What are the responsibilities and job description for the CRNP Inpatient SCMG position at St. Clair Hospital?
Summary
This position is accountable for performing clinical duties to assist the physician staff in the care of patients within the Hospital Unit.
Minimum Qualifications
- Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner or ARC-PA program.
- Current licenses to practice as a professional nurse and a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania OR current licensure to practice as a physician assistant in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and current certification with the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
- Previous experience as a CRNP or PA.
- Prescriptive authority privileges.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certifications.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing or other science-related program.
Essential Functions
- Exemplifies St. Clair Hospital’s Customer Service Behavioral Expectations in all interactions. Treats customers with respect, compassion, and hospitality; anticipates, identifies, and responds to individual needs; makes a positive first impression by acknowledging customers; and demonstrates flexibility while maintaining priorities.
- Uses appropriate critical thinking skills to make independent decisions, commensurate with the autonomy, authority, and responsibility of a CRNP.
- Performs history and physical examinations as indicated by patient’s condition and orders diagnostic studies indicated by the findings in the history and physical exam.
- Oversees stress testing with physician backup readily available.
- Collaborates with hospital care team to ensure that all current labs, test results, consults, orders, etc. are carried out in a timely manner.
- Develops and institutes a plan of care according to the recognized standards of care and department protocols.
- Identifies the need for consultation with medical, rehabilitative, psychosocial, and other support services, which may lead to referral.
- Assists Hospitalists in the discharging of patients.
- Supports, develops, and participates in educational activities that promote the development of peers and self.
- Follows accepted medical standards for the prescribing of medication and follows policies for the dispensing of sample medications.
