Backus Hospital-Physician Assistant/ Neonatal Nurse Practitioner-28 Hours

Job description

Independently completes thorough evaluations of term and premature newborns primarily in the Specialty Care Nursery. Develops and implements informed management plans encompassing complicated and atypical diagnoses, with the ability to modify plans as necessary. Anticipates and triages urgent and emergent issues. Collaborates care and facilitates communication with the supervising physician and the inter-professional team. Coordinates recommendations to optimize patient care and foster collaborative practice. Incorporates a broader organization awareness into decision-making and interpersonal relationships. Medical knowledge: Patient History. Gathers, filters, prioritizes, and synthesizes patient history to develop a differential diagnosis in real-time for complicated or atypical presentations in addition to the uncomplicated or typical. - Clinical knowledge . Integrates a breadth of medical knowledge that includes complicated and atypical conditions to guide patient care, incorporating evidence-based practice and current literature to support care. - Diagnostic Evaluation . Prioritizes and optimizes evaluation based on risks, benefits, indications, and alternatives to clarify the...