APP Hospitalist

Company: Bronson Healthcare
Location: Kalamazoo
Posted on: February 14, 2020

Job Description:

SunIRef:GP APP Hospitalist Bronson Healthcare 45 reviews - Kalamazoo, MI Bronson Healthcare 45 reviews Read what people are saying about working here. A career with Bronson opens up new worlds. Cutting-edge technologies, clinical expertise and business innovations combined with individual human care and compassion are all a part of the experience. Location BBC Bronson Battle Creek, BMH Bronson Methodist Hospital Title APP Hospitalist Advance Practice Provider - Hospitalist - Full-Time Opportunity Bronson Healthcare Group - Kalamazoo and Battle Creek, MI This opportunity is to work with our excellent hospitalist team. The physician assistant/nurse practitioner primarily works in the emergency department. The physician assistant/nurse practitioner is assisting with the admission of patients coming on to the hospitalist service. This full-time opportunity will rotate between Bronson Methodist Hospital and Bronson Battle Creek Hospital. Offering a full range of services from primary care to advanced critical care. We're also locally owned and governed. With a workforce of more than 8,500, we're one of the area's largest employers. And our physicians and staff are nationally recognized for many exceptional achievements in quality, safety and service. Kalamazoo, Michigan is the home of Western Michigan University, and is located within a two-hour drive of both Chicago and Detroit, with the Great Lakes just an hour away. Southwestern Michigan features a four-season climate, promoting biking, skiing, and numerous other sports and recreational activities year round. Interested candidates 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 ing 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 Variable Time Type Full time Scheduled Weekly Hours 40 Cost Center 7500 Internal Medicine Hospital Specialists (BMH) Bronson Healthcare - Just posted report job - original job

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