Brown Emergency Medicine
Physician Assistant (PA) / Nurse Practitioner (NP)
Brown Emergency Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, us, 02912
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Brown Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine Advanced Practice Provider (APP - Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner)
Brown Emergency Medicine (Brown EM) is the academic emergency medicine physician practice plan of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Brown EM provides emergency department staffing for Rhode Island Hospital, the only Level 1 trauma center in this region; Hasbro Children’s, Rhode Island’s only children’s specialty hospital; The Miriam Hospital, a leading community teaching hospital and Newport Hospital, a community Magnet Hospital. Brown EM member physicians and providers treat over 250,000 patients per year at our clinical sites, drawing patients from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. As a non‑profit foundation, Brown EM is committed to its mission and vision of academic and research support.
Our Mission:
“Our mission is to deliver high quality compassionate care and advance health equity through innovations in emergency medical care, education, and research in service to and in collaboration with our community.”
General Responsibilities Under the general direction of the APP (Advanced Practice Provider) Medical Director or Associate Medical Director, this Advanced Practice Provider (APP) position is responsible for practicing emergency medicine in the Emergency Department. The Emergency Department Advanced Practice Provider will obtain medical histories, perform physical examinations, and order and interpret diagnostic tests to establish diagnoses and develop and implement treatment plans for emergency department patients. Additionally, the APP will perform diagnostic and therapeutic emergency medicine procedures.
All practice is performed under the supervision of the Attending Physician and in accordance with written policies and protocols developed and approved by the Emergency Department, the Medical Executive Committee, and the Board of Rhode Island Hospital/Miriam Hospital/Newport Hospital.
Minimum Qualifications
Physician Assistants: Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant Studies
Nurse Practitioners: graduate degree (Master of Science in Nursing or Doctor of Nursing Practice) from an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program
Minimum of 1 year of experience as an Advanced Practice Provider, preferably in an emergency department setting.
National Certifying Commission of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) certification, or equivalent Nurse Practitioner national board certification.
Current Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner Rhode Island and/or Massachusetts State Licensure.
Current DEA and Rhode Island Controlled Substance Registration (CSR) or ability to obtain prior to start date.
Must be able to meet credentialing requirements as a Medical Staff member of Brown University Health Medical Staff, including submission of a background release form demonstrating proof of no disqualifying information.
Skills Required
Ability to handle confidential information in a discrete and professional manner consistent with HIPAA privacy rules.
Ability to prioritize and perform multiple tasks in an efficient, timely manner within a fast‑paced clinical environment.
Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Exemplary professionalism and interpersonal skills.
Proficiency with EMR platforms for efficient clinical documentation and workflow.
Primary Contacts The Advanced Practice Provider is supervised by the APP Medical Director and Chief APP, with collaborative relationships across Brown EM, Hospital Administration, and Clinical Teams.
Physical Effort / Environment This position requires moderate physical effort to perform clinical duties. Prolonged standing on your feet and a considerable amount of walking in the emergency department per shift is required.
Work Schedule Demands Full‑time Advanced Practice Providers typically work 36‑40 clinical hours per week, with variable scheduling that includes days, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Communication Skills Very good communication, writing, and analytical skills are required, as the APP often interacts with physicians, other APP members, community resources, providers, other employees, and the public.
Confidentiality of Information This position requires full access, review, preparation, and use of confidential information of medical, personal, social, and psychological nature, based on data and histories obtained from emergency room patients. HIPAA Compliance is essential both in and out of the work setting. Incumbent must maintain confidentiality of all patient information in accordance with HIPAA regulations.
Significant Job Functions Clinical Duties
Assess patients presenting for care at Brown University Health sites inclusive of sites at Rhode Island and/or Massachusetts for an emergency medical condition under the criteria embodied in EMTALA.
Use published triage guidelines to establish patient acuity and determine the appropriate care area patient should be triaged to.
Evaluate patients in accordance with Attending Physician supervision requirements, as follows:
Patients deemed to have a lower acuity complaint by nursing triage (i.e. ESI 4 or 5) can be evaluated, treated and dispositioned from the Emergency Department by an Advanced Practice Provider without requiring an evaluation by the Attending Physician.
