Hospitalist Physician Assistant

Hospital Medicine - Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner

Join our dynamic team as a Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner at Jefferson Methodist Hospital in Philadelphia. The advanced practice provider within the acute care hospital setting works in collaboration with, and is an integral member of, a multidisciplinary health care team. The APP provides comprehensive care on the inpatient Surgery service.

Job Description

• Performs complete history and physicals and documents in the medical record.
• Orders and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information, and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
• Serves as the first responder for both nursing and house staff in the event of patient status changes, orders, and in situations requiring procedural and resuscitative interventions.
• Assesses for risks associated with the care of the acute and complex chronically ill patient including medication side effects, immobility, impaired nutrition, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, immunocompetence, invasive interventions, and diagnostic procedures.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary health care team in making diagnoses of acute and complex chronic conditions.
• Manages diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision.
• Formulates differential diagnoses by priority.
• Diagnoses complications and orders appropriate interventions.
• Identifies expected outcomes from diagnosis and formulates and documents a plan of care to address complex acute and chronic health care needs.
• Utilizes evidence-based practice guidelines and protocols in an individualized, dynamic plan of care that can be applied across the continuum.
• Implements and modifies the plan of care.
• Prescribes diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions. May perform advanced procedures consistent with privileges and competency validation.
• May assist in the operating room and function as first assistant for open, laparoscopic, or robotic procedures.
• Maintains ongoing communication and collaboration with the interdisciplinary health care team.
• Facilitates communication with patients, families, staff, and outpatient providers to promote continuity of care across the inpatient and outpatient continuum of care.
• Documents key components of patient's progress via daily progress notes, transfer, discharge summaries, and clinic notes where applicable. Documentation is timely, meets acute care compliance standards, and captures patient acuity.
• Demonstrates professional practice behaviors including preceptor/mentoring, education, and instruction of graduate students.
• Seeks opportunities for active engagement in research and the analysis of evidence-based practice.
• Actively participates in Advance Practice Grand Rounds and specialty-specific meetings.
• Maintains CEUs and membership in a professional organization.

Requirements

• Master's Degree
• National Board Certification as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
• BLS certification
• Covid vaccination is a requirement for employment at Jefferson for employees working at Jefferson's clinical entities or at the University. If you are not currently vaccinated you will be required to receive the vaccination prior to hire date if you are offered employment unless you request and receive an approved medical or religious exemption from Jefferson.

Community Overview

Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine, and social science.

Jefferson Health has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015 to an 18-hospital health system through mergers that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation, and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet-designated hospitals recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence; the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center; and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country.

Jefferson's mission, vision, and values create an organization that attracts the best students, faculty, staff, healthcare professionals, and visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• Our mission: We improve lives.
• Our vision: Reimagining health, education, and discovery to create unparalleled value.
• Our values: Put People First, Be Bold & Think Differently, and Do the Right Thing.

As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.