Hospital Medicine Nocturnal - Cross Coverage Physician Assistant
Expiring today
- Employer
- Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
- Location
- Beverly, MA
- Posted
- Feb 22, 2021
- Closes
- Feb 25, 2021
- Ref
- 1951895157
- Profession
- Physician Assistant
- Specialty
- Medical Management
Preparing for a Career Break
Responsibilities:
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Education:
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Licensure, Certification, Registration:
Shift Details:
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- Cross coverage for Hospital Medicine patients.
- Follow up overnight
• to-do
• list. - Receive and return pages/answer questions and order necessary medications, labs, EKG
• s, and imaging. - Evaluate patients at bedside that require this type of assistance.
- Notify in-house nocturnal hospital medicine attending with any questions or concerns about the patient or need further assistance in patient with declining conditions. This includes, but is not limited to: falls (unwitnessed and witnessed with or without full anticoagulation or injury), new onset altered mental status, brain attack, acute chest pain, respiratory distress, active GI bleed, and acute abdomen.
- On as needed basis, nocturnist can call you to help with admissions in cases of high volume.
- Contact covering physicians for other services that may be warranted overnight through the operator
- Contact radiology to obtain preliminary reading on any imaging ordered overnight.
- Update the handoff system regarding pertinent changes in medical treatment.
- Practitioners should have at least one year of Advanced Practice experience in Hospital Medicine, Critical Care or other related field qualifications.
Education:
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- Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant Program.
- Documentation of registration for next NCCPA Board administration or successful completion of NCCPA Board and maintenance of appropriate CME.
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification required.
Licensure, Certification, Registration:
- Current license to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- DEA number and Mass Department of Public Health Division of Food and Drug Restricted Substances registration number as appropriate.
- Written prescription privilege protocols signed by all attendings with whom the individual will be working.
Shift Details:
- Hours: 7pm
• 7am
12hr shifts - Primarily responsible for Cross Coverage for Hospital Medicine census
- Will work as Admitter on any shift where 3 APs are scheduled together 7a-7p