Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Hospitalist Medicine

• Assessment, evaluation, diagnostic determination, on-going treatment and clinical management of patients
• When necessary make referral for consultation
• Direct care planning
• Order medications and therapeutic treatments when warranted
• Authorize transfers
• Conduct risk assessment
• When appropriate, make determination of readiness and planning for discharge for inpatients in your care.
• Direct contact and consultation with patient family members, friends, advocates, and others to ensure effective communication of patient status and care plans, and to encourage/ support an open visitor-friendly environment within the hospital environment.
• Extensive and on-going communications with community primary care physicians who routinely manage the care of patients currently in your care within the hospital
• Day-to-day patient contact/rounding/care management that actively encourages and includes professional input from all members of the patient care team
• Completes all clinical and professional records and documentation accurately and in a timely manner to assure compliance with local, state and federal regulatory, licensure and accreditation requirements.
• Work to create a positive work culture within cross-departmental teams
• Align your work with other Hospital Medicine initiatives.
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

• Able to clearly articulate scope of practice and practices within those guidelines as an NP/PA in the state of North Carolina and within the Duke University Health System (DUHS)
• Able to independently seek out resources and work collaboratively to solve complex problems
• Able to communicate clearly with patients, families, visitors, healthcare team, physicians, administrators, leadership, and others
• Able to use sensory and cognitive functions to process and prioritize information, perform health assessments, treatment, and follow-up
• Able to use fine motor skills
• Able to record activities, document assessments, and interventions; prepare reports and presentations.
• Able to use computer and learn new software programs
• Able to provide leadership in clinical area of expertise and in meeting organizational goals
• Able to navigate the Hospital and DUHS to provide clinical expertise to specific patient populations
• Able to withstand prolonged standing and walking with the ability to move or lift at least fifty pounds
• Able to remain focused and organized
• Able to work collaboratively with all levels of personnel

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