Shock Trauma - Physician Assistant PA or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner NP

Company Description

The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Nursing and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state s future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System s anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit umms.org.

The R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) is seeking an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join a multi-disciplinary team responsible for the care of complex trauma patients. Working at the Shock Trauma Center, you become a vital part of a trauma team which provides continuity of care for patients from admission through discharge and post-discharge follow-up care. The trauma team NP/PA collaborates with nurses, therapists, residents, fellows, attendings, students and colleagues across disciplines to ensure safe, timely, evidence-based care of patients with a spectrum of traumatic injuries and their medical comorbidities.

Job Specifics:

Exceptional academic setting
Be a part of a phenomenal multidisciplinary team
Work with world renowned trauma physicians in the world s first facility to treat shock
Opportunity to participate in research and other academic endeavors
Primarily inpatient role with some outpatient clinic work
Manage patients in the IMC and acute care setting
Monday through Sunday coverage, days only, no nights required

Qualifications

Clinical Expectations:

PA with experience in trauma.
Demonstrate knowledge of trauma physiology as well as presentation and management of major medical comorbidities
Perform accurate histories and physical assessments appropriate for clinical problem/presentation
Order and interpret appropriate diagnostic tests
Develop, implement and evaluate efficacy of plans of care
Manage general medical and surgical conditions and understand associated risks, benefits and complications
Collaborate with trauma surgeon team leaders as patient clinical condition dictates, with insight into own strengths, limitations, and within expectations set by lead surgeon
Facilitate coordinated care and promote clear communication among all team members
Excellent interpersonal skills for collaboration with medical, surgical, nursing and ancillary team members
Be able to counsel patients/families on injuries, treatments and processes in a manner that is compassionate and patient/family-centered
Maintain accurate documentation in the electronic medical record

Professionalism:

Follows ethical standards of patient confidentiality and informed consent
Maintains a high standard of accountability
Contributes to education of APP students, medical students, rotating residents and other team members
Promotes a supportive, trusting work environments

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Associated topics: assistant cna, bilingual, board, certified nursing assistant, crna, family nurse practioner, neighborcare, nursing assistant cna, specialis, splst

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