University of Pittsburgh Physicians are hiring a Physician Assistant or Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner to help support Pediatric Emergency Medicine at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Hours: This position will work 8 hour rotating day/evening/overnight shifts including weekends.

Details: Our ED treats over 80,000 patients per year. We have a large APP team with over 25 APPs that function at the top of their licenses. APPs work in all areas of the ED expect Trauma.

The UPMC Pediatric Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Fellowship Program is dedicated to advancing UPMC as the premier educational setting for producing excellence in patient care delivery through an innovative and world-class clinical curriculum specifically tailored to prepare the physician assistant and nurse practitioner to practice in an evolving and increasingly complex health care market.

The UPMC Pediatric APP Fellowship Program cultivates a mastery of pediatric fundamentals including acute care, ambulatory care, procedure performance, and principles of pediatric subspecialty medicine. The Pediatric APP Fellows are employed, paid learners with the goal to provide the manual skill, fundamental knowledge, and critical thinking skills needed to make sound clinical judgments on a daily basis. Pediatric APP Fellows are being trained to provide autonomous comprehensive pediatric care, within the scope of their license and in collaboration with their supervising physician.

The first one year of employment will consist of the UPMC Pediatric Emergency Medicine APP Fellowship Program. Candidates with greater than or equal to 3 (three) years’ experience within Pediatric Emergency Medicine will have the option of foregoing the Fellowship Program but are encouraged to enroll for the most comprehensive onboarding experience possible.

See what being an Advanced Practice Provider can do for UPMC and what UPMC can do for Advanced Practice Providers – it’s more than just a job!
What Can You Bring to UPMC?

• Contribute to UPMC’s mission of Life Changing Medicine
• Set the standards for the level and quality of care for the care delivery team
• Provide patient care activities for a group of patients and their families through the application of independent judgment, communication, and collaboration with all team members.
• Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with physicians, other health care providers, patients, and their families, to achieve desired patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care.
• Demonstrate a commitment to the community and to your health care profession

What Can UPMC Do for You?

• A career path that provides you with the right experience to be successful in the position you want to obtain now and, in the future
• Health and welfare benefits like medical, vision, dental, and life and disability, and an exceptional retirement program
• Work life balance to help manage other important aspects of your life such as: PTO, wellness programs, paid parental leave
• Competitive pay for the work that you do – base pay, merit, and premium pay

Purpose:The Physician Assistant (PA) or Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRNP) is responsible for providing patient care services in the Emergency Department. This includes evaluation and management of emergent patients and performing procedures as needed. The PA or CRNP is expected to follow established standards and practices when performing these duties. The successful candidate will be placed according to years and months of experience for employment purposes.
Responsibilities:

• Meets expectation of facilitating a face-to-face contact between patients and a physician, and a review of every patient chart by a physician
• Patients per hour are at least 90% of the average benchmark based on site volume
• Complies with requirements of appropriate regulatory agencies (i.e. OSHA, CLIA, PA Department of Health)
• Complete patient charts and prepare discharge instructions. Ensure all charting is thorough and complete for each patient. Ninety five percent of all charts must be completed before the end of shift. Any remaining charts are completed within 3 days of date of service.
• Performs, when necessary, routine procedures such as splinting, reductions, laceration repair, I&Ds etc.
• Perform an appropriate history and physical examination based on the patient's presenting complaint. Document findings in the medical record.
• Work with other mid-level providers to ensure all shifts are covered in Emergency Department on a 24/7 basis.
• Assess patient's condition quickly and concisely and determine the best course of treatment. This can include ordering appropriate laboratory or imaging studies, discussing patient with the Emergency Physician and/or referring patient to consultants.