Hospitalist - Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner - Permanent Night

Location Detail: St Vincents Medical Center (10427)

Shift Detail: Mon-Sun

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St. Vincent’s Medical Center is a Magnet Hospital that has been named Best Hospital in Fairfield County and in all of Western Connecticut for 2013 - 2014 by US News & World Report. We are the primary teaching hospital for the Frank Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. The Hospital Medicine Department at St. Vincent’s Medical Center is dedicated to caring for acutely ill, hospitalized patients. The Hospitalist Service at St. Vincent’s is available to patients whose primary care provider or specialist has requested its services, or to patients who present at the Emergency Department and require hospitalization.

Advanced Practitioner Hospitalist Role Scope    
The Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant is responsible for inpatient clinical management of patients, assuring timely communication and comprehensive collaboration, to ensure patient medical needs are met. Responsibilities include:

• Rounding on units throughout the hospital which include, but are not limited to, observation, acute rehab, and behavioral health for medical consults only. The ICU’s are closed.
• Providing acute internal medical care to patients as requested by the patient’s primary care physician (PCP) or specialist, or by Emergency Department (ED) physicians when an ED patient is admitted to the hospital and has no PCP
• Referring patients to a primary care physician upon discharge if they do not have one
• Providing internal medicine consults to various subspecialty providers
• Contributing to the delivery of positive outcomes by implementing quality hospital initiatives that address and improve patient safety, readmission rates and hospital efficiency

Schedule – Permanent Night (5pm-5am)

Advanced Practitioners Enjoy

At Hartford HealthCare newly graduated and experienced practitioners are provided with the support and mentorship they need to succeed through on the job, classroom, and procedural training. Our benefits include: 

• A schedule that is Days Only with no night rotation required
• A cohesive, well tenured team that will provide a thorough orientation
• Supportive attending physicians
• The opportunity to practice with higher acuity patients, if desired
• Competitive compensation
• Matching 401k, tiered medical, dental, and vision plans 
• Generous Paid-Time Off
• Reimbursement for CME, professional society membership, licensure, and malpractice
• LEAN process improvement to drive quality outcomes and positively enhance both the patient and the provider experience.

 

Qualifications

Advanced Practitioner Qualifications  

• Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Master’s program preferred
• Licensed, or eligible to be licensed, as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in the state of Connecticut
• Certification, or eligible to be certified, as a Physician Assistant or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
• Acute Care Board Certification required for Nurse Practitioners
• Hospitalist experience highly preferred

 

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