Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA) - Medina Hospital Medicine Orthopedics II

                    

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Job Title

Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA) - Medina Hospital Medicine Orthopedics II

                        

Location

Medina

                    

Facility

Medina Hospital

                     

Department

                      

Job Code

T97897

                     

Shift

Days

                       

Schedule

7:00am-4:00pm

                       

Job Summary

Nationally certified Advanced Practice Provider who provides primary and/or specialty care in a variety of healthcare settings. Functions in collaboration with the health care team in accordance with certification and licensure. Practice emphasizes health promotion, disease prevention and the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic health problems. Responsible for dissemination of knowledge through instructing, leading and developing educational programs.

                         

Job Details

The Department of Hospital Medicine is looking for an experienced APRN/PA to support Orthopedic care at Medina Hospital. This APP will work with Hospital Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery Service to provide comprehensive inpatient care with a primary focus on orthopedic surgery management. The APP works collaboratively with orthopedic surgeons, hospital medicine physicians, nursing staff, therapy services, case management, and other members of the multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality, efficient, and coordinated care to orthopedic surgical patients.

The APP will play an integral role in the preoperative, perioperative, and postoperative management of orthopedic surgical patients, helping to facilitate patient progression from admission through discharge. Responsibilities include surgical patient assessment, postoperative management, coordination of care, daily rounding, discharge planning, and addressing clinical issues that arise throughout the patient's hospitalization.

The role will also include discharge management of same-day orthopedic surgeries, ensuring patients meet appropriate discharge criteria and that all necessary discharge requirements are completed prior to leaving the hospital. Typical hours for this role are Monday to Friday 7:00am-4:00pm but may include occasional holiday and occasional weekend coverage. 

Responsibilities:

• Conducts thorough medical histories, performs complete physical examinations (where indicated), initiates appropriate lab, radiology tests or other special tests required for evaluation of illness, and scrutinizes lab data to establish a record of the patient's current health status and to develop a working diagnosis and treatment plan.  Works in collaboration with the health care team.
• Performs and interprets common laboratory, radiologic, cardiographic and other routine diagnostic procedures used to identify pathophysiologic processes as credentialed and privileged by the Medical Executive Committee and the Governing Body of the applicable hospitals.
• Performs routine and specialized procedures as credentialed and privileged by the Medical Executive Committee and the Governing Body of the applicable hospitals.
• May prescribe and monitor medications as allowed by license through applicable state board and Cleveland Clinic policies.
• Educates patients and answers questions regarding their disease, treatments, related drug and treatment side effects and hazards.
• Participates in medical team rounds; collaborates with nursing, medical and other healthcare team members regularly to ensure quality patient care.
• Refers patients to specialists as appropriate for consultation or for specialized health resources and treatment.
• Ensures continuity of care by serving as a liaison between patient and other members of the multi-disciplinary care team or with other specialty areas as necessary.
• Participates in quality monitoring thru the review of records and treatment plans for patient outcomes on a periodic basis to assure quality care.
• Facilitates appropriate length of stay, discharge planning and compliance with regulatory standards for inpatient management.
• Supports professional development of the health care team.
• Promotes translation of evidence-based practices, guidelines, and research.
• May conduct research studies.  May assists in data collec