What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Practioner/Physician Assistant - Gastroenterology position at Inova Health System?
The Gastroenterology Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner/ Physician Assistant) will provide inpatient/Outpatient support to the gastroenterology service and work directly with the gastroenterology providers The GI APP will primary service managing the acute hospitalization related to GI disease processes.
Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits:
- Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
- Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
- Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
- Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
- Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.
Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant Job Responsibilities:
- Works in collaboration with the GI Physicians attending to provide care in gastroenterology services.
- Management of various GI disease processes such as GERD, PUD, GI bleeding, esophageal and variceal bleeding, GI cancers, crohn's disease, IBS, and other GI related illness/ conditions.
- Performs new consultations, patient follow ups, daily rounding and procedure triaging.
- Writes/ dictates history and physical notes, consult, and daily notes.
- Prescribes/ orders medications, therapies, diet, orders and interprets laboratory and imaging studies as well as procedures consistent with clinical privileges.
- Performs patient counseling/ comprehensive teaching, consenting, and preparation for GI procedures to be performed in the inpatient setting.
- Performs procedures as trained and delineated in DOP/ privileges.
- Ensure key quality metrics are optimized.
- Participates in quality improvement projects as assigned.
- Accurate and complete billing for services provided.
Additional Requirements:
- Work schedule: Varies shift (Monday - Sunday days/nights, 7:00 a.m. - 6:59 a.m.)
- Education: Graduate of an accredited NP or PA program
- Experience: Minimum of one year of experience in a hospital/healthcare environment.
- Certification: Board certified (ACNP or NCCPA certification), DEA and BLS
Applicants may be considered for current and future opportunities including full time, part time and PRN positions.
Positions available for various facilities, shifts and specialty areas.
Facilities:
- Inova Alexandria Hospital 4320 Seminary Rd, Alexandria, VA 22304
- Inova Fairfax Medical Campus 3300 Gallows Rd, Falls Church, VA 22042
- Inova Fair Oaks Hospital 3600 Joseph Siewick Dr, Fairfax, VA 22033
- Inova Loudoun Hospital 44045 Riverside Pkwy, Leesburg, VA 20176
- Inova Mount Vernon Hospital 2501 Parkers Ln, Alexandria, VA 22306
Shifts: All (Day shift, mid-shift, Night shift)
Specialty Areas: Inpatient and Outpatient Facilities
As a recipient of federal financial assistance, Inova Health System (“Inova”) does not exclude, deny benefits to, or otherwise discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or age in admission to, participation in, or receipt of the services or benefits under any of its programs or activities, whether carried out by Inova directly or through a contractor or any other entity with which Inova arranges to carry out its programs and activities.
This policy is in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, and regulations of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued pursuant to these statutes at 45 C.F.R. Parts 80, 84, 91 and 92, respectively.
Salary : $5,250
