Position SummaryPrimary Clinical Duties and Responsibilities:
- In a collaborative and multidisciplinary environment, contributes professional and clinical expertise to ensure the delivery of best-in-class care to hospitalized patients requiring neurological care
- Conduct comprehensive neurologic histories and physical exams on new admissions, consults and deteriorating patients
- Order and interpret neuroimaging (CT, MRI, EEG) and laboratory testing.
- Prescribe medications, perform procedures, such as lumbar puncture
- Attend and manage acute stroke codes throughout the hospital, including the ED, including ordering and administering thrombolytic agents.
- Assists in prompt critical patient issues
- Orders and monitor appropriate medications
- Coordinates the transition to higher level of care as needed
- Ensure clinical stability for safe transition to post-discharge care or rehabilitation facilities
- Coordinate treatment plans with physical therapists, occupational therapists, case manager and social work
- Participates in quality assessment and performance improvement activities
- Always demonstrates and models service excellence behavior. Responds with concern, cooperation, and respect. Establishes cooperative working relationships with all individuals with whom contact is made.
- Maintains patient confidentiality.
- Utilizes appropriate and effective patient care plans. Completes documentation concurrently as patients are seen.
- Assures continuity of care through completion of treatment plans, and follow-up of chronic problems, abnormal tests
- Delegates clinical tasks appropriate to the level of training of each staff member.
- Provides an accounting of services rendered and accurate, specific diagnosis codes for each patient by completing appropriate billing/reimbursement documentation.
- Utilizes infection control and safety protocols appropriately.
- Maintains familiarity with practice's on-site diagnostic procedures and equipment.
- Ensures the professional development of self and team, i.e., pursues continuing education opportunities and shares knowledge as appropriate with other members of the health care team; participates in professional organizations; reads professional journals and texts; etc.
- Participates in the "on-call" schedules as needed. Is available for emergency calls from VMG staff or physicians.
- Identifies opportunities to improve processes, reports, or systems that take advantage of cost savings, employee satisfaction, and/or customer satisfaction. Promotes and practices economical and effective healthcare.
- Completes in a timely manner all managed care applications, credentialing, and re-credentialing requests from the corporate office.
- Abides by guidelines established by all managed care and insurance payors including Medicare.
Education- Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program as determined by the Committee on Allied Health. Education and Accreditation or a current Registered Professional Nurse and Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program/Masters in Nursing.
- Current Certification from the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) or for Advanced Practice Nurses a current Certification from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
- Hold a valid, current New Jersey license.
- Obtain a New Jersey CDS and federal DEA certificate upon employment if not already covered.
- If NP, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Preferred
- Inpatient Neurology experience desired
- Evidence of excellent interpersonal skills, effective communication skills, and creative problem solving.
Skills- Proven relationship-building skills with physicians as well as with all other key stakeholders
- Skilled in problem resolution and strong analytical capabilities
- Ability to build trust and confidence with utmost integrity
- Ability to lead change and build consensus to support change
- Solid clinical and clinical data related analytical skills
- Ability to serve as a role model for collegiality and collaboration across the organization
- Outstanding people skills
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both verbal and written
- Ability and interest to function as part of a team
- Exhibits a strong orientation toward the provision of high quality, cost effective, comprehensive medical care
- Demonstrates behavior that is courteous, caring, respectful and compassionate. Listens and responds in a non-judgmental manner, with clear explanations
- Demonstrates behavior that models the Valley Health System values and standards as well as the Valley Medical Group Mission and Vision Statements
- Represents the organization positively
- Respects patient confidentiality always
- Honors commitments to the job and coworkers
- Speaks constructively about coworkers and the organization
- Assumes responsibility and accountability of job duties
- Supports company-wide efforts to improve and maintain a high level of patient/customer satisfaction as evidenced by (but not limited to) customer/patient satisfaction survey scores
Salary- Minimum new grad base salary $135,000 K. Salary commensurate with years of experience as an NP/PA.
- Ability to earn up to 5% quality incentive
Job LocationThe Valley Hospital-Paramus
ShiftDay (United States of America)
Benefits- Medical/Prescription, Dental & Vision Discount Program (Full Time/Part Time Employees)
- Group Term Life Insurance and AD&D(Full Time Employees)
- Flexible Spending Accounts and Commuter Benefit Plans
- Supplemental Voluntary Benefits ( e.g. Short-term and Long-term Disability, Whole Life Insurance, Legal Support, etc.)
- 6 Paid Holidays, Paid Time Off (varies), Wellness Time Off, Extended Illness
- Retirement Plan
- Tuition Assistance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Valley Health LifeStyles Fitness Center Membership Discount
- Day Care Discounts for Various Daycare Facilities
