Emergency Department - PA or NP (DAYS)

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Reports To: Vice President of Patient Services and ER Coordinator

Status: 70 hours every 3 weeks

Shift: Nights 8:00am - 6:30pm

Job Schedule: Monday - Sunday; Every 3 weeks

Remote Position: No

Pay: Competitive salary and benefits

Job Summary

HRMC is seeking a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to provide triage, medical screening examination, stabilization and treatment for Emergency Department under the supervision of a licensed physician member of the medical staff (5 days a month) and same day sick in the HRMC Physicians Clinic. The Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner responsible for the care of each patient, performing only those services allowed by South Dakota law.

Demonstrates the mission of HRMC by displaying REACH, our core value system:

• Respectful - We value the unique talents, ideas, contributions, and circumstances of each individual.
• Engaged - We value being active, positive participants at work and in our communities.
• Available - We value providing local access to care for our communities while being present for each other.
• Competent - We value knowledgeable, people-centered, innovative, and technology driven teams.
• Helpful - We value always helping others with kindness and compassion.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited physician assistant program and certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants or graduate of an accredited nurse practitioner program and certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
• Licensed and currently registered as a physician assistant/certified nurse practitioner in the State of South Dakota. Physician Assistant is registered with the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners. Nurse Practitioner is registered with the South Dakota Board of Nursing and the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners.
• At least two years of ER experience.
• ACLS, PALS, and ATLS are required classes/certifications for competency in the HRMC Emergency Department.
• Physical demands necessitate frequent assistance of patients which requires knowledge and proper use of body mechanics in all phases of patient care.
• Constantly requires a high degree of social sensitivity and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with clients, groups of clients, and health care personnel within and outside the agency. Proceeds on own initiative, exercises independent judgement. Demonstrates leadership abilities; possesses good oral and written communication skills.

Working Conditions

• Requires frequent walking, standing, sitting, bending, reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, feeling, talking, hearing and moderate lifting (exerting/lifting up to 50 pounds occasionally, up to 20 pounds frequently, or up to 10 pounds constantly) of clients and equipment.
• Risks exposure to communicable or infectious disease and injury from performance of assigned duties.
• Subject to inside environmental conditions (protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature change) and to atmospheric conditions (one or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system or the skin: fumes, odors, dust, mists, gases or poor ventilation).