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Everyone Is a Caregiver
At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 16,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.
The Division of Hospital Medicine was created in 1996 and was one of the first major teaching hospitalist programs in the country. Today, Hospital Medicine is one of the largest divisions in the Department of Medicine, comprising more than 60 physician and affiliate practitioner clinicians. In addition to its successful clinical enterprise, the Hospital Medicine division is very active in the Department’s educational programs, and has expanding activities in the realms of Quality Improvement and Research.
We are currently seeking a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our Hospitalist Team. This provider will work per diem and will be cross trained to rotate through day and night roles with varying responsibilities including but not limited to admitting, rounding, floor cross coverage a hybrid of admitting and cross coverage, discharging, triaging and interfacility transfers. Rapid Response Team member. Works closely with other Hospital Medicine APPs and Hospital Medicine Attendings 24/7/365.
Services we cover overnight include BMT, Neurosurgery, Urology as well as post procedural coverage for GI, Body IR, Vascular IR, ENT, Ophthalmology
Major Responsibilities:
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Performs and documents a complete history and physical examination, including review of the available medical record, to formulate diagnoses and treatment plan.
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Orders and reviews appropriate laboratory tests and imaging studies.
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Participates in daily inpatient rounds, interviews and examines patients, reviews laboratory data and other clinical studies, and records daily progress notes.
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Requests consultations and communicates with consultants.
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Performs routine bedside or clinical procedures, as described in the Delineation of Privileges.
Position Qualifications:
License/Certification/Education:
Required:
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A Bachelor’s degree and Graduation from an accredited Physician Assistant program.
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Current Massachusetts license, issued by the Physician Assistant Board, and current NCCPA certification.
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If prescribing medications is included in clinical duties and privileges, Massachusetts Controlled Substances Registration and federal DEA Controlled Substance Registration are required.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.
As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.
If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [email protected]. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.