to guidelines and relative to the care of the hospitalized patient.
Documents in the medical record according to department standards.
Provides effective communication with the multidisciplinary care team, including consultants and specialists.
Performs medication reconciliation upon admission and discharge to ensure medication safety, eliminate interactions, and avoid omissions upon discharge.
Qualifications
Education:
Completion of an Accredited Physician Assistant Program or Advanced Practice Nursing Program.
Certification, Registration & Licensure:
Current license to practice in the state of New Hampshire; current DEA license; certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), or American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC); current ACLS certification.
Experience:
Provider experience required.
Physical and Work Requirements The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is LIGHT. The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull less than 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 pounds. The employee is frequently required to bend, do fine motor, hear, reach, sit, speak, and walk. The employee is occasionally required to do repetitive motion, squat, and stand. Specific vision abilities required include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision. The employee is frequently exposed to bloodborne pathogens and bodily fluids; occasionally exposed to airborne pathogens, chemotherapeutic agents, toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level is usually moderate.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Concord Hospital is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all employees and applicants and to prohibit any discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal. Applicants to and employees of this company are protected under federal law from discrimination on several bases. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, you may contact Human Resources at 603-230-7269.
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