APP Hospitalist NP or PA-C

Evaluate, Diagnose, and treat patients who are admitted to the Bronson hospitalist service. This can include managing chronic conditions, addressing acute medical issues, and collaborating with other healthcare professionals

Candidate will work in the emergency department assisting with the admission of patients who are coming on to the hospitalist service.

Will work in shifts, which can include nights and weekends.

Opportunity to participate in the Advanced Medicine Clinic

This full-time opportunity will rotate between the Bronson Battle Creek Hospital, Bronson Methodist Hospital and the new Bronson Behavioral Health Hospital

At Bronson, we believe all people should have full and equal access to opportunities to live healthy lives and are committed to achieving that access across our health system.

We are building a culture of belonging in an environment free of prejudice, negative bias, and stereotypes for those we employ and for the communities we serve.

We are striving to employ the best teams in the communities we serve to enhance the quality of care we provide and the interactions we have with our patients, families, colleagues, and communities.

We have a strategic focus on living our values by showing respect, building trust, uncovering, and addressing avoidable and unjust conditions that negatively impact individual health and wellbeing.

We dedicate ourselves to seeing and advocating for all, removing barriers to care, and reducing disparities to conscientiously fulfill our mission that all have full and equal access to the opportunities to live healthy lives: Together, we advance the health of our communities.

Performs comprehensive and problem focused histories and physical examinations, interprets laboratory and radiologic tests.

Interprets and correlates subjective and objective patient data, formulating a diagnosis.

Under the direction of the physician, reviews patient findings and develops a treatment plan within the scope of practice.

Performs above activities in the outpatient and inpatient settings.

Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served.

Successful completion of a Physician Assistant program Licensure as Physician Assistant and state DEA license to prescribe medications Current prescriptive authority and collaborative agreement with oversight physician(s) should also be in place Must maintain all requirements for medical staff privileges

Ability to utilize word processing, spreadsheet, presentation programs, and other software relevant to the job

Regularly communicates clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing (Utilizing SBAR technique)

Communicates with internal customers such as, physicians, multi-disciplinary team, finance, management and external customers such as, patients, third party payers, community agencies on a daily basis and often simultaneously Work which produces high levels of mental/visual fatigue, e.g., interactive and repetitive or small detailed work requiring alertness and concentration for sustained periods of time, the operation of and full attention to a personal computer or CRT between 40 and 70 percent of the time. The job produces some physical demands. Typical of jobs that include regular walking, standing, stooping, bending, sitting, and some lifting of light weight objects.

Concurrent Clinical Management

Coordinates care with the multi-disciplinary team to facilitate implementation of patients’ progress towards outcomes, which includes discharge or transfer of care. Acts as a clinical resource for the multi-disciplinary team. This is accomplished by: o Assertive coordination among the multi-disciplinary team o Identifying common patient complications and utilizes appropriate preventative measures. o Assisting in the development and integration of quality measures/evidence into clinical practice.

Bronson Healthcare Group and its affiliates (“Bronson”) strictly prohibit the acceptance of unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies ("Recruiters") in response to job postings or word of mouth.

Unsolicited resumes sent to any employee of Bronson by Recruiters, without both a valid written agreement with Bronson and a direct written request from the Bronson Talent Acquisition Department for a specific job position, will be considered the property of Bronson.

Furthermore, no fees will be owed or paid to Recruiters who submit resumes for unsolicited candidates, even if those candidates are hired.

This policy applies regardless of whether the Recruiter has a pre-existing agreement with Bronson.

Only candidates submitted through a specific written agreement with the Bronson Talent Acquisition Department for a named position are eligible for fee consideration.