Postpartum per diem APP

Job Details The advanced practice provider (Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant) within the acute care hospital setting works in collaboration with, and is an integral member of, a multidisciplinary health care team. The APP provides comprehensive care for women of childbearing age on the postpartum unit. Job Description Responsibilities :    The advanced practice provider   (Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant) within the acute care hospital setting works in collaboration with, and is an integral member of, a multidisciplinary health care team. The APP provides comp rehensive care   for women of childbearing age   on the postpartum unit.     Assessment & Management   Performs   complete history & physicals   and   documents in the medical record.   Orders and collects data using   appropriate assessment   techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where   indicated .   The APP m ay serve as the first responder for both nursing and house staff   in the event of   patient status changes, orders, and in situations requiring procedural and resuscitative interventions.   Assesses for risks associated with the care of the acute and complex chronically ill patient   including:   medication side effects, immobility, impaired nutrition,   fluid   and electrolyte imbalance,   immunocompetence , invasive interventions and diagnostic procedures.   Diagnosis   Obtain a comprehensive health history and physical examination, order and interpret common laboratory and diagnostic studies.    Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care team in making diagnoses of acute and complex chronic conditions.   Manages diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision.   Formulates differential diagnoses by priority.   Diagnoses complications and orders   appropriate interventions   Formulates Plan of Care   Identifies   expected outcomes from   diagnosis and   formulates and documents a plan of care to address complex acute and chronic health care needs.   Utilizes evidenced based p ractice guidelines and   protocols in an individualized, dynamic plan of care that can be applied across the continuum.   Implements and   modifies   plan   of care .   Prescribes diagnostic strategie s and therapeutic interventions.   May perform advanced procedures consistent with privi leges and competency validation.   Communication and Collaboration   Maintains ongoing communication and collaboration with in terdisciplinary health care team .   Facilitates and communicates with   patient ,   family   and staff to promote continuity of care across the inpatient and outpatient continuum of care.   Documentation   Documents/dictates key components of   patient's   progress via daily progress note,   transfer, and discharge summary , and or clinic note where applicable. ( h&p , daily progress notes, plan of care, problem lists, procedure notes, acute event note, discharge summaries, in medical record per specific patient unit or service, death summary)   Documentation is   timely , meets acute care compliance standards and captures patient acuity.   Professional Practice   Demonstrates Professional Practice behaviors   including:   preceptor/mentoring,   education   and instruction of   graduate students.   Seeks opportunities for active engagement in research and the analysis of   evidence - based   practice.   Actively   participates   in   Advance Practice Grand Rounds and specialty specific meetings.   Maintains CEUs, and membership in a professional organization.   Qualifications   Master’s Degree   National Board Certification as   a Women’s Healthcare   or    Physician   Assistant   NRP    BLS certification   Requirements   Minimum 3 years p rofessional clinical experience in labor and delivery   or postpartum   is   required   Work Shift Workday Day (United States of America) Worker Sub Type Regular Employee Entity Abington Memorial Hospital Primary Location Address 1245 Highland Avenue, Abington, Pennsylvania, United States of America Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University , home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health , nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.     Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.  Benefits Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefi