NP, Hospitalist job, MD

Located in the Mid Atlantic our location can offer a variety of options for living, from City to Rural. The area is very accessible to all needed services, historical and cultural offerings.

Responsibilities include:

• Under limited supervision, the NP Hospitalist performs comprehensive medical and nursing evaluation to diagnose and treat patients
• Functions as an Advanced Practice Nurse
• Documents all patient encounters appropriately and accurately after performing an accurate and comprehensive history and physical appropriate to the patient problem
• Identifies abnormal findings on physical assessment and diagnostic tests
• Provides orders for medical procedures and/or treatments in a timely manner to enhance the flow of patient care, including laboratory, cardiology, and radiology studies, as well as other indicated therapies in a cost effective manner
• Prescribes drugs, including controlled substances, as appropriate
• Performs delineated clinical procedures as needed for patient care
• Refers patients to appropriate licensed physicians or other health care providers as necessary
• Rounds on assigned Hospitalist and community physician patients
• Provides patient care according to scheduled shifts to include nights, weekends, and holidays
• Works in a variety of clinical settings within the inpatient, post-acute, and psychiatric units

Qualifications/Requirements include:

• Seasoned professional knowledge; equivalent to a Master’s degree; knowledge in more than one discipline
• 1-3 years of experience
• Master’s degree in an advanced practice nurse practitioner program with Acute Care Certification. Must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing attaining a BSN degree.
• Microsoft Office Suite (Frequently)
• Basic computer skills (Frequently)
• Cerner (Frequently)
• Healthstream (N/A)
• IDX (Occasionally)
• Standard Office Equipment (Occasionally)
• Medical terminology (Frequently)
• Nursing Process skills based on MD Nurse Practice Act (Frequently)
• Critical thinking skills (Frequently)
• Maryland Registered Nurse License
• BLS/ACLS
• Acute Care NP certification

12 hour shifts and 7 shifts required every 2 weeks. No call.

For more information, please contact

Tina Roberts, President
JONATHAN CHASE EXECUTIVE SEARCH
588 Sutter Street, Suite 349
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 770-1200

(415) 684-2526
tinaroberts@contactjc.com