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Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Hospitalist Medicine
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About Duke Raleigh Hospital, A Campus of Duke University Hospital Pursue your passion for caring with the Duke Raleigh Campus in Raleigh, North Carolina. With 204-beds, it is the third largest of Duke Health's four hospitals and offers a comprehensive array of services, including cancer, cardiovascular, neuroscience, advanced gastrointestinal, and wound healing care.
Job Location Duke Raleigh Hospital
Raleigh, NC
Job Summary Hospitalist APP Providers in the Hospital Medicine Department are clinicians who provide clinical care for patients admitted at Duke University Health System hospitals. They support surgical and specialty services through consultative general internal medicine practice, as well as teach staff, graduate medical trainees, and medical students on inpatient educational rotations.
Job Duties and Responsibilities Hospitalist APP Providers will engage in direct patient care activities and medical/clinical practice as the principal component of his/her overall professional responsibility within the Department. Patient care activities will include, but are not be limited to the following:
Assessment, evaluation, diagnostic determination, on-going treatment and clinical management of patients
When necessary make referral for consultation
Direct care planning
Order medications and therapeutic treatments when warranted
Authorize transfers
Conduct risk assessment
When appropriate, make determination of readiness and planning for discharge for inpatients in your care.
Direct contact and consultation with patient family members, friends, advocates, and others to ensure effective communication of patient status and care plans, and to encourage/ support an open visitor-friendly environment within the hospital environment.
Extensive and on-going communications with community primary care physicians who routinely manage the care of patients currently in your care within the hospital
Day-to-day patient contact/rounding/care management that actively encourages and includes professional input from all members of the patient care team
Completes all clinical and professional records and documentation accurately and in a timely manner to assure compliance with local, state and federal regulatory, licensure and accreditation requirements.
Work to create a positive work culture within cross-departmental teams
Align your work with other Hospital Medicine initiatives.
Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
Job Eligibility Requirements Education PA: Graduate of ARC accredited Physician Assistant Program
NP: Graduate of MSN or DNP Nurse Practitioner Program for adult care
Certification PA: PA-C
NP: AGACNP, ACNP, AGNP, FNP
License PA: Current unrestricted medical license issued by NCMB with authorization to practice as a PA.
NP: Current unrestricted RN license issued by or recognized by the NCBON with authorization to practice as a NP.
Both: Federal and State prescriptive authority
Current ACLS certification required before hire
Experience Inpatient APP experience preferred, but will consider new grad
Physical and mental requirements
Able to clearly articulate scope of practice and practices within those guidelines as an NP/PA in the state of North Carolina and within the Duke University Health System (DUHS)
Able to independently seek out resources and work collaboratively to solve complex problems
Able to communicate clearly with patients, families, visitors, healthcare team, physicians, administrators, leadership, and others
Able to use sensory and cognitive functions to process and prioritize information, perform health assessments, treatment, and follow-up
Able to use fine motor skills
Able to record activities, document assessments, and interventions; prepare reports and presentations.
Able to use computer and learn new software programs
Able to provide leadership in clinical area of expertise and in meeting organizational goals
Able to navigate the Hospital and DUHS to provide clinical expertise to specific patient populations
Able to withstand prolonged standing and walking with the ability to move or lift at least fifty pounds
Able to remain focused and organized
Able to work collaboratively with all levels of personnel
Job Hours Shifts 7A - 7P; 174 shifts per year
Equal Opportunity Statement Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.
Diversity and Inclusion Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
Essential Physical Job Functions Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.
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About Duke Raleigh Hospital, A Campus of Duke University Hospital Pursue your passion for caring with the Duke Raleigh Campus in Raleigh, North Carolina. With 204-beds, it is the third largest of Duke Health's four hospitals and offers a comprehensive array of services, including cancer, cardiovascular, neuroscience, advanced gastrointestinal, and wound healing care.
Job Location Duke Raleigh Hospital
Raleigh, NC
Job Summary Hospitalist APP Providers in the Hospital Medicine Department are clinicians who provide clinical care for patients admitted at Duke University Health System hospitals. They support surgical and specialty services through consultative general internal medicine practice, as well as teach staff, graduate medical trainees, and medical students on inpatient educational rotations.
Job Duties and Responsibilities Hospitalist APP Providers will engage in direct patient care activities and medical/clinical practice as the principal component of his/her overall professional responsibility within the Department. Patient care activities will include, but are not be limited to the following:
Assessment, evaluation, diagnostic determination, on-going treatment and clinical management of patients
When necessary make referral for consultation
Direct care planning
Order medications and therapeutic treatments when warranted
Authorize transfers
Conduct risk assessment
When appropriate, make determination of readiness and planning for discharge for inpatients in your care.
Direct contact and consultation with patient family members, friends, advocates, and others to ensure effective communication of patient status and care plans, and to encourage/ support an open visitor-friendly environment within the hospital environment.
Extensive and on-going communications with community primary care physicians who routinely manage the care of patients currently in your care within the hospital
Day-to-day patient contact/rounding/care management that actively encourages and includes professional input from all members of the patient care team
Completes all clinical and professional records and documentation accurately and in a timely manner to assure compliance with local, state and federal regulatory, licensure and accreditation requirements.
Work to create a positive work culture within cross-departmental teams
Align your work with other Hospital Medicine initiatives.
Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
Job Eligibility Requirements Education PA: Graduate of ARC accredited Physician Assistant Program
NP: Graduate of MSN or DNP Nurse Practitioner Program for adult care
Certification PA: PA-C
NP: AGACNP, ACNP, AGNP, FNP
License PA: Current unrestricted medical license issued by NCMB with authorization to practice as a PA.
NP: Current unrestricted RN license issued by or recognized by the NCBON with authorization to practice as a NP.
Both: Federal and State prescriptive authority
Current ACLS certification required before hire
Experience Inpatient APP experience preferred, but will consider new grad
Physical and mental requirements
Able to clearly articulate scope of practice and practices within those guidelines as an NP/PA in the state of North Carolina and within the Duke University Health System (DUHS)
Able to independently seek out resources and work collaboratively to solve complex problems
Able to communicate clearly with patients, families, visitors, healthcare team, physicians, administrators, leadership, and others
Able to use sensory and cognitive functions to process and prioritize information, perform health assessments, treatment, and follow-up
Able to use fine motor skills
Able to record activities, document assessments, and interventions; prepare reports and presentations.
Able to use computer and learn new software programs
Able to provide leadership in clinical area of expertise and in meeting organizational goals
Able to navigate the Hospital and DUHS to provide clinical expertise to specific patient populations
Able to withstand prolonged standing and walking with the ability to move or lift at least fifty pounds
Able to remain focused and organized
Able to work collaboratively with all levels of personnel
Job Hours Shifts 7A - 7P; 174 shifts per year
Equal Opportunity Statement Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.
Diversity and Inclusion Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
Essential Physical Job Functions Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.
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