Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA) – Emergency Medicine – Bamberg-Barnwell Emergency Medical Center - SC

Job Description Summary

MUSC Health's Bamberg-Barnwell Medical Center is seeking a skilled and mission-driven Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join our Emergency Medicine team. In this fast-paced and rewarding environment, you’ll play a critical role in providing timely, high-quality, and compassionate care for patients of all ages presenting with a wide range of acute and emergent conditions.

Entity

MUSC Community Physicians (MCP)

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type​

Regular

Cost Center

CC005770 MCP - ORBG - Barnwell Emergency Medicine

Pay Rate Type

Hourly, Salary

Pay Grade

Health-33

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Work Shift

Job Description

MUSC Health – Bamberg-Barnwell Medical Center is seeking a skilled and mission-driven Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join our Emergency Medicine team. In this fast-paced and rewarding environment, you’ll play a critical role in providing timely, high-quality, and compassionate care for patients of all ages presenting with a wide range of acute and emergent conditions.

As a valued member of our multidisciplinary Emergency Department team, you will perform comprehensive assessments, order and interpret diagnostic studies, initiate treatment plans, and collaborate closely with physicians, nurses, and other providers to ensure optimal patient outcomes. You’ll also have the opportunity to work with an organization that values clinical excellence, professional growth, and teamwork.

This position offers the chance to sharpen your clinical skills, exercise autonomy in decision-making, and make an immediate impact within a community that depends on MUSC Health for 24/7 emergency care.

Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Hourly/Non-exempt
Hours per week: 40
Scheduled Work Hours/Shift: Varies

Patient Population Focus: Emergency Department

Patient Population Age Range: 0-years to death

Required Training and Experience 
Required Minimum Training: Completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program and currently licensed or eligible for licensure as a Physician Assistant or completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program and currently licensed or eligible for licensure as an APRN as noted below.

• Physician Assistant

Or

• APRN

• • FNP (Family Nurse Practitioner): (birth to death) Stable chronic disease state management, primary care across the lifespan.

Preferred Training and Experience
Preferred Training: Physician Assistant (PA) or if APRN, License Type/Certification

• Physician Assistant

or

• APRN

• • FNP (Family Nurse Practitioner): With current Emergency Room Nurse Practitioner (ENP) Certification

Preferred Experience:

• FNP with current Emergency Room Nurse Practitioner (ENP) Certification

• At least 2 years of Emergency Room experience as a PA or NP

Degree of Supervision: Advanced Practice Registered Nurse or Physician Assistant will be assigned a Primary Supervising/Collaborating Physician employed by MUSC and will report directly to this physician.

Required Licensure, Certifications, Registrations:

• All certifications must be current and complete prior to start date:

• Basic Life Support (BLS).

• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) required for adult inpatient positions

• DHEC and DEA license

Job Duties:

• Provides direct care to patients through the following activities:

• Takes comprehensive history and performs physical examinations

• Evaluates and treats on the basis of history, physical examination, radiological, laboratory, and other diagnostic test results pursuant to the practice agreement or scope of practice guideline

• Performs the following therapeutic procedures in accordance with procedural privileges, skill and proficiency as approved by the Clinical Division Chief:

• • Administration of Local and Digital Anesthesia

  • Complicated and Uncomplicated Repair of Lacerations

• Removal of Foreign Bodies from Eyes, Ears, Nose, Skin, and Wounds

• Trephination of Subungual Hematomas

• Incision and Drainage of Abscesses

• Urethral Catheterization

• Placement of Peripheral Venous Access

• Placement of Central Lines [with proof of competency]

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