Advanced Practice Provider (APP) WMCG - Employee Health - Part Time

Facility: Wellstar MCG Health

Job Summary:

The APP-Inpatient/Procedures (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) functions as an integral part of the healthcare team. Serves various roles, including working directly alongside faculty and staff, providing care to the entire spectrum of patient acuity levels, working semi-autonomously and serving as a provider to initiate appropriate care, including laboratory studies and/or imaging as indicated, at the front end of a patient's visit. The APP-Inpatient/Procedures works in an acute care inpatient setting  both acute care inpatient and outpatient setting  procedural area.

Job Responsibilities:

1.  Under the supervision of the physician provider, assesses health status and obtains health/medical history and physical examination. Performs/orders preventive and diagnostic procedures, identifying health and medical risk

factors. Utilizes critical thinking in the diagnostic process, synthesizing/analyzing collected data, and formulating a differential diagnosis based on the history, physical exam and diagnostic test results. Establishes priorities to meet the health and medical needs of the individual, family, or community. Develops a treatment, ordering and interpreting additional diagnostic tests. Prescribes/orders appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions. Develops patient education plans. Recommends consultation/referrals as appropriate. Maintains a process for systematic follow-up and evaluation of the patient status by determining the effectiveness of the treatment plan with documentation of patient care outcomes. Reassesses and modifies plans with the patient and family as necessary to achieve health and medical goals; Provides the patient/family counseling regarding health maintenance, promotion, illness/disease management, and medication use and connect patients with appropriate resources for follow-up care. Uses results of the evaluation to make or recommend the process, policy, procedure or protocol revisions when warranted. Utilizes evidence-based decision-making in clinical practice.

2.  Serves as a team member in the communication and collaboration of care with the patient and family and other health care disciplines. Serves as an integral member of the healthcare team, achieving value-based care objectives

measured by  healthcare outcomes and quality metrics. Demonstrates dignity and respect for patient and family for patient and family knowledge, values, beliefs, and cultural background in the planning and delivery of care. Encourages patient and family participation in care and decision-making at the level they choose. Contributes to a positive team by acting positively and communicates openly and respectfully and assists to resolve conflicts within the team.

3.  Maintains accurate, timely, and confidential records in electronic medical records.

4.  Facilitates learning of all disciplines of health care students within the institution. Provides educational experiences in the clinical setting through preceptorships and other guided clinical learning. Mentors health

care students. Participates in the formal education of students through didactic or other learning methods (lectures, teaching rounds, case presentations, etc.). Evaluates students, when appropriate.

5.  Demonstrates leadership that uses critical and reflective thinking. Participates in institutional committees, sub-committees, and work-groups. Encourages to enhance the body of knowledge of APPs through the

following list of suggested projects, written publications, oral presentations, posters, continuing education, etc.