Hospital Medicine Nurse Practitioner Physician Assistant

Under the general guidance of the Hospitalist Director the Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant will evaluate, diagnose and treat patients following written guidelines approved by the Department of Medicine. As a Hospital Medicine Provider at SSH, you will report, through the Hospitalist Program leadership team including the Lead Advanced Practice Clinician and Program Director. You will have such duties and responsibilities as are set forth below and as may be reasonably requested by SSH from time to time. You shall perform the medical services faithfully, with due diligence and efficiency, to the best of your ability, and in accordance with the applicable standards of your profession, canons of professional ethics and all laws and SSH policies in effect from time to time. SSH recognizes that teamwork and flexibility are essential to providing 24-hour per day patient-centered care. SSH expects you to be respectful of your patients, other health care providers, and the physicians and staff of SSH. You shall be professional at all times and adhere to HIPAA standards with regard to maintaining confidentiality of patient information. You will have several different roles as a SSH Hospital Medicine Provider. These roles include admitting, rounding, and performing consults at the request of other providers. Regardless of role, you will be required to use approved SSH patient care treatment plans and order sets, when appropriate.