Acute Nurse Practitioner OR Physician Assistant- Telemedicine Critical Care at Rittenhouse Campus

Join Penn Elerts Command Center and Elevate Your Impact Across the University of Pennsylvania Health System

Are you a Critical Care, Intensive Care Advanced Practice Provider seeking a dynamic and rewarding telemedicine opportunity? Penn Medicines Elert program invites you to join our onsite team as a telemedicine APP at the Penn Rittenhouse campus in Center City Philadelphia. This unique rotating shift (60/40 days/nights) places you in the heart of our state-of-the-art command center, where you will virtually monitor and consult on patient care across all Critical Care beds within the University of Pennsylvania Health System.

As a telemedicine APP, you will work alongside a multidisciplinary group of expert colleagues, including bedside attendings and fellow intensivists, delivering advanced clinical support to (26) Critical Care units spanning seven hospitals. Your clinical expertise will help manage variations in care, uphold system-wide clinical excellence, and ensure superior outcomes for patients in neuro, trauma, surgical, medical, cardiovascular, and other critical care, intensive care units.

This role offers an exceptional platform for professional growth, especially for experienced Advanced Practice Providers. Youll advance wide range of clinical expertise while sharpening healthcare administration and leadership skills by guiding care throughout the health system and actively participating in quality improvement initiatives. Penn Elert empowers Advanced Practice Providers to leverage cutting-edge technology, trended data analysis, and collaborative teamwork to address evolving patient needs, avert clinical deteriorations, and foster innovation in critical care delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Provides direct clinical care for patient population according to established protocols and utilizes evidence-based practice standards in collaboration with team.
• Maintains accurate and confidential medical records. Documents all medical evaluations, diagnoses, procedures, treatments, outcomes, education, referrals, and consultations consistent with organizational standards in the electronic health record (EHR). Identifies self properly to the patient and family and clarifies the role of the nurse practitioner if necessary.
• The nurse practitioner should function within their scope and refer to the collaborating physician when outside of scope, and/or directed by the collaborating physician or when requested by the patient and/or family.
• Performs interventions specific to assigned patient population and collaborative agreement.
• Participates in the performance improvement processes to meet quality of care and service standards.
• Demonstrates awareness of professional responsibility as role model to peers and members of the health care team.
• Perform approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures based upon patients clinical status.
• Addresses patient and family concerns and creates a therapeutic relationship to provide support.
• Provide patient education, counseling and instruction regarding patient diagnosis, medical treatments, medications, and preventative care.
• Participate in and support accreditation, compliance and regulatory activities of the organization.
• Precept NP students and other health care learners.
• Identifies patient/family needs for community resources and refers appropriately.

Education or Equivalent Experience:

• Master of Science (Required)
• CRNP: Master's Degree or Doctor of Nursing Practice(DNP) in Nursing required with 3 years of experience
• PA-C: Master's Degree requires 3 years of experience.
• The APP must be reviewed by the Credentials Committee and approved by the Medical Board. National Board Certification required.

Credentials:

• BLS/CPR, as a healthcare provider as per the American Heart Association (For providers in the ambulatory setting) required
• PA and/or NJ CRNP licensure (CRNP) required.
• PA and/or NJ Prescriptive Authority required.
• PA and/or NJ RN licensure (RN) required.
• PA-C:
• PA and/or NJ PA-C license required
• PA and/or NJ Written Agreement required

Minimum Requirements:

• Advanced Practice Provider with three or more years critical care experience within a large academic health system
• Strong decision-making, systems thinking, and computer literacy, including two-way remote AV communication
• Understanding of multidisciplinary critical care environments and critical care operations
• Visual acuity, keen hearing, clear speech, and manual dexterity; ability to sit or stand for extended periods
• Onsite presence required at Penn Medicine Rittenhouse campus; this is not a remote position

Benefits & Career Advancement:

• Impact patient care across the entire University of Pennsylvania Health System
• Expand your clinical and leadership skills in a collaborative, innovative environment
• Advance your career within one of the nations leading academic connected health centers
• Work with a multidisciplinary team and participate in system-wide quality improvement

Apply now to join Penn Elert and make a real difference in critical care medicine, while furthering your professional development and leadership in a premier academic health system.

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives. Live Your Life's Work

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