Advanced Practice Provider, Internal Medicine – Riverview Health: 3914

We are looking to add an Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) who, working collaboratively within our multidisciplinary Internal Medicine health team, is responsible for providing comprehensive health care to patients in the area of specialty.

• Full-time
• Monday-Friday, 40 hours
• No Call
• Outpatient Setting
• Preferred ACGPCNP or AACNP
• Hospital Employed
• EPIC EMR
• Opening Due to Growth and Community Need

Job Responsibilities:

• Prescribe and regulate medications per written collaborative agreement.
• Apply effective application of extensive knowledge of physical assessment, differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and management of acute and chronic patient conditions to the assessment and treatment of patients.
• Demonstrates clinical and theoretical staff competence for the designated area.
• Know and demonstrate understanding, skills and principles of infection prevention, reduction and control. Able to safely and effectively use medical equipment in carrying out planned interventions.
• Coordinate with other medical professionals within an interdisciplinary team and able to work collaboratively, organize assignments, manage time, multi-task, and assist with other team members to achieve desired outcomes.
• Conduct comprehensive or episodic health assessment of patient/families. Include the psychosocial, cognitive and personal assets and limitations of the patient/family with an emphasis on wellness when assessing patients.
• Establish medical diagnosis; order and evaluate diagnostic studies. Perform and monitor therapeutic procedures. Access and/or manage follow-up plans, as according to written and established protocols and modify management plan based on data received from referral source.
• Act as resource to health care staff and implement educational programs to improve management of patients/families.
• Acknowledge importance of research process by contributing ideas, collecting data, sharing knowledge and applying new findings to practice.
• Other duties as assigned

Education, Licensure, and Experience Requirements:

• Nurse Practitioner: Master’s Degree from an Advanced Practice Nursing Program RN and Nurse Practitioner licensure for State of Indiana Certification as Nurse Practitioner. Clinical nursing as an RN for five (5) years; prefer one (3) years practicing as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Physician Assistant: Graduate of an accredited school of Physician Assisting, prefer Master’s degree. Experience in a hospital or physician practice setting, prefer one (3) year practicing as a Physician Assistant.
• Must be licensed to practice in Indiana, Advanced Practice Nurse and Controlled Substance Registration licenses in the state of Indiana, Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Registration, Basic Life Safety (American Heart Association), and Credentials with American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or other nationally recognized credentialing center.