Advanced Practice Clinician - Postpartum - Per Diem

INPATIENT JOB DESCRITION

Responsibilities :

The advanced practice provider (Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant) within the acute care hospital setting works in collaboration with, and is an integral member of, a multidisciplinary health care team. The APP provides comp rehensive care for women of childbearing age on the postpartum unit.

Assessment & Management

• Performs complete history & physicals and documents in the medical record.

• Orders and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated .

• The APP m ay serve as the first responder for both nursing and house staff in the event of patient status changes, orders, and in situations requiring procedural and resuscitative interventions.

• Assesses for risks associated with the care of the acute and complex chronically ill patient including: medication side effects, immobility, impaired nutrition, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, immunocompetence , invasive interventions and diagnostic procedures.

Diagnosis

• Obtain a comprehensive health history and physical examination, order and interpret common laboratory and diagnostic studies.

• Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care team in making diagnoses of acute and complex chronic conditions.

• Manages diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision.

• Formulates differential diagnoses by priority.

• Diagnoses complications and orders appropriate interventions

Formulates Plan of Care

• Identifies expected outcomes from diagnosis and formulates and documents a plan of care to address complex acute and chronic health care needs.

• Utilizes evidenced based p ractice guidelines and protocols in an individualized, dynamic plan of care that can be applied across the continuum.

• Implements and modifies plan of care .

• Prescribes diagnostic strategie s and therapeutic interventions.

• May perform advanced procedures consistent with privi leges and competency validation.

Communication and Collaboration

• Maintains ongoing communication and collaboration with in terdisciplinary health care team .

• Facilitates and communicates with patient , family and staff to promote continuity of care across the inpatient and outpatient continuum of care.

Documentation

• Documents/dictates key components of patient's progress via daily progress note, transfer, and discharge summary , and or clinic note where applicable. ( h&p , daily progress notes, plan of care, problem lists, procedure notes, acute event note, discharge summaries, in medical record per specific patient unit or service, death summary)

• Documentation is timely , meets acute care compliance standards and captures patient acuity.

Professional Practice

• Demonstrates Professional Practice behaviors including: preceptor/mentoring, education and instruction of graduate students.

• Seeks opportunities for active engagement in research and the analysis of evidence - based practice.

• Actively participates in Advance Practice Grand Rounds and specialty specific meetings.

• Maintains CEUs, and membership in a professional organization.

Qualifications

Master’s Degree

Board Certified Women's Health Nurse Practitioner

or Physician Assistant

NRP

BLS certification

Requirements

Minimum 3 years p rofessional clinical experience in labor and delivery or postpartum is required