Location: | Bridgeport, CT (06606) |
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Company: | Hartford Healthcare (HHC) |
Industry: | Healthcare |
Job Type: | Full Time |
Posted: | 21 days ago |
Reposted: | Today |
Job Schedule: Full Time
Standard Hours: 40
Job Shift: Shift 3
Shift Details: Mon - Sun
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Every day, almost 30,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut's most comprehensive healthcare network.
St. Vincent's Medical Center is the primary teaching hospital for the Frank Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. The Hospital Medicine Department at St. Vincent's Medical Center is dedicated to caring for acutely ill, hospitalized patients. The Hospitalist Service at St. Vincent's is available to patients whose primary care provider or specialist has requested its services, or to patients who present at the Emergency Department and require hospitalization.
Advanced Practitioner Hospitalist Role Scope
The Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant is responsible for inpatient clinical management of patients, assuring timely communication and comprehensive collaboration, to ensure patient medical needs are met. Responsibilities include:
Cross covering patients on units throughout the hospital which include, but are not limited to, observation, acute rehab, and behavioral health for medical consults only. The ICU is closed.
Providing acute internal medical care to patients
Assist admitting hospitalist doctors with admissions
Contributing to the delivery of positive outcomes by implementing quality hospital initiatives that address and improve patient safety, readmission rates and hospital efficiency
Schedule - Permanent Night (5pm-5am), 36 hours a week
Advanced Practitioners Enjoy
At Hartford HealthCare newly graduated and experienced practitioners are provided with the support and mentorship they need to succeed through on the job, classroom, and procedural training. Our benefits include: A cohesive, well tenured team that will provide a thorough orientation
Supportive attending physicians
The opportunity to practice with higher acuity patients, if desired
Competitive compensation
Matching 401k, tiered medical, dental, and vision plans
Generous Paid-Time Off
Reimbursement for CME, professional society membership, licensure, and malpractice
Qualifications
Advanced Practitioner Qualifications
Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Master's program preferred
Licensed, or eligible to be licensed, as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in the state of Connecticut
Certification, or eligible to be certified, as a Physician Assistant or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Acute Care Board Certification required for Nurse Practitioners
Hospitalist experience highly preferred
We take great care of careers.
With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge - helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is your moment.