Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Hospitalist or Nocturnist

Company: Sound Physicians
Location: Rockford
Posted on: September 21, 2022

Job Description:

Hospitalist opening in Rockford, Illinois. This and other physician assistant jobs brought to you by DocCafe

Thrive Where Contributions Are Rewarded and Valued
As an advanced practice provider (APP) with Sound Physicians, you will work in an environment that promotes the Sound core values of integrity, teamwork, service, quality, and innovation enjoying a sustainable career with programs consistently staffed to levels that facilitate a manageable workload for our hospital teams. At Sound Physicians, we recognize the value that you bring when you are empowered to work at the top of your license. We invest in robust onboarding and training as you assimilate into a new role at a new hospital. We support you to provide the excellent care you long to give each patient through ongoing professional development and ongoing feedback on your clinical performance.
Swedish American Hospital is a 357-bed, non-profit, teaching hospital serving the greater Rockford region, northern Illinois, and southern Wisconsin. As a division of the University of Wisconsin Health, Swedish offers patients local access to many world-class specialists. The hospital is also the largest regional cancer center and the only heart hospital in the region and has achieved Magnet - recognition as a reflection of its nursing professionalism, teamwork, and superiority in patient care

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• Hospitalists will assist with codes on their own patients and be a part of rapid responses
  
• No call environment
  
• Co-managed ICU: APPs will not be in the ICU
  
• Procedures are not required
  
• Integrated care program - Sound manages the hospital medicine, emergency medicine, advisory, and telemedicine programs
  
• Schedule is 7 on / 7 off, 12-hour shifts; Looking for both nocturnists and day APPs for our seasoned hospitalist team
  
• Access SoundInstitute™ learning platform for continuing education, and professional career development with convenient online and in-person educational courses, including CME
  
  Requirements of Advanced Practitioners
  Our talented clinicians are the key to fulfilling our mission. We focus on optimizing the practice environment so our clinicians can feel really proud of the care they give. This is the key to engagement. We optimize workloads effectively, reducing inefficiencies, and consistently exceeding expectations through service excellence to our clinicians.
  
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  • 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
    
  • Cross cover for the hospitalist team
    
  • Perform such other responsibilities as reasonably assigned by the chief hospitalist and within NP/PA scope of practice
    
  • Current, unrestricted license in Illinois; Acute care certification required with 6+ months of experience preferred
    
    Location & Lifestyle
    Rockford, Illinois is located 90 miles NW of Chicago and has a population of just under 150,000. There is a small-town friendliness mixed with vibrancy from a richness of natural sites and intellectual institutions with diverse cultures and businesses. Rockford offers an excellent place to live, work, and play. Rockford has fantastic schools, a local symphony, a community theatre, and a university.
    
    Keyphrases: hospitalist jobs

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