PA/ARNP Hospitalist- Inpatient Spine Service

The APP in this position will manage Orthopedic Spine patients on the inpatient unit. The APP will work with faculty physicians, resident physicians, other APPs, and a multidisciplinary inpatient team to coordinate and deliver patient care. Duties would include rounding on patients daily, communicating with the team, documentation, placing orders, patient education, and facilitating discharge.

The APP would also assist with process improvement projects and service line advancements in order to improve patient outcomes and decrease complications. Additional duties include assisting with implementation of methods to capture appropriate billing/coding documentation in the EMR and providing cross coverage to other orthopedic services.

Position Responsibilities

• Supervise the care delivered. Perform /order medical diagnostic, therapeutic procedures, and prescribe, dispense or deliver medications under a collaborative practice agreement. Consult/collaborate with other care team members. Use judgment to apply/adopt information within total clinical picture to address health issues. Influence others to adopt best practices.
• Complete patient medical records, reports, and forms to record treatment for treatment record and billing purposes. Improve quality of care by performing chart reviews and participating on performance improvement committees.
• Provide health education to patients and medical education to health professions students and residents. Participate in ongoing research and professional development of self and other staff.
• Establish and maintain procedures and systems to assure staff compliance with policies and standards of care. Initiate corrective action as needed. Serve on committees to enhance patient care and operations. Assure team provides effective collaboration/communications. May provide feedback and coaching to other team members to assure quality of specialized care. Hire, develop and manage the performance of staff. May have budget responsibilities for unit supervised. In collaboration within the surgeons, multidisciplinary team involved with their service, and Orthopedic Department Administrator, coordinate the continual monitoring and evaluation of effectiveness and operations of their team. Assist with identification and implementation of process improvement projects and service line advancements in order to improve patient outcomes and decrease complications. Assist with implementation of methods to capture appropriate billing/coding documentation in the EMR.

No call is expected for this role.