APRN/PA-C - Hospitalist Program

Job description

Summary The Advanced Practitioner for the Hospitalist Program provides acute care services to patients in the inpatient setting; including initial encounters and dispositions, daily patient rounding, consultations, preventive care and patient education. Patient care is provided under the supervision of the supervising physician. Education: Completion of an Accredited Physician Assistant Program or Advanced Practice Nursing Program. Certification, Registration & Licensure: Licensure required: Current license to practice in state of New Hampshire Current DEA License: Certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, or American Nurses Credentialing Center Current ACLS certification: Experience: Provider experience required: Responsibilities: Obtains patient health history, performs physical examination, develops a relevant differential diagnosis, and documents encounters appropriately. Orders, interprets, and follows up on diagnostic tests. Diagnoses acute and chronic medical problems within the scope of practice, or formulates a comprehensive differential diagnosis and takes the necessary steps to obtain a diagnos...