Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Hospitalist Medicine - NIGHTS ONLY
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APP NOCTURNIST HOSPITAL MEDICINE
Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
Job Location – Multiple Locations Available
Job Summary
Nocturnist APP Providers in the Hospital Medicine Department are clinicians who provide clinical care for patients admitted at Duke University Health System hospitals. They support General Internal Medicine.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Nocturnist APP Providers will engage in patient care activities required at night and medical/clinical practice as the principal component of his/her overall professional responsibility within the Department. Patient care activities will include, but are not be limited to the following:
- Nightly cross-coverage care management that actively encourages and includes professional input from all members of the patient care team
- Assessment, evaluation, diagnostic determination and clinical management of patients
- Order medications and therapeutic treatments when warranted
- Authorize transfers- if necessary at night
- Conduct risk assessment
- Align your work with other Hospital Medicine initiatives.
- Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
- Work with overnight team of 2 Physicians and 2 APPs.
- Admit patients through ED or other sources to hospital.
Job Eligibility Requirements
Education
PA: Graduate of ARC accredited Physician Assistant Program
NP: Graduate of accredited MSN or DNP Nurse Practitioner Program for adult care
Certification
PA: PA-C
NP: AGACNP, ACNP, AGNP, FNP
License
PA: Current unrestricted medical license issued by NCMB with authorization to practice as a PA.
NP: Current unrestricted RN license issued by or recognized by the NCBON with authorization to practice as a NP.
Both: Federal and State prescriptive authority
Current ACLS certification required before hire
Experience
Inpatient APP experience is required
Physical and mental requirements:
- Able to clearly articulate scope of practice and practices within those guidelines as an NP/PA in the state of North Carolina and within the Duke University Health System (DUHS)
- Able to independently seek out resources and work collaboratively to solve complex problems
- Able to communicate clearly with patients, families, visitors, healthcare team, physicians, administrators, leadership, and others
- Able to use sensory and cognitive functions to process and prioritize information, perform health assessments, treatment, and follow-up
- Able to use fine motor skills
- Able to record activities, document assessments, and interventions; prepare reports and presentations.
- Able to use computer and learn new software programs
- Able to provide leadership in clinical area of expertise and in meeting organizational goals
- Able to navigate the Hospital and DUHS to provide clinical expertise to specific patient populations
- Able to withstand prolonged standing and walking with the ability to move or lift at least fifty pounds
- Able to remain focused and organized
- Able to work collaboratively with all levels of personnel
Benefits for Position
- Health, Dental and Vision insurance HMO and PPO options available.
- Ideal work/life balance including great PTO available.
- Incentive plan available for FT providers.
- 403B Retirement Plan with contributions provided by Duke based on salary.
- Relocation assistance available distance based.
- Generous CME provided.
Job Hours
Shifts: 174 shifts per year, Schedule: 9pm to 7am
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