APP, Neurocritical Services, Full Time, Day

Primary Clinical Duties and Responsibilities:

• In a collaborative and multidisciplinary environment, contributes professional and clinical expertise to ensure the delivery of best-in-class care to hospitalized patients requiring neurological care

• Conduct comprehensive neurologic histories and physical exams on new admissions, consults and deteriorating patients

• Order and interpret neuroimaging (CT, MRI, EEG) and laboratory testing.

• Prescribe medications, perform procedures, such as lumbar puncture

• Attend and manage acute stroke codes throughout the hospital, including the ED, including ordering and administering thrombolytic agents.

• Assists in prompt critical patient issues

• Orders and monitor appropriate medications

• Coordinates the transition to higher level of care as needed

• Ensure clinical stability for safe transition to post-discharge care or rehabilitation facilities

• Coordinate treatment plans with physical therapists, occupational therapists, case manager and social work

• Participates in quality assessment and performance improvement activities

• Always demonstrates and models service excellence behavior. Responds with concern, cooperation, and respect. Establishes cooperative working relationships with all individuals with whom contact is made.

• Maintains patient confidentiality.

• Utilizes appropriate and effective patient care plans. Completes documentation concurrently as patients are seen.

• Assures continuity of care through completion of treatment plans, and follow-up of chronic problems, abnormal tests

• Delegates clinical tasks appropriate to the level of training of each staff member.

• Provides an accounting of services rendered and accurate, specific diagnosis codes for each patient by completing appropriate billing/reimbursement documentation.

• Utilizes infection control and safety protocols appropriately.

• Maintains familiarity with practice’s on-site diagnostic procedures and equipment.

• Ensures the professional development of self and team, i.e., pursues continuing education opportunities and shares knowledge as appropriate with other members of the health care team; participates in professional organizations; reads professional journals and texts; etc.

• Participates in the “on-call” schedules as needed. Is available for emergency calls from VMG staff or physicians.

• Identifies opportunities to improve processes, reports, or systems that take advantage of cost savings, employee satisfaction, and/or customer satisfaction. Promotes and practices economical and effective healthcare.

• Completes in a timely manner all managed care applications, credentialing, and re-credentialing requests from the corporate office.

• Abides by guidelines established by all managed care and insurance payors including Medicare.

Education

• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program as determined by the Committee on Allied Health. Education and Accreditation or a current Registered Professional Nurse and Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program/Masters in Nursing.

• Current Certification from the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) or for Advanced Practice Nurses a current Certification from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).

• Hold a valid, current New Jersey license.

• Obtain a New Jersey CDS and federal DEA certificate upon employment if not already covered.

• If NP, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Preferred

• Inpatient Neurology experience desired

• Evidence of excellent interpersonal skills, effective communication skills, and creative problem solving.

Skills

• Proven relationship-building skills with physicians as well as with all other key stakeholders

• Skilled in problem resolution and strong analytical capabilities

• Ability to build trust and confidence with utmost integrity

• Ability to lead change and build consensus to support change

• Solid clinical and clinical data related analytical skills

• Ability to serve as a role model for collegiality and collaboration across the organization

• Outstanding people skills

• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both verbal and written

• Ability and interest to function as part of a team

• Exhibits a strong orientation toward the provision of high quality, cost effective, comprehensive medical care

• Demonstrates behavior that is courteous, caring, respectful and compassionate. Listens and responds in a non-judgmental manner, with clear explanations

• Demonstrates behavior that models the Valley Health System values and standards as well as the Valley Medical Group Mission and Vision Statements

• Represents the organization positively

• Respects patient confidentiality always

• Honors commitments to the job and coworkers

• Speaks constructively about coworkers and the organization

• Assumes responsibility and accountability of job duties

• Supports company-wide efforts to improve and maintain a high level of patient/customer satisfaction as evidenced by (but not limited to) customer/patient satisfaction survey scores

Salary

• Minimum new grad base salary $135,000 K. Salary commensurate with years of experience as an NP/PA.

• Ability to earn up to 5% quality incentive