Position Summary:
Interact with emergency department physicians, APPs, registered nurses, and other interdisciplinary team members to ensure ED patients receive optimal evaluation, stabilization, treatment, and care coordination.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following: Assess patients’ health and their demands, with aim of fulfilling them as well as possible. Acquire and review patient histories. Monitor patients’ progress and keep records of treatment, procedures, or other medical events. Prepare patients for examinations and conduct routine procedures. Cultivate a climate of trust and compassion for the patients. Comply strictly with medical care regulations and safety standards. Collaborate effectively with team members of various specialties.
Minimum Qualifications:
2+ years’ experience in emergency medicine.
Graduate from an accredited Physician Assistant program, or Nurse Practitioner program with an emergency medicine certification.
NP applicants must have FNP w/ emergency medicine graduate certificate and/or compelling EM experience or PNP w/ compelling ED experience.
We are unable to accept applicants with either the AGACNP or PNP-AC certification only due to the inability to complete patient encounters of all ages (newborn to elderly). If both are obtained, this is acceptable.
Current licensure and/or registration with the State of Michigan.
DEA licensure and ACLS certification.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
Initiative, confidence, and great communication skills.
Desire to consistently learn and educate others.
Strong desire to innovate and improve medical care.
Team player with strong interpersonal skills.
Problem solving outlook with ability to multi-task.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is often required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Disclaimer:
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship. The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.
