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APRN at Yale New Haven Health

The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) plays a critical role in providing comprehensive patient care across various settings. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, developing treatment plans, and offering psychosocial support while ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations.

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

The Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner is a licensed professional provider who functions in collaboration with an attending physician in a variety of practice settings at YNHHS. Provides exceptional direct diagnostic and therapeutic patient care to the highest standards of the organization as part of a multidisciplinary team.

• Clinical Care: The Physician Assistant (PA) or the Nurse Practitioner (NP) provides assessment, triage, and therapeutic management of patient/family needs throughout the disease process as an integral part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Patient Education & Psychosocial Support: The NP/PA will educate patients/families on care and recommended or available resources.
• Information Management: The NP/PA ensures appropriate documentation within the accordance of hospital and regulatory requirements and protects information of all forms.
• Quality Management: The NP/PA is expected to demonstrate a high standard of moral and ethical behavior, professionalism, compassion, and commitment to patient care.
• Professional Development: The NP/PA continuously engages in projects that maintain and advance professional competency.

EDUCATION Graduate from an accredited Nurse Practitioner or an accredited Physician Assistant Program. EXPERIENCE Prefer clinical working experience as a NP/PA within the given specialty/service line recommended, but none required. APRNs, PAs, CRNAs and CNMs are required to be appointed to the Affiliated Medical Staff of a YNHHS Hospital and credentialed through the Medical Staff process.

Active PA Certification by the National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), Connecticut State Physician Assistant License, ACLS/BLS Certified, when indicated for position profile DEA License, when indicated for pediatric position profile PALS, when indicated for neonatal care NRP Certification.

YNHHS is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from qualified individuals. We believe that diverse perspectives enhance our ability to provide world-class health care services.