Advanced Practice Provider

The Advanced Practice Provider provides direct patient care, in collaboration with consulting physicians and the multidisciplinary health team, to include identification, management, and/or referral of health problems.

Requirements

• Provide direct patient care and formulate plan of care in collaboration with physician, nursing staff, and the multidisciplinary health team
• Communicate follow-up plan/disposition with the follow-up health care provider
• Prescribe and evaluate pharmacological therapies according to protocol
• Attend both high and low risk deliveries as needed
• Initiate CPR and perform therapeutic techniques to stabilize a compromised infant in the delivery room, NICU, emergency room and referring hospitals as needed
• Stabilize and transport patients as needed
• Participate in self and peer evaluation to improve quality of care
• Participate in the development, review and evaluation of policies and procedures
• Participate in developing and implementing QI monitoring
• Participate in providing in-service and outreach education program
• Act as resource for clinical skills for staff on or of the unit
• May participate in clinical research projects conducted by supervising physicians
• Serve as preceptor to APP students
• Evaluates goals and outcomes taking into account the benefit-versus-burden, safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness for the patient, family and the organization
• Develops diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions needed to achieve the goals and outcomes of the patient’s plan of care
• Has a deep understanding and response to adverse drug reactions, with special attention to vulnerable populations such as infants, children, pregnant and lactating women, or older adults

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off