APP Inpatient Infectious Disease PA-C or NP

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Location

Battle Creek- 300 North Ave - Bronson Battle Creek Hospital Kalamazoo-601 John St.-Bronson Methodist Hospital South Campus (South Pavilion)

Title

APP Inpatient Infectious Disease PA-C or NP

Bronson Healthcare is seeking a NP/PA to join our growing Infectious Disease program in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek Michigan.

Position Highlights:

• Work along-side 2 Physicians and 1 other APP
• Provide comprehensive Infectious Diseases services in the inpatient setting at the Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo MI
• Ideal Candidate will have Infectious disease experience
• Collaborative relationship with other medical specialties
• Collaboration with hospital epidemiology and Infection prevention teams
• Hospital Employed Primarily Inpatient Service working M-F 8a-5p
• Shared Call Responsibilities with other providers
• EPIC EMR Fully integrated within the Bronson Healthcare system

Qualifications:

Successful completion of an accredited Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner Program

Current unrestricted or pending Licensure in the state of Michigan

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Commitment to providing compassionate and quality patient-centered care

Bronson Hospital offers:

• A supportive and collaborative work environment
• Competitive compensation with Annual Quality Incentives
• Comprehensive benefits package
• CME Stipend and Sign On Bonus

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Bronsons Culture Statement:

At Bronson we believe all people should have full and equal access to opportunities to live healthy lives and are committed to achieving that access across our health system. We are building a culture of belonging in an environment free of prejudice negative bias and stereotypes for those we employ and for the communities we serve. We are striving to employ the best teams in the communities we serve to enhance the quality of care we provide and the interactions we have with our patients families colleagues and communities. We have a strategic focus on living our values by showing respect building trust uncovering and addressing avoidable and unjust conditions that negatively impact individual health and wellbeing. We dedicate ourselves to seeing and advocating for all removing barriers to care and reducing disparities to conscientiously fulfill our mission that all have full and equal access to the opportunities to live healthy lives: Together we advance the health of our communities.

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Interested Candidates please email CV to Hilary Wade at

Performs comprehensive and problem focused histories and physical examinations interprets laboratory and radiologic tests. Interprets and correlates subjective and objective patient data formulating a diagnosis. Under the direction of the physician reviews patient findings and develops a treatment plan within the scope of practice. Performs above activities in the outpatient and inpatient settings. Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served.

Successful completion of a Physician Assistant program
Licensure as Physician Assistant and state DEA license to prescribe medications
Current prescriptive authority and collaborative agreement with oversight physician(s) should also be in place
Must maintain all requirements for medical staff privileges
Ability to utilize word processing spreadsheet presentation programs and other software relevant to the job
Regularly communicates clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing (Utilizing SBAR technique)
Communicates with internal customers such as physicians multi-disciplinary team finance management and external customers such as patients third party payers community agencies on a daily basis and often simultaneously
Work which produces high levels of mental/visual fatigue e.g. interactive and repetitive or small detailed work requiring alertness and concentration for sustained periods of time the operation of and full attention to a personal computer or CRT between 40 and 70 percent of the time.
The job produces some physical demands. Typical of jobs that include regular walking standing stooping bending sitting and some lifting of light weight objects.
Concurrent Clinical Management
Coordinates care with the multi-disciplinary team to facilitate implementation of patients progress towards outcomes which includes discharge or transfer of care. Acts as a clinical resource for the multi-disciplinary team. This is accomplished by:
o Assertive coordination among the multi-disciplinary team
o Identifying common patient complications and utilizes appropriate preventative measures.
o Assisting in the development and integration of quality measures/evidence into clinical practice.

Utilization Review:
Performs an initial comprehensive assessment of the patient to determine if the patient requires a higher intensity of service and requires transfer to a hospital setting. This is accomplished by:
o Applying knowledge of regulatory and third party payor criteria.
o Utilization Management
o Facilitating timely discharges/transfers to the appropriate level of care.

Clinical Management
Evaluate and appropriately manage patients.
Evaluate lab EKG imaging studies
Complete appropriate documentation necessary to support:
Billing
Medical care
Orders
Progress Notes
Be available for any nursing questions or to evaluated status changes for patients

Shift

Time Type

Full time

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Cost Center

7500 Internal Medicine Hospital Specialists (BMH)

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