Higher acuity patients designated ESI 3 or ESI 2 by triage nursing, require that an Attending Physician also evaluate the patient in the emergency department before discharge.
Critical Care patients require direct bedside supervision by the attending physician.
Conduct a history and physical examination on all patients in the emergency department seen by the APP and appropriately document in the patients’ record.
Order and interpret laboratory testing and radiology studies.
Request respiratory therapy, psychiatric, medical, and surgical consultations as well as interventional radiology procedures, and social work, case management, and PT/OT evaluations.
Order emergency department therapeutics including medications and IV fluids.
Prescribe outpatient medications.
Perform procedures such as blood draws, IV access (including US‑guided periphery and external jugular), Foley catheter insertion, NG tube placement, epistaxis management, orthopedic injury management, wound management, eye evaluation, nerve blocks, and advanced procedures under direct attending supervision.
General
Attend internal/external meetings/conferences/training opportunities related to areas of responsibility, when necessary.
Meet with APP Medical Director or Associate Medical Director as needed.
Maintain professional standards in clinical and administrative settings.
Maintain professional behavior when interacting with hospital employees, patients, staff members, and other community agency representatives.
Keep current with all professional email correspondence and practice requirements.
Other
To make Brown EM operate more efficiently, at the discretion of the APP Medical Director or Associate Medical Director, the Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner Advanced Practice Provider will be expected to do other non‑routine tasks or projects as needed.
COVID Vaccination Requirement Brown Emergency Medicine requires employees to be vaccinated against COVID as a condition of employment, subject to accommodation for medical exemptions.
Diversity Statement We value a diverse, talented workplace and strive to better understand systemic barriers as they affect patient care and our academic institutions. Brown Emergency Medicine welcomes nominations and applications from all individuals with varied experiences, perspectives, abilities, identities, and backgrounds to enrich our clinical, research, training and service missions.
Seniority level Entry level
Employment type Full‑time
Job function Health Care Provider
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Physician Assistant (PA) / Nurse Practitioner (NP)
role at
Brown Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine Advanced Practice Provider (APP - Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner)
Brown Emergency Medicine (Brown EM) is the academic emergency medicine physician practice plan of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Brown EM provides emergency department staffing for Rhode Island Hospital, the only Level 1 trauma center in this region; Hasbro Children’s, Rhode Island’s only children’s specialty hospital; The Miriam Hospital, a leading community teaching hospital and Newport Hospital, a community Magnet Hospital. Brown EM member physicians and providers treat over 250,000 patients per year at our clinical sites, drawing patients from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. As a non‑profit foundation, Brown EM is committed to its mission and vision of academic and research support.
Our Mission:
“Our mission is to deliver high quality compassionate care and advance health equity through innovations in emergency medical care, education, and research in service to and in collaboration with our community.”
General Responsibilities Under the general direction of the APP (Advanced Practice Provider) Medical Director or Associate Medical Director, this Advanced Practice Provider (APP) position is responsible for practicing emergency medicine in the Emergency Department. The Emergency Department Advanced Practice Provider will obtain medical histories, perform physical examinations, and order and interpret diagnostic tests to establish diagnoses and develop and implement treatment plans for emergency department patients. Additionally, the APP will perform diagnostic and therapeutic emergency medicine procedures.
All practice is performed under the supervision of the Attending Physician and in accordance with written policies and protocols developed and approved by the Emergency Department, the Medical Executive Committee, and the Board of Rhode Island Hospital/Miriam Hospital/Newport Hospital.
Minimum Qualifications
Physician Assistants: Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant Studies
Nurse Practitioners: graduate degree (Master of Science in Nursing or Doctor of Nursing Practice) from an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program
Minimum of 1 year of experience as an Advanced Practice Provider, preferably in an emergency department setting.
National Certifying Commission of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) certification, or equivalent Nurse Practitioner national board certification.
Current Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner Rhode Island and/or Massachusetts State Licensure.
