APP - Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner | ER | Mayville ND

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Facility: Mayville Hospital Location: Mayville, ND Address: 42 6th Ave SE, Mayville, ND 58257, USA Shift: Varies Job Schedule: Full time Weekly Hours: 40.
00 Department Details Flexibility in work schedule Job Summary The Physician Assistant (PA) provides expert clinical guidance in a specialized field and coordinates patient care quality initiatives.
This role will require varying shifts, on-call rotations, including nights, and weekends as needed.
Provides service to patients in acute, short and long term care settings by assisting physicians, assessing patients, and treating injuries and ailments.
Obtains a thorough medical history from patient and dependent on patient population and setting will perform an examination and/or assessment to determine patient's needs.
With other healthcare professionals, analyze and interpret information collected from patient, medical records, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostic information, to develop and establish appropriate diagnosis.
Acknowledges and demonstrates the importance of care coordination and navigation by rounding on patients when necessary.
Works in collaboration with providers and independently to provide care.
Formulates a plan for treatment of the patient and prescribes medications based on efficacy, safety, and cost as legally authorized if necessary, in order to aid recovery and manage pain.
Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses in a timely manner.
Consult with or refer patients to appropriate specialists when conditions exceed the scope of practice or expertise.
Provide patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease or disability.
Counsels' patients and family members about self-management on prevention and treatment plan for health issues, tailoring instructions to patients' individual circumstances.
May cover hospital consultations, rounding, and assist with patient procedures as needed.
Conducts research into area of specialty and uses findings to provide measurable improvements in patient care and clinical outcomes.
Incorporates evidence based practice guidelines into care.
Maintain current knowledge of state legal regulations for advanced practice provider practices, including reimbursement of services.
Keep abreast of regulatory processes and payer systems such as Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, and private sources, as applicable.
Demonstrate extensive advanced knowledge of medical principles, practices and techniques.
Qualifications Master s or Baccalaureate degree (Associate s or Nursing Degree if training prior to 1994).
Successful completion of a physician assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) or its predecessors.
This position is to cover the ER in Mayville, ND Schedule is Monday 8 am Friday 5 pm (flexible scheduling options, as this is a shared responsibility with another APP) 1 w/end of coverage per month Salaried position Must have ER APP experience ATLS is required at time of hire/start date Practice details: Will manage in-patient (average daily census of 2 patients) Mange Swing bed patients (average daily census of 3 5 patients) Yearly ER volume is approximately 1000 visits (average of 3-5 patients in a 24 hour day) Must be within 20 minutes of the Mayville Hospital, housing while you are working is available.
Demonstrated current competence and provision of care, treatment, or services for at least 30 patients in the past twelve months or completion of an ARC-PA approved program in the past twelve months.
Successful completion of the national certifying examination and current certification given by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
Current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) permit to prescribe controlled substances.
Benefits Sanford Health offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees.
Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance.
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An accepted offer will require a drug screen and pre-employment background screening as a condition of employment.
Req Number: R-0151780 Job Function: Advanced Practice Provider Featured: No