Job Summary and ResponsibilitiesNocturnist - Advanced Practice Provider:
As our Hospitalist Advanced Practice Provider, you will join our collegial health-care team providing inpatient care. We pride ourselves in practicing high quality, evidence based, and patient centered medicine. This team is recognized for its commitment to quality, excellence, and innovation within the picturesque Pacific Northwest. The role offers diverse work environments, encompassing in-person night coverage at a tertiary regional referral center, telemedicine-assisted overnight cross-coverage and patient evaluation, and in-person night coverage at a critical access hospital.
Every day you will provide compassionate and expert care, conducting thorough assessments, developing individualized treatment plans, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to support the well-being of our patients within Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. You will provide compassionate and expert care, conducting thorough assessments, developing individualized treatment plans, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to support the holistic well-being of our patients and their families.
To be successful in this role, you will be a skilled and compassionate physician, possessing expertise in diagnosing and managing complex diseases, alongside strong communication abilities. You will also demonstrate a deep commitment to patient-centered care and the capacity to thrive within a collegial and supportive environment.
- Manage and evaluate acute and chronic conditions, ensuring adherence to evidence-based clinical protocols.
- Assess and treat acute clinical deteriorations (e.g., sepsis, respiratory distress) and provide cross-coverage for the daytime hospitalist team.
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, including specialists, nurse care coordinators, and social workers to ensure seamless, high-quality patient care.
- Ensure timely, accurate, and compliant medical charting and billing records using the hospital's EPIC system.
- Provide and document direct treatment for patients, including ordering medications, referrals, and following up on specialist consultations.
Job Requirements
Required:
- 1 or more years of Inpatient Hospitalist experience required as ARNP/PA
- Extremely flexible and adaptable
- Perform evaluation and management services to patients requiring hospitalist services with the hospitalist practice
- Develop treatment plans
- Complete admissions from ED
- Perform dictation of H&P examinations
- Perform such other responsibilities as reasonably assigned by the lead hospitalist and within NP/PA scope of practice
- Current, unrestricted license in Washington State, DEA, and NPI
Where You’ll Work