APRN/PA - Hospital Medicine

APRN or PA Position at UAMS Hospitalist Care Team

This position will hire for either APRN or PA. As an integral part of the UAMS Hospitalist Care Team, the APRN works collaboratively with the attending physicians and residents to ensure continuity of care to inpatient patients. The APRN help plan, implement, and evaluate health care treatments. Daily rounds, a variety of procedures, monitoring patient progress, and providing patient and family education, are part of the wide scope of practice.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Nursing Acute Care (APRN)
• Three (3) years of nursing experience.
• Licensed Registered Nurse in Arkansas
• APRN License
• 1 year of APRN experience in Acute Care
• National certification in Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Adult Gero Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, and Family Nurse Practitioner if an APRN

• Master's Degree Physician Assistant (PA)
• 1 year of PA experience in Acute Care
• PA License

Preferred Qualifications:

• DNP (APRN)
• 3 years of APRN experience in Acute
• Previous experience in infectious diseases, internal medicine, primary care, hospital medicine, or related specialty preferred.
• Experience managing chronic infectious diseases
• Experience working in an academic medical center environment.
• Interest in antimicrobial stewardship, quality improvement, or clinical education.
• Strong communication, organizational, and interdisciplinary collaboration skills.
• Previous experience in obesity medicine, endocrinology, primary care, family medicine, internal medicine, bariatrics, or lifestyle medicine.
• Experience managing chronic metabolic diseases and anti-obesity pharmacotherapy.

• 3 years of PA experience in Acute Care
• Previous experience in infectious diseases, internal medicine, primary care, hospital medicine, or related specialty preferred.
• Experience managing chronic infectious diseases
• Experience working in an academic medical center environment.
• Interest in antimicrobial stewardship, quality improvement, or clinical education.
• Strong communication, organizational, and interdisciplinary collaboration skills.
• Previous experience in obesity medicine, endocrinology, primary care, family medicine, internal medicine, bariatrics, or lifestyle medicine.
• Experience managing chronic metabolic diseases and anti-obesity pharmacotherapy.

Additional Information:

Employees in this role must be fitted for, capable of donning and performing routine tasks in personal protective equipment to include N95 masks, Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPR) or Controlled Air Purifying Respirators (CAPR).

Responsibilities:

• Maintains required audits for credentialing.
• Engages in appropriate continuing education programs, maintains mandatory competencies, medical center computer-based learning modules, and health monitoring services.
• Participates in institutional initiatives and encourages the participation of others.
• Collaborates in policy and program development, implementation, and evaluation using best practices in delivering quality service.
• Coordinates the multidisciplinary care of patients, facilitating all necessary consults, assuring that care is timely and appropriate.
• Actively engage in service line meetings and take an approach to health care that shapes policies, programs, facility design, and day-to-day interactions.
• Provides healthcare services to patients, which may include: comprehensive care during acute and chronic episodes of injury and illness, follow-up care during post-hospital clinic appointments, education and counseling of families, health promotion and prevention, and referral to other healthcare providers and community resources when appropriate.
• Works autonomously, as well as, in collaboration with a variety of disciplines to diagnose and manage health care problems; will serve as a health care resource, interdisciplinary consultant, and patient advocate.
• Communicates and shares complete and unbiased information, assuring their colleagues receive timely, complete, and accurate information in order to make informed decisions.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Constant Physical Activity: Hear, Read, Concentrate, Think Analytically

Frequent Physical Activity: Stand

Occasional Physical Activity: Bend, sit, crawl, crouch, kneel, stoop or reach overhead

Lift/Carry Weight: 11 - 25 Lbs. or more

Push/Pull Weight: 100 Lbs. or more

Physical Environment: Inside medical facility

Noise Level: Moderate

Visual Requirements: Color discrimination, Depth perception, Far visual acuity Near visual acuity

Hazards: Biological, Dust, Fumes/Gases/Odors, Radiation, Sharp objects/tools

Salary Information: Commensurate with education and experience

Required Documents to Apply: License or Certificate (see special instructions for submission instructions), List of three Professional References (name, email, business title), Resume

Optional Documents: Proof of Veteran Status

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Recruitment Contact Information: Please contact View email address on click.appcast.io for any recruiting related questions.

All application materials must be uploaded to the University of Arkansas System Career Site

Please do not send to listed recruitment contact.

Pre-employment Screening Requirements: This position is subject to pre-employment screening (criminal background, drug testing, and/or education verification). A criminal conviction or arrest pending adjudication alone shall not disqualify an applicant except as provided by law. Any criminal history will be evaluated in relationship to job responsibilities and business necessity. The information obtained in these reports will be used in a confidential, non-discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law.