Advanced Practice Provider - Hospitalist - PRN - Days & Nights Availability

Key Details:

• Department: Inpatient Hospitalist
• Schedule: PRN - Days and Nights availability
• Hospital: Witham Health Services
• Location: Lebanon, IN

Job Summary: 

The Acute Care Hospitalist Advanced Practice Provider (APP) delivers comprehensive inpatient care in collaboration with physicians and interdisciplinary teams. Working in an acute care hospital setting, the APP is responsible for managing hospitalized patients, including performing assessments, diagnosing and treating acute and chronic conditions, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, initiating treatment plans, and facilitating safe discharges. The APP provides high-quality, evidence-based care in a fast-paced environment, with a focus on continuity, efficiency, and patient-centered outcomes.

Minimum Requirements: 

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing program with an advanced degree (master's or doctorate) degree from an accredited nursing program or has completed an accredited Physician Assistant degree program.

• Must hold an unrestricted license to practice in the State of Indiana.

• Must have two (2) years acute care clinical experience.

• Must be nationally certified in Advance Practice Specialty with recent clinically related experience in specialty.

• Be able to obtain prescriptive privileges required and the ability to maintain current privileges (to be allowed prescriptive authority) and exercise a well written collaborative practice agreement with a designated physician submitted to the State of Indiana Nursing board before prescriptive authority responsibilities will be performed. 

• Professional knowledge of theory and practice to include:

  1. Clinical expertise.
  2. Integration of care across the care continuum
  3. Establishment of processes for surveillance of care
  4. Accountability for patient outcomes across settings
  5. Evidence-based clinical practice
  6. Advocacy for patients and Witham Health Services
  7. Support the changes with the role as patient/systems needs demand
  8. Have critical decision-making skills
  9. Ability to communicate effectively with others
  10. Ability to maintain favorable public relations
  11. Ability to relate effectively with patients, visitors, medical and hospital staff.
  12. Ability to serve as a contributing member of a team.
  13. Ability to provide high quality direct patient care to complicated patients
  14. Ability to interpret and relate medical information