SP – Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant

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UConn Health is looking for a highly skilled Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant with NICU experience and a passion for patient experience. This position is accountable for independently performing a full range of tasks in delivery of direct clinical care services.

SCHEDULE: Per diem as needed. THIS POSITION DOES NOT OFFER BENEFIT

• Evaluates, assesses patient illness/injuries.
• Performs physical examinations, and special examinations; takes medical histories; develops plans of care.
• Intervenes in crisis situations or patient deterioration.
• Provides routine and illness care.
• Orders medications; orders diagnostic tests and evaluates results.
• Performs invasive procedures, i.e., intubation, insertion of arterial lines, etc.
• May direct the transport team for acutely ill infants.
• Assumes responsibility for patient follow-up, coordination, and referrals to other health care providers as necessary.
• Maintains patient medical records.
• May develop policies/procedures; participates in or designs changes in the system of care delivery; may participate in clinical research; provides patient counseling/education; participates in medical student and health professional teaching; acts as a clinical consultant to peers and other health care professionals.

• Performs related duties as required.

• Considerable knowledge of fetal and neonatal and adult anatomy and physiology
• Knowledge of different disciplines and disease states
• Knowledge of medication and their interactions and reactions.
• Physical assessment skills; counseling skills.
• Considerable interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills.
• Skill in performing invasive procedures.

• Ability to work independently; ability to work under pressure; ability to formulate plans of care; decision making ability.

• APRN – Registered Nurse, and completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program. Possess or be eligible for a license to practice in the State of Connecticut. Must be a Certified Advance Practice Nurse

• PA – Master’s degree and completion of a two years accredited and approved physician assistant certification program. Incumbents must possess and maintain licensure to practice in the State of Connecticut.

• Must possess and maintain American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers.

  • Other CPR/AED credentials may be accepted at hire but incumbents will be required to obtain American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within six (6) months of hire and maintain through employment.

  • Prior NICU experience

• Certification as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.

WORKING CONDITIONS: Incumbents in this class may be exposed to communicable and infectious diseases.

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.