About North Memorial Health

At North Memorial Health, you're part of an inclusive health family that is rooted in our values of relationships, inventiveness, and accountability. Empathy and care are at the heart of North's culture which is designed to actively support each team member's wellbeing and growth. Our strength lies in our diversity, and we embrace the unique contributions and experiences of each person. Together, we empower customers to achieve their best health.

About this position

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) which may be classified as a Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA), in collaboration and consultation with physicians, staff RN's and other health care professionals, provides holistic, compassionate care to inpatients and their families. The APP will provide inpatient clinical care to the hospitalist service, practicing within the context of collaboration with a physician(s) in diagnosing, managing, and preventing acute and chronic illness and disease, while promoting wellness. The APP will assist in managing the care of customers hospitalized with complex acute health problems, such as trauma, coronary artery disease, cancer, diabetes and heart failure. The APP will be a member of the hospital interdisciplinary team and facilitate continuum of care for customers from admission through the discharge process, including facilitating the customer's transfer of care back to the primary provider and consult and make referrals to physicians and other members of the health care team as appropriate. The APP will also help organize work load and facilitate provider groups to streamline the care of customers on the service.

What we’ll expect from you

• Diagnoses/performs evaluation and management services to customers requiring hospitalist services within the hospitalist practice.
• Participates and leads daily huddles with hospitalist physicians and other practitioners. Assist with assignment of customers amongst the providers and organize daily workload.
• Performs physical examination and clinical evaluation. Assesses customers using physically and technologically derived data, including the evaluation of diagnostic test results and documents assessments in customer record. Recognizes normal and abnormal findings.
• Orders and interprets laboratory and diagnostic tests, such as electrocardiograms, x-rays, ultrasounds, stress tests, cultures and sensitivities.
• Performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, orders pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapeutics and therapies within collaborative agreement established with physician collaborator and based on established competencies.
• Completes admissions from ED.
• Writes progress notes, document customer care and communicates with other care givers, including utilizing the electronic health record.
• Plans and coordinates customers' discharge, rehabilitation, home health care and follow-up, perform dictation of Discharge Summary and Procedure reports.
• Participates in short-term and long-term planning of customer care with members of the inter-professional team.
• Participates in, and sometimes lead, quality improvement and customer satisfaction initiatives.
• Performs such other responsibilities as reasonably assigned by the Hospitalist physicians and within the APP scope of practice.
• Recognizes and complies with legal regulatory, accrediting and procedural requirements related to area of responsibility.
• Understands and follows principles and standards as outlined in North Memorial's Corporate Code of Conduct.
• Protects customers/team member privacy and only accesses customer/team member related information as need to perform job duties.
• Reports violations or areas of concern to supervisor or Corporate Compliance Officer via established methods of communication.
• Accepts other duties as assigned to promote the accomplishment of organizational goals.
• The team member is accountable to demonstrate proficiency for the skills outlined in the appropriate position skills list.
• The team member is accountable to maintain skill proficiency, including improvement where deemed necessary, and upgrading any additional or new skills on the appropriate position skills list. • Recognizes and complies with legal, regulatory, accrediting and procedural requirements related to area of responsibility.
• Understands and follows principles and standards as outlined in North Memorial's Corporate Code of Conduct.
• Protects customer and team member privacy and only accesses customer and/or team member related information as needed to perform job duties.
• Reports violations or areas of concern to supervisor or Corporate Compliance Officer via established methods of communication.

• Understands and follows principles and standards as outlined in North Memorial's Corporate Code of Conduct.
• Protects customer and team member privacy and only accesses customer and/or team member related information as needed to perform job duties.
• Reports violations or areas of concern to supervisor or Corporate Compliance Officer via established methods of communication.
• Recognizes and complies with legal, regulatory, accrediting and procedural requirements related to area of responsibility.
• Understands and follows principles and standards as outlined in North Memorial's Corporate Code of Conduct.
• Protects customer and team member privacy and only accesses customer and/or team member related information as needed to perform job duties.
• Reports violations or areas of concern to supervisor or Corporate Compliance Officer via established methods of communication.

Interested? Here are our requirements

Education

• Master's or higher degree in Nursing or completion of a physician assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).
• Programs with emphasis on inpatient clinic rotations preferred.   

Experience, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities 

• One or more years of experience in a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant role preferred.
• One or more years of experience in hospital acute care medicine preferred (experience in training program will be considered). • Ability to balance work priorities in a rapidly changing environment.
• Works well independently in addition to being skilled in interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Demonstrates effective written and oral communication.      

Licensure/Certification(s) Mandatory

For Physician Assistants
• Current Minnesota Registration/Licensure as a Physician Assistant
- State Requirement
• Applicants issued a Temporary Registration by the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice may work as a physician assistant but may not prescribe medications. (A temporary registration is granted to physician assistants who have not yet obtained NCCOA certification.)
- State Requirement
• Applicants issued a Temporary Permit by the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice may work as a physician assistant, including prescribing medications. (A temporary permit is granted to physician assistants who have obtained NCCPA certification.) The PA's sponsoring physician must submit a DEA co-sign letter to the North Memorial Health Care Credentialing Office if applicant does not have a DEA certificate
- State Requirement
• Physician Assistant Certification through National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). (Applicants may be allowed to complete the credentialing process pending certification if the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice has granted a Temporary Registration.)
- NMHC Standard
• Current medical staff credentials in Specialty/Department
- NMHC Standard
• Current BLS certification
- NMHC Standard

For Nurse Practitioners
• Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (or Adult & Family)
- State Requirement
• Graduate of accredited school of nursing and Nurse Practitioner program
- State Requirement
• Current RN license
- State Requirement
• Current registration as a nurse practitioner with the MN Board of Nursing
- State Requirement

Licensure/Certification(s) Mandatory where Applicable

Licensure/Certification(s) Preferred