Advanced Practice Provider- Post-Acute Part-time

MedOne is setting the standard for patient care. We are an independent, hospital medicine practice of more than 160 physicians and advanced practice clinicians, as well as more than 35 administrative staff, who are united by a single purpose—to make healthcare better. It’s been our mission from day one, and we are relentless in our pursuit to improve the delivery of high-quality care for our patients and our partners.

We are seeking an Advanced Practice Practitioner for our Post-Acute team in Cambridge who shares our uncommon passion for excellence and commitment to put team before self in pursuit of making patient care the best it can be.

Status: part-time 20 hours per week

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited physician assistant or nurse practitioner program (Family Nurse Practitioner or Adult-Gero Nurse Practitioner)
• Current national certification as physician assistant or nurse practitioner.
• Eligible for privileges to post-acute facilities

Responsibilities

• Evaluates new and existing patients by performing a history and physical and interpreting laboratory and diagnostic studies for complex acute and chronically ill patients on the MedOne Service. Recognizes deviations from normal physical exam and laboratory/diagnostic studies.
• Works in collaboration (nurse practitioners) or under the supervision (physician assistants) with a physician in developing treatment plans for health problems and follow-up.
• Orders and interprets diagnostic and laboratory tests related to the patient’s needs.
• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic medications in accordance with prescriptive authority regulations. Prescribes appropriate non-pharmacologic treatment modalities.
• Monitors the effectiveness of interventions, makes adjustments to care plans, and communicates to the collaborating/supervising physician as needed.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals and consultations.
• Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings such as admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.
• Communicates treatment plan between patient, family, and the medical team.
• Maintains patient and family confidentiality, privacy, and patient rights.