Current DEA and Rhode Island Controlled Substance Registration (CSR) or ability to obtain prior to start date.
Must be able to meet credentialing requirements as a Medical Staff member of Brown University Health Medical Staff, including submission of a background release form demonstrating proof of no disqualifying information.
Skills Required
Ability to handle confidential information in a discrete and professional manner consistent with HIPAA privacy rules.
Ability to prioritize and perform multiple tasks in an efficient, timely manner within a fast‑paced clinical environment.
Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Exemplary professionalism and interpersonal skills.
Proficiency with EMR platforms for efficient clinical documentation and workflow.
Primary Contacts The Advanced Practice Provider is supervised by the APP Medical Director and Chief APP, with collaborative relationships across Brown EM, Hospital Administration, and Clinical Teams.
Physical Effort / Environment This position requires moderate physical effort to perform clinical duties. Prolonged standing on your feet and a considerable amount of walking in the emergency department per shift is required.
Work Schedule Demands Full‑time Advanced Practice Providers typically work 36‑40 clinical hours per week, with variable scheduling that includes days, evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Communication Skills Very good communication, writing, and analytical skills are required, as the APP often interacts with physicians, other APP members, community resources, providers, other employees, and the public.
Confidentiality of Information This position requires full access, review, preparation, and use of confidential information of medical, personal, social, and psychological nature, based on data and histories obtained from emergency room patients. HIPAA Compliance is essential both in and out of the work setting. Incumbent must maintain confidentiality of all patient information in accordance with HIPAA regulations.
Significant Job Functions Clinical Duties
Assess patients presenting for care at Brown University Health sites inclusive of sites at Rhode Island and/or Massachusetts for an emergency medical condition under the criteria embodied in EMTALA.
Use published triage guidelines to establish patient acuity and determine the appropriate care area patient should be triaged to.
Evaluate patients in accordance with Attending Physician supervision requirements, as follows:
Patients deemed to have a lower acuity complaint by nursing triage (i.e. ESI 4 or 5) can be evaluated, treated and dispositioned from the Emergency Department by an Advanced Practice Provider without requiring an evaluation by the Attending Physician.
Higher acuity patients designated ESI 3 or ESI 2 by triage nursing, require that an Attending Physician also evaluate the patient in the emergency department before discharge.
Critical Care patients require direct bedside supervision by the attending physician.
Conduct a history and physical examination on all patients in the emergency department seen by the APP and appropriately document in the patients’ record.
Order and interpret laboratory testing and radiology studies.
Request respiratory therapy, psychiatric, medical, and surgical consultations as well as interventional radiology procedures, and social work, case management, and PT/OT evaluations.
Order emergency department therapeutics including medications and IV fluids.
Prescribe outpatient medications.
Perform procedures such as blood draws, IV access (including US‑guided periphery and external jugular), Foley catheter insertion, NG tube placement, epistaxis management, orthopedic injury management, wound management, eye evaluation, nerve blocks, and advanced procedures under direct attending supervision.
General
Attend internal/external meetings/conferences/training opportunities related to areas of responsibility, when necessary.
Meet with APP Medical Director or Associate Medical Director as needed.
Maintain professional standards in clinical and administrative settings.
Maintain professional behavior when interacting with hospital employees, patients, staff members, and other community agency representatives.
Keep current with all professional email correspondence and practice requirements.
Other
To make Brown EM operate more efficiently, at the discretion of the APP Medical Director or Associate Medical Director, the Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner Advanced Practice Provider will be expected to do other non‑routine tasks or projects as needed.
COVID Vaccination Requirement Brown Emergency Medicine requires employees to be vaccinated against COVID as a condition of employment, subject to accommodation for medical exemptions.
Diversity Statement We value a diverse, talented workplace and strive to better understand systemic barriers as they affect patient care and our academic institutions. Brown Emergency Medicine welcomes nominations and applications from all individuals with varied experiences, perspectives, abilities, identities, and backgrounds to enrich our clinical, research, training and service missions.
Seniority level Entry level
Employment type Full‑time
Job function Health Care Provider
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