Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner
Company: Southern Illinois Healthcare
Location: Carterville
Posted on: January 25, 2023
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Job Description:
Responsible for patient care within the hospital under the
supervision of anattending physician. Responsibilities Safety
--- - Manages processes effectively in regard to employee/patient
safety.
--- - Record Keeping
--- - Maintains all required records, reports, statistics, logs,
files and otherdocuments as required. Process Improvement
--- - Promotes a culture of process improvement by
establishingunit/department based programs that supports the
system's processimprovement goals.
--- - Actively participates on system-wide or hospital-based teams
Role Specific Responsibilities
--- - Responsible for patient care under the supervision of an
attending physician.
--- - Discharge planning for orthopedic patients such as;
medication reconciliation,dietary instructions, DME orders,
referrals, and continuing care instructions.
--- - Educates staff on orthopedic care and joint camp guidelines
and protocols.
--- - Facilitates safe care of joint camp patients through the
Group Physical
--- - Therapy processes.
--- - Expedites admission of ortho patients both ED and direct
admits by orderingappropriate diagnostics and initiating
treatment.
--- - Takes first line of calls from ED and Nursing homes-questions
and concerns.
--- - Participates in service line planning and coordination.
--- - Provides liaison between joint camp and other services.
--- - Maintains all required records, reports, statistics, logs,
files and otherdocuments as required, including but not limited to
payroll, schedules andstatus changes.
--- - Provides ortho care to non-surgical patients within their
scope of practice.
--- - Apply and remove orthopedic casts and traction for
non-surgical patients.
--- - Apply, remove and change dressings and bandages.
--- - Assist in positioning patients in operating room; help with
intraoperative care.
--- - Assist in surgery to include, but limited to, first assist,
deep and simplifiedtissue closures, application of appliances, and
any other action delegated bythe surgeon.
--- - Counsel and instruct patients and significant others as
appropriate.
--- - General care for superficial wounds and minor superficial
procedures,unrelated to surgical procedures.
--- - Initiate referral to appropriate physician or other health
care professional ofproblems that exceed the PA's scope of practice
after consultation withsurgeon.
--- - Make daily rounds on hospitalized patients with the attending
physician.(Does not satisfy or change the supervising physician's
responsibility tomake rounds and write the progress notes.)
--- - Order diagnostic testing and therapeutic modalities such as
medications,treatments, IV fluids and electrolytes, etc. after
consultation with surgeon.
--- - Perform acts of diagnosis and treatment, unrelated to
surgery, as determinedby PA's scope of knowledge and training.
--- - Perform minor outpatient surgical procedures such as, but not
limited to,incision and drainage of superficial abscesses, tendon
repairs, would closure,wound management, wound debridement,
irrigation and debridement, needlebiopsy, percutaneous pinning of
fractures, k-wire removal, and hardwareremoval, unrelated to
surgery.
--- - Perform venous punctures for blood sampling, cultures and IV
catheterization as ordered by surgeon.
--- - Record progress notes when rounding with surgeon. Surgeon
must sign progress note.
--- - Take physician verbal orders including admit/discharge
orders.
--- - Document the discharge summary after consult with the
surgeon. The
--- - surgeon must sign the discharge summary. The intent is NOT to
have the
--- - Physician Assistant or Advanced Practice Nurse do the work,
but to collect the information from the physician, document this
and then have the physician to sign, such that the discharge may be
expedited. Qualifications Education
--- - Master's or Bachelor's degree in Physician Assistant Studies
from a CAHEAaccredited program.
--- - Master's Degree in Advanced Practice Nursing Studies from a
CCNEA accredited program. Licenses and Certification
--- - -Current Illinois Licensed Physician Assistant or Advanced
Practice Nurse
--- - Current NCCPA certificate as a Physician Assistant or AACC
certificate as an
--- - Advanced Practice Nurse
--- - Physician Assistant or Advanced Practice Nurse practitioner
controlled substancelicensure Experience --- Technical Experience:
3 years - -#PIQMedGrp
--- - COVID vaccinationPandoLogic. Keywords: Primary Care
Physician, Location: Carterville, IL - 62918
Keywords: Southern Illinois Healthcare, Evansville , Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner, Healthcare , Carterville, Indiana